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      1957
      1973
      Bridges
      1977
      1983
      Product
      1981
      1995
      Engineering Design
      2006
      2017
      Interior Design
      2005
      2011
      Exhibitions
      1951
      1969
      General
      1944
      1951
      Textiles
      1962
      1987
      Graphic Design
      1994
      2005
      New Media
      2000
      2013
      Stamps
      1970
      1989
      General
      1947
      1959
      General Design
      1969
      1985
      Packaging
      1938
      1955
      Engineering
      1983
      1991
      Furniture Design
      1978
      2003
      Graphics
      1947
      1967
      Packaging + Graphics
      1959
      1971
      Glass + Stained Glass
      1936
      1941
      Products + Industrial
      1961
      1975
      Ceramics + Glass
      1981
      2001
      Films
      1939
      1963
      Fashion Design
      1988
      2015
      Ceramics + Glass
      1995
      2009
      Photo of  Robin Levien

      Robin Levien is a designer specialising in products for the home. He studied Ceramics at the Central School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art, graduating with a master’s degree in 1976, before joining the design partnership Queensberry Hunt. He later became a senior partner in what became Queensberry Hunt Levien. In 1999 he set up his current practice Studio Levien with his partner Patricia Stainton. His Trend porcelain tableware for Rosenthal Thomas has been a top seller for nearly forty years. Robin has worked closely with Ideal Standard since the early 1980’s. One in seven homes in the UK now has one of his designs in the bathroom. Robin was made a Royal Designer for Industry in 1995 and served as Master of the Faculty between 2009 and 2011. Functional, Affordable and Beautiful are Robin’s guiding principles. He is a perfectionist trying to master the art of imperfection.

      RDInsights: Robin Levien
      Listen to Robin Levien RDI discuss glass and ceramic design with Mike Dempsey RDI
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      Photo of  Robin Levien
      Rosenthal Trend, 1983
      Rosenthal Trend
      1983
      Ideal Standard Studio, 1986
      Ideal Standard Studio
      1986
      Sango Ora, 2019
      Sango Ora
      2019
      Product Design
      2008
      2021
      Designing with Light
      2012
      2019
      Naval Architecture
      1986
      1997
      Typography
      1940
      1953
      Engineering Product
      1968
      1981
      Dress
      1972
      1993
      Goldsmithing
      1936
      1937
      Glass, Pottery + Silver
      1936
      1945
      Theatre Design
      1991
      1999
      Interiors
      1939
      1961
      Engineering Design
      2012
      2023
      Commercial Art
      1936
      1939
      Light Fittings
      1940
      1949
      Furniture
      1940
      1947
      Furniture
      1944
      1957
      Lettering
      1940
      1943
      Typography
      1965
      1979
      Aircraft
      1943
      1965
      Interior + Ships
      1971
      1977
      Structural Engineering Design
      1998
      2007
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