What is the place of design in modern culture? In the fifties and sixties the celebrated designers Robin and Lucienne Day helped pioneer a new taste for the contemporary. As a major exhibition opens to celebrate their achievement, Angela McRobbie investigates the changing trends of the design industry. Are we getting the design we deserve? Plus news from one of the theatrical events of the year- Night Waves reports as Peter Hall's production of John Barton's Tantalus - an epic on the Trojan War - receives its British premiere in Salford.