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- Saucer
- Brief description:
- Stackable saucer made from brown plastic.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Saucer
- Object number:
- CIRC.793G/2-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable saucer made from brown plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8520
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8512
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8528
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/34ff5fff-7168-3579-8647-90ed5a434d1c
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/34ff5fff-7168-3579-8647-90ed5a434d1c, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Saucer
- Brief description:
- Stackable saucer made from red plastic.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Saucer
- Object number:
- CIRC.793:2-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable saucer made from red plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8527
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8519
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8528
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bc7dffc3-ced0-36ba-9473-18b4aa3ffc6f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bc7dffc3-ced0-36ba-9473-18b4aa3ffc6f, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and red rim.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 1.3
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- CIRC.793I-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and red rim.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8553
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8555
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/10b78466-cfb4-38d4-941a-a9806abe0715
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/10b78466-cfb4-38d4-941a-a9806abe0715, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and yellow rim.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 1.3
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- CIRC.793J-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and yellow rim.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8552
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8555
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cbc9ec6a-0491-390e-bc9e-1d00f3b9d365
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cbc9ec6a-0491-390e-bc9e-1d00f3b9d365, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and blue rim.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 1.3
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- CIRC.793M-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and blue rim.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8549
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8555
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4075e363-2616-35bd-a871-27a659dd5931
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4075e363-2616-35bd-a871-27a659dd5931, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and brown rim.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 1.3
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- CIRC.793N-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and brown rim.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8548
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8555
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b82b6d2d-7e30-31a4-9a10-66ca2e76e02e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b82b6d2d-7e30-31a4-9a10-66ca2e76e02e, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and yellow rim.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 1.3
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.6
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- CIRC.793K-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable plate made from plastic, with white inner and lower section, and yellow rim.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8551
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8555
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/89ce1641-8d08-3d04-ac0a-b1a2af28fc90
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/89ce1641-8d08-3d04-ac0a-b1a2af28fc90, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Mug
- Brief description:
- Transparent turquoise and opaque cream plastic double-walled mug.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.9
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.5
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7.9
- Object name:
- Mug
- Object number:
- C.56-2003
- Object production date:
- 1964
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1964-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1964-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Insulex Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- maker
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Transparent turquoise and opaque cream plastic double-walled mug.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4346
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Moulded styrene-based plastic, part opaque, part transparent; the double-walled construction has polyurethane foam filling
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Martyn Rowlands trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Specialising in plastics, he was one of the first trained industrial designers to work with British industry after the Second World War. He was employed first by Bakelite Ltd., then set up the design department at Ekco Plastics, where his products won a number of design awards. In 1959, he left Ekco to work as an independent design consultant, at a time when the idea of the design consultancy in Britain was still in its infancy. One important commission during this period came from the GPO in 1966 for the popular telephone known as the 'Trimphone', which won a Design Council Award.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Rowlands designed plastics for domestic use for various clients including Insulex, the manufacturer of this insulating double-walled mug.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Penny Sparke: "Consultant Design: The History and Practice of the Designer in Industry", Pembridge Press, 1983
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3fb059ff-dc1c-3325-a855-91ce8cf0aa5a
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3fb059ff-dc1c-3325-a855-91ce8cf0aa5a, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Smile Plastics sample - CD
- Object name(s):
- material; recycled material
- Brief description:
- Smile Plastics Ltd started making a range of recycled plastic sheets in 1994. This sample is one of a group of 10 made in the early 2000s, it is made from crushed CDs suspended in translucent blue plastic from large water dispenser bottles. The CDs used are illicit recordings seized and destroyed by trading standards.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- silver
- Dimension:
- length 99 mm
- Dimension:
- width 42 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 11 mm
- Inscription content:
- Smile Plastics Ltd. 01743 850267 www.smile-plastics.co.uk. Sample Type CD
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- adhesive label
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PC
- Material:
- polycarbonate
- Object name:
- material; recycled material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008810.5
- Object production organisation:
- Smile Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ff7dde42-8e8b-335f-8d9b-8163d41196bf
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ff7dde42-8e8b-335f-8d9b-8163d41196bf, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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- Object name(s):
- Bowl
- Brief description:
- Stackable bowl made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, and tapering lower section to base. White inner and lower section, blue upper section.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Interiors
- Associated concept:
- Shekou
- Associated concept:
- Values of Design
- Associated concept:
- Design Society
- Credit line:
- Given by the Council of Industrial Design
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 4.2
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14.5
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Bowl
- Object number:
- CIRC.793T-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable bowl made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, and tapering lower section to base. White inner and lower section, blue upper section.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8541
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8546
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
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- Object name(s):
- Bowl
- Brief description:
- Stackable bowl made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, and tapering lower section to base. White inner and lower section, yellow upper section.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Interiors
- Associated concept:
- Shekou
- Associated concept:
- Values of Design
- Associated concept:
- Design Society
- Credit line:
- Given by the Council of Industrial Design
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 4.2
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14.5
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Bowl
- Object number:
- CIRC.793R-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable bowl made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, and tapering lower section to base. White inner and lower section, yellow upper section.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8543
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8546
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
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- Title:
- 30 assorted plastic badges
- Object name(s):
- company related merchandise; transport merchandise
- Brief description:
- 30 assorted plastic 'badges' of great British regiments. Complete set in a gate fold cover, c.1970s. Collected from Texaco Garages.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- promotional material
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- company related merchandise; transport merchandise
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_6674
- Object production organisation:
- A & B Group
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
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- Title:
- Plastic platform sandals
- Object name(s):
- footwear; shoes
- Brief description:
- A pair of Go Sex brand plastic sandals with platform soles and silver/white irridescent detail on the side.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- fashion and costume
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- grey
- Inscription content:
- Made in Spain
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- footwear; shoes
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 001108
- Object production date:
- 1997
- Object production organisation:
- Go Sex
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- Spain
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- Title:
- Morphy Richards 44560 iron
- Object name(s):
- laundry equipment; iron
- Brief description:
- Morphy Richards electric iron, streamline design with phenolic plastic handle. This design was produced in large quantities, (approx. 30 million). the iron has an integral flex and and a safetey light indicating 'heat on'. c.1936.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- black
- Colour:
- silver
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- steel
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- phenol formaldehyde
- Material:
- PF
- Material:
- bakelite - generic term
- Object name:
- laundry equipment; iron
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_2483
- Object production date:
- 1936
- Object production organisation:
- Morphy Richards
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
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- Object name(s):
- Mug
- Brief description:
- Pea green mug with white interior in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.5
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7.2
- Object name:
- Mug
- Object number:
- C.62-2003
- Object production date:
- ca. 1957
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1952-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1961-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Pea green mug with white interior in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4367
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Martyn Rowlands trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Specialising in plastics, he was one of the first trained industrial designers to work with British industry after the Second World War. He was employed first by Bakelite Ltd., then set up the design department at Ekco Plastics, where his products won a number of design awards. In 1959, he left Ekco to work as an independent design consultant, at a time when the idea of the design consultancy in Britain was still in its infancy. One important commission during this period came from the GPO in 1966 for the popular telephone known as the 'Trimphone', which won a Design Council Award.
Rowlands' products for Ekco included tableware such as this mug as well as nursery products, a baby bath with stand, and a watering-can. He developed products specifically to suit the qualities of plastic materials rather than simply carrying across traditional forms.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Penny Sparke: "Consultant Design: The History and Practice of the Designer in Industry", Pembridge Press, 1983
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- Title:
- Green salad servers
- Object name(s):
- tableware; serving utensil
- Brief description:
- Pair of green plastic salad servers, 20th century.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- green
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- tableware; serving utensil
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_6397
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- Object name(s):
- Beaker
- Brief description:
- White plastic beaker with handle and lid with spout.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 11.4
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7
- Object name:
- Beaker
- Object number:
- C.93:1, 2-2003
- Object production date:
- ca. 1975
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1970-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1979-12-31
- Object production date:
- ca. 2001
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1996-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 2005-12-31
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- White plastic beaker with handle and lid with spout.
- Reproduction number:
- 2018KV6936
- Reproduction number:
- 2018KV6939
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Moulded polypropylene
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Martyn Rowlands trained at the Central School in London. He specialised in plastics. He was one of the first trained industrial designers to work with British industry after the Second World War. He worked first for Bakelite Ltd, then set up the design department at Ekco Plastics, where his products won a number of design awards. In 1959 he left Ekco to work as an independent design consultant. This was at a time when the idea of the design consultancy in Britain was still in its infancy. One important commission in 1966 was the popular telephone known as the ‘Trimphone’, which won a Design Council Award.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Rowlands continued to design plastics for domestic use. He had various clients, including Boots, for which he designed nursery products. This design from 1975 was remade for IKEA about 2001. The tooling was probably sold on to another manufacturer some time after the original production for Boots.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Penny Sparke: "Consultant Design: The History and Practice of the Designer in Industry", Pembridge Press, 1983
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- Title:
- Plastics Materials: Properties and Applications
- Object name(s):
- reference book; plastics in general
- Brief description:
- Birley, A. W. and Scott, M. J., 1982. Plastics Materials: Properties and Applications. Glasgow: Leonard Hill. This book covers the following: 1. Introduction - 1. 1 Background - 1. 2 Structure and properties of plastics - 1. 2. 1 Mechanical properties - 1. 2. 2 Thermal properties - 1. 2. 3 Electrical properties - 1. 2. 4 Optical properties - 1. 2. 5 Melt Properties - 1. 2. 6 Chemical Properties - 1. 3 Additives - 1. 4 Consideration of processing methods for plastics - 1. 4. 1 Thermoplastics processing - 1. 4. 2 Foams - 1. 4. 3 Shaping of cross-linking plastics - 1. 5 Practical techniques of processing - 1. 5. 1 Thermoplastics processing - 1. 5. 2 Processing methods for cross-linking plastics - 1. 6 Interactions between shaping process and plastics material - 2 Fundamentals of design - 2. 1 Engineering design - 2. 1. 1 Fracture mechanics applied to plastics - 2. 2 Design limitations imposed by processing method - 2. 3 Product design - 2. 3. 1 Thermoplastics - 2. 3. 2 Cross-linking plastics - 2. 3. 3 Foams and reinforced plastics - 2. 3. 4 Tolerances and dimensional control of products - 2. 4 Importance of economics of processing in design - 3 Styrene plastics - 3. 1 Polystyrene - 3. 2 High impact polystyrene - 3. 3 Styrene copolymers - 3. 4 ABS plastics - 3. 5 Polystyrene-poly(phenylene oxide. blends - 4 Other Amorphous thermoplastics - 4. 1 Polymethyl methacrylate - 4. 2 Cellulose plastics - 4. 2. 1 Regenerated cellulose - 4. 2. 2 Cellulose esters - 4. 2. 3 Cellulose ethers - 4. 3 Polycarbonate - 5 Propylene plastics - 5. 1 Homopolymer and impact modified grades - 5. 2 Filled polypropylene - 6 Other polyolefin plastics - 6. 1 Polyethylene - 6. 1. 1 High density polyethylene - 6. 1. 2 Low density polyethylene - 6. 2 Ethylene copolymers - 6. 3 Polybut-1-ene - 6. 4 Poly(4-methylpent-1-ene. - 7 Other crystalline thermoplastics - 7. 1 Polyamides - 7. 1. 1 Aliphatic polyamides - 7. 1. 2 Modified aliphatic polyamides - 7. 2 Aromatic polyamides and polyimides - 7. 3 Thermoplastic polyesters - 7. 4 Polyacetals - 8 Vinyl chloride plastics - 8. 1 Unplasticised PVC - 8. 2 Impact modified PVC - 8. 3 Plasticised PVC - 8. 4 Vinyl chloride copolymers - 9 Speciality thermoplastic - 9. 1 Fluoroplastics - 9. 1. 1 Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). - 9. 1. 2 Poly(vinylidene fluoride. (PVdF. - 9. 1. 3 Other fluoropolymers - 9. 2 Polysulphones - 9. 3 Poly(phenylene sulphide)(PPS). - 10 Cross-linked plastics - 10. 1 Introduction - 10. 2 Phenol formaldehyde plastics (PF). - 10. 3 Urea formaldehyde plastics (UF). - 10. 4 Melamine formaldehyde plastics (MF). - 10. 5 Epoxy resins - 11 Other cross-linked systems - 11. 1 Unsaturated polyester resins (UPR). - 11. 1. 1 Structure and properties - 11. 1. 2 Glass fibre reinforced polyesters (GRP). - 11. 2 Polyurethanes and reaction injection moulding (RIM).
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; plastics in general
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0128
- Object production date:
- 1982
- Object production organisation:
- Leonard Hill
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Birley, Arthur W.
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production person:
- Scott, Martyn J.
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- USA
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- Object name(s):
- Butter dish
- Brief description:
- Transparent turquoise and opaque cream plastic double-walled butter dish with cover.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Food vessels & Tableware
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 6.6
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14.8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.9
- Object name:
- Butter dish
- Object number:
- C.59:1, 2-2003
- Object production date:
- 1964
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1964-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1964-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Insulex Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- maker
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Transparent turquoise and opaque cream plastic double-walled butter dish with cover.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4478
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Moulded styrene-based plastic, part opaque, part transparent; the double-walled construction has polyurethane foam filling
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Martyn Rowlands trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Specialising in plastics, he was one of the first trained industrial designers to work with British industry after the Second World War. He was employed first by Bakelite Ltd., then set up the design department at Ekco Plastics, where his products won a number of design awards. In 1959, he left Ekco to work as an independent design consultant, at a time when the idea of the design consultancy in Britain was still in its infancy. One important commission during this period came from the GPO in 1966 for the popular telephone known as the 'Trimphone', which won a Design Council Award.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Rowlands designed plastics for domestic use for various clients including Insulex, the manufacturer of this insulating double-walled butter dish.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Penny Sparke: "Consultant Design: The History and Practice of the Designer in Industry", Pembridge Press, 1983
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- Title:
- Recycled plastic samples, yoghurt pots
- Object name(s):
- environmental materials; material; recycled; recycled material
- Brief description:
- Two recycled plastic samples made from yoghurt pots.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics and the environment
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- white
- Dimension:
- height 90 mm
- Dimension:
- width 90 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 7 mm
- Inscription content:
- made from recycled yoghurt pots.
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- recycled
- Object name:
- environmental materials; material; recycled; recycled material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 005176.2
- Object production organisation:
- Smile Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
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