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- Jug
- Brief description:
- Stackable milk jug made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, tapering lower section to base, and rectilinear spout and handle. White inner and lower section, blue upper section, handle and spout.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- ELISE
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Credit line:
- Given by the Council of Industrial Design
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8.5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 13
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8
- Material:
- Plastic
- Object name:
- Jug
- Object number:
- CIRC.793Z-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 milk jug made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, tapering lower section to base, and rectilinear spout and handle. White inner and lower section, blue upper section, handle and spout.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8508
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT7875
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8511
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- moulded
- 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):
- Jug
- Brief description:
- Stackable milk jug made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, tapering lower section to base, and rectilinear spout and handle. White inner and lower section, brown upper section, handle and spout.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- ELISE
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Credit line:
- Given by the Council of Industrial Design
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8.5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 13
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8
- Material:
- Plastic
- Object name:
- Jug
- Object number:
- CIRC.793AA-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 milk jug made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, tapering lower section to base, and rectilinear spout and handle. White inner and lower section, brown upper section, handle and spout.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8502
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT7875
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8511
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- moulded
- 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/292dd058-5f3c-39f9-a4d6-484d49d4625e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Jug
- Brief description:
- Stackable milk jug made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, tapering lower section to base, and rectilinear spout and handle. White inner and lower section, yellow upper section, handle and spout.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- ELISE
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Credit line:
- Given by the Council of Industrial Design
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8.5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 13
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8
- Material:
- Plastic
- Object name:
- Jug
- Object number:
- CIRC.793Y-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 milk jug made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, tapering lower section to base, and rectilinear spout and handle. White inner and lower section, yellow upper section, handle and spout.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8509
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT7875
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8511
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- moulded
- 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/73178c47-21af-3709-8068-dbc64b92180f
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Designers in Britain
- Object name(s):
- reference book; art and design in general
- Brief description:
- Society of Industrial Artists, 1947. Designers in Britain. Allan Wingate, London. This book covers the following: Foreword - Part 1: Commercial design - Introduction by Jack Beddington- Posters - Trade marks and symbols - Packaging - Press advertising - Illustration and cartoons - Booklets folders and leaflets - Exhibition and display (showing images of the Daily Graphic Plastics exhibition which was held at Dorland Hall, London in association with the British Plastics Federation on 7 - 28 November 1946 and the Whither Chemistry exhibition for the Imperial Chemical Industries)- Typography and type faces - Magazine design - Book jackets - Book designs - Miscellany - Part 2: Industrial design - Introduction by Sir Thomas D. Barlow - Domestic equipment - Architectural ironmongery - Radio cabinets - Lighting - Glass - Industrial equipment and instruments - Prefabricated buildings - Carpets - Wallpapers - Leather - Boots and shoes - Furniture - Ceramics - Plate and cutlery - Transport - Textiles
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; art and design in general
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0360
- Object production date:
- 1947
- Object production organisation:
- Allan Wingate
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production place:
- UK
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/22c5af99-cd55-39f0-9f68-7129ac0b9f19
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/22c5af99-cd55-39f0-9f68-7129ac0b9f19, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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- Title:
- Lakeland plastics catalogue 1993
- Object name(s):
- publicity and marketing material; catalogue
- Brief description:
- Lakeland plastics Catalogue 1993
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- colour print
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- publicity and marketing material; catalogue
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1354
- Object production date:
- 1993
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b2d47621-fe03-36f0-bc0b-110b47f8ec2d
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Circus
- Object name(s):
- Printed plastic sample
- Brief description:
- Circus. Portion of decoratively printed plastic sheet for Bakelite Wareite, 1968.Lettered in white chalk on the back CIRCUS ANY NEW COLORWAYS (sic) LET ME SEE FIRST.Partially overwritten in black chalk ANY NEW Color (sic) other than (sic) this
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Designs
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 384
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 384
- Material:
- Bakelite
- Object name:
- Printed plastic sample
- Object number:
- E.604-1987
- Object production date:
- 1968
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1968-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-12-31
- Object production person:
- Jacqueline Groag
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- Britain
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Circus. Portion of decoratively printed plastic sheet for Bakelite Wareite, 1968.Lettered in white chalk on the back CIRCUS ANY NEW COLORWAYS (sic) LET ME SEE FIRST.Partially overwritten in black chalk ANY NEW Color (sic) other than (sic) this
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- screen printing
- Technique:
- screen-printed bakelite plastic
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The following excerpt is taken from Galloway, Francesca, 'Post-War British Textiles'. Robert Marcuson Publishing, London, 2002:
"Jacqueline Groag, a Czech by birth, was a talented textile designer, as well-known and as influential as [Lucienne] Day in the 1950s; she continued designing textiles until the 1980s. Groag was a student of Josef Hoffmann and Franz Cizek in Vienna and designed for the Wiener Werkstätte before moving to Paris in 1929. There she designed dress fabrics for Chanel, Schiaparelli and Lanvin. She married the architect and follower of Adolf Loos, Jacques Groag, whose preference for severe functionalism in architecture had some influence on her style. They moved to London in 1939 where her success must have been immediate given the number of textiles she designed for the 'Britain Can Make It' exhibition at the V&A in 1946. The columnar design, launched by David Whitehead for the Festival of Britain in 1951, was adapted from an earlier design commissioned from Groag by the Rayon Design Centre in 1948."
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- Title:
- DIY Plastics polystyrene sample
- Object name(s):
- material; thermoplastic material
- Brief description:
- A small sample sheet of transparent 4mm polystyrene (PS), manufactured by DIY Plastics, Oxford. The company was founded in 1973, producing a range of plastic sheeting for the DIY and home improvement markets. This example dates circa 1995-2005.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- colourless
- Dimension:
- length 100 mm
- Dimension:
- width 71 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 4 mm
- Inscription content:
- 4mm polystyrene. DIY Plastics. Plastics for every project. Regal Way, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 7XD. Tel: 01367 242932.
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- sticker
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PS
- Material:
- polystyrene
- Object name:
- material; thermoplastic material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 009619.1
- Object production organisation:
- DIY Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- cast
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d251e426-6073-3ed6-9931-a9fff0656d69
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Denman brush
- Object name(s):
- grooming; brush
- Brief description:
- A small injection moulded brush in blue and white marbled polypropylene. In this example the flashings have not been removed from the handle. The registered design number on the handle is for 1955. Made in England by Denman's sister company Denroy Plastics Ltd. The Denman brand was established in 1938 by John Denman Dean.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- health, care and grooming
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- white
- Dimension:
- height 25 mm
- Dimension:
- width 20 mm
- Dimension:
- length 200 mm
- Inscription content:
- DENMAN R.D. 879021
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- handle
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PP
- Material:
- polypropylene
- Object name:
- grooming; brush
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008181
- Object production date:
- 1955
- Object production organisation:
- Denroy Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3c9b8545-51b0-3f98-b131-e8d5a637c09c
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Crayonne orange LP rack
- Object name(s):
- audio visual accessory; record storage
- Brief description:
- An orange coloured LP (12 inch record) storage rack with a series of three concentric arcs against two flat sides. This rack was designed by Conran Associates for Crayonne Ltd, a subsidiary of Airfix Plastics. In 1972, David Sinigaglia, Managing Director of Airfix Industries, set up the design subsidiary to try to improve the image of plastics and approached Conran to apply high design principles to everyday homewares. This range of injection moulded acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) included both record and cassette storage in a variety of colours. By turning the stands, different storage arrangements could be made for decorative effect, see AIBDC : 008861.1 - 008861.9 for other examples.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- audio visual
- Colour:
- orange
- Dimension:
- height 255 mm
- Dimension:
- width 120 mm
- Dimension:
- length 255 mm
- Inscription content:
- crayonne
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- inner surface
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- ABS
- Material:
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- Object name:
- audio visual accessory; record storage
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008861.3
- Object production organisation:
- Crayonne
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/0e3ea06d-b286-3f00-8ea0-77fe990e68a6
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Twister
- Object name(s):
- games and accessories; activity game
- Brief description:
- A boxed game of Twister with a large plastic mat and board. This game has been on sale since the 1960s.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- toys and games
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- width 268 mm
- Dimension:
- length 268 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 50 mm
- Inscription content:
- MB Games 'Twister' The game that ties you up in knots.
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PVC
- Material:
- polyvinyl chloride
- Material:
- plasticised polyvinyl chloride
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- games and accessories; activity game
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 001243
- Object production date:
- 1996
- Object production organisation:
- MB Games
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Technique:
- calendered
- Technique type:
- sheet
- Technique type:
- design
- Technique:
- printed
- Technique type:
- sheet
- Technique type:
- design
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1427c54d-6dff-3ecb-99f3-a810c98744a2
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- Title:
- The Pegasus Book of Plastics
- Object name(s):
- reference book; plastics in general
- Brief description:
- Briston, J.H., 1969. The Pegasus Book of Plastics. Dobson Books Ltd, London. This book covers the following: 1. What are plastics? - 2. Raw materials - 3. Know your plastics: thermosets - 4. Know your plastics: Thermoplastics - 5. Know your plastics: Natural polymers and derivatives - 6. The shaping of plastics - 7. Plastics all round us - 8. Sealed and delivered - 9. Santa's workshop - 10. Towards the plastic house - 11. The magic carpet - 12. Man-made fibres - 13. Plastics and the future - The language of plastics - More books about plastics - Index.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; plastics in general
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0352
- Object production date:
- 1969
- Object production organisation:
- Dobson Books
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Briston, John H.
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- UK
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/845fafb1-bc6d-3a86-abf5-8bd2e6184099
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Pair of 500 series kitchen taps
- Object name(s):
- plumbing services; tap
- Brief description:
- A pair of 500 series kitchen taps designed by Martyn Rowlands for IMI Opella Ltd in the 1960s. The 500 series were the first all plastic taps and won a Design Award in 1966. They are made of white injection moulded polyacetal and have a translucent smoked blue acrylic top.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- construction and building services
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- blue
- Dimension:
- height 260 mm
- Inscription content:
- B.S. 5413 IMI
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- polyacetal
- Material:
- PMMA
- Material:
- polymethyl methacrylate
- Material:
- acrylic
- Object name:
- plumbing services; tap
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003369.1
- Object production date:
- 1967
- Object production organisation:
- IMI Opella
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/748f50db-1159-3086-9fa7-6efbfa42c22d
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Paramount bowl, 2 of 3
- Object name(s):
- tableware; bowl
- Brief description:
- One of three asymmetric Paramount plastic bowls.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- yellow
- Dimension:
- width 118 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 113 mm
- Dimension:
- height 48 mm
- Inscription content:
- PR Paramount. Made in England
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PS
- Material:
- polystyrene
- Object name:
- tableware; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003478.2
- Object production organisation:
- PR Paramount
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/97b627f4-ef65-3a68-827e-656a40766de6
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- Title:
- Paramount bowl, 1 of 3
- Object name(s):
- tableware; bowl
- Brief description:
- One of three asymmetric Paramount plastic bowls.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- green
- Dimension:
- width 118 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 113 mm
- Dimension:
- height 48 mm
- Inscription content:
- PR Paramount. Made in England
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PS
- Material:
- polystyrene
- Object name:
- tableware; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003478.1
- Object production organisation:
- PR Paramount
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- Base carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Base, plastic carrier bag in the shape of a duffle bag, pre 1998.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- orange
- Colour:
- black
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- unidentified
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1439
- Object production date:
- 1998
- Object production place:
- UK
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- Title:
- Folding curling tongs
- Object name(s):
- grooming; hair styler
- Brief description:
- A pair of folding curling tongs with plastic handles.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- health, care and grooming
- Colour:
- orange
- Dimension:
- length 190 mm
- Dimension:
- width 60 mm
- Inscription content:
- Made in England
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- metal
- Object name:
- grooming; hair styler
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 004444
- Object production date:
- 1950
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
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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, brown 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
- 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.793V-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, brown upper section.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8539
- 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:
- OG 29th Anniversary Sale carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Plastic carrier bag promoting the OG 29th Anniversary Sale, design repeated on both sides, pre 1998.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Dimension:
- height 390 mm
- Dimension:
- length 310 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- unidentified
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1432
- Object production date:
- 1998
- Object production organisation:
- Guan Guan pl Industries
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
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- Title:
- Space ball handbag
- Object name(s):
- bag; handbag
- Brief description:
- A spherical plastic handbag with webbing strapping and a zip fastening.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- fashion and costume
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- black
- Inscription content:
- Patent Pending No. 981110133
- Inscription position:
- label
- Material:
- textile
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- unidentified
- Object name:
- bag; handbag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 001756
- Object production date:
- 2000
- Object production organisation:
- Futori Design
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Technique:
- unknown
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- Title:
- Hutzler serving fork, green
- Object name(s):
- tableware; serving utensil
- Brief description:
- A green coloured serving fork, compression moulded in Mepal melamine formaldehyde. This is a Rosti design, manufactured in Denmark by Hutzler, founded in the US in 1938 by Lothar Hutzler. With no access to traditional raw materials due to the war, Hutzler began manufacturing housewares from plastic, first releasing biscuit cutters, measuring spoons and funnels. In 1966 the company began moulding utensils and mixing bowls from melamine and soon after were awarded exclusive US distributorship of the Rosti designs in Mepal Melamine until Rosti was sold in the late 1970s. This is an early example with patent pending.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- green
- Dimension:
- width 44 mm
- Dimension:
- length 315 mm
- Inscription content:
- Mepal Melamine Rosti Design Made in Denmark by Hutzler Pat Pend
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- underside
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- Mepal - trade name
- Material:
- MF
- Material:
- melamine formaldehyde
- Object name:
- tableware; serving utensil
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008917
- Object production organisation:
- Hutzler
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Denmark
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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