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- Paragon portable toilet
- Object name(s):
- travel accessory; toilet
- Brief description:
- A chemical toilet designed by Martyn Rowlands for Racasan Ltd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in the 1960s. The container is made of injection moulded HDPE with a MDPE seat and lid, whilst the grip on the handle is made of extruded PVC. The design won the Design Award in 1961, according to an article in a contemporary trade journal, 'the judges felt that the functional details had been well thought out and were impressed with the care clearly taken to select the appropriate plastics for each part. They considered that it was an excellent illustartion of how a mundane product could be turned inot a pleasing and practical'. The toilet was designed, moulded and packed by EKCO Plastics Ltd.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- travel and holiday
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- white
- Dimension:
- height 360 mm
- Dimension:
- width 390 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 430 mm
- Inscription content:
- Reg. Design No. 893273 Racasan Ltd. Ellesmere Port, Wirral, Cheshire, England.
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PE
- Material:
- polyethylene
- Material:
- polythene
- Material:
- LDPE
- Material:
- low density polyethylene
- Material:
- MDPE
- Material:
- medium density polyethylene
- Material:
- PVC
- Material:
- polyvinyl chloride
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- stainless steel
- Object name:
- travel accessory; toilet
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003424
- Object production date:
- 1960
- Object production organisation:
- Racasan
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- Orange dish
- Object name(s):
- tableware; bowl
- Brief description:
- An orange and beige swirled design dish, compression moulded in urea formaldehyde using Beetle moulding powder, first released in 1925 by British Cyanides Co. (who went on to become British Industrial Plastics in 1936). The dish was given by the company to the donor's grandmother, who worked as a cleaner with BIP from 1915.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- orange
- Colour:
- brown
- Dimension:
- height 45 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 107 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- UF
- Material:
- urea formaldehyde
- Object name:
- tableware; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 009117
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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- Title:
- Seltzer Raspberry
- Object name(s):
- food and drink packaging; can
- Brief description:
- A plastic can for Raspberry flavoured Seltzer.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Dimension:
- height mm
- Dimension:
- width mm
- Dimension:
- depth mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- food and drink packaging; can
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 006454.1
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- Title:
- Horlicks
- Object name(s):
- food and drink packaging; box
- Brief description:
- A box for instant Horlicks with a plastic lid.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Dimension:
- height mm
- Dimension:
- width mm
- Dimension:
- depth mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- food and drink packaging; box
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 006456
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- Title:
- HS-011
- Object name(s):
- Chair
- Brief description:
- A white plastic chair with four legs, featuring three curved holes in the backrest and a carrying handle as well as three small lozenge shaped holes in the seat.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Interiors
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Shekou
- Associated concept:
- Values of Design
- Associated concept:
- Design Society
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 57.3
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 86.2
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 53
- Material:
- polypropylene
- Object history note:
- This chair set was included in ‘Values of Design’ at the V&A Gallery, Design Society in Shenzhen, China in 2017.
- Object name:
- Chair
- Object number:
- W.35-2016
- Object production date:
- 2016
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 2016-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 2016-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Taizhou Changheng Trado Co., Ltd
- Object production place:
- Shanghai
- Place association:
- manufactured
- Physical description:
- A white plastic chair with four legs, featuring three curved holes in the backrest and a carrying handle as well as three small lozenge shaped holes in the seat.
- Reproduction number:
- 2017JX4872
- Reproduction number:
- 2017JX4873
- Reproduction number:
- 2017JX4874
- Responsible department/section:
- FWK
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- ‘Monobloc’ is a term used to describe a type of lightweight stackable chair made from a single piece of plastic (often polypropylene). Its roots can be found in the late 1960s after polypropylene was first developed in 1963, opening up the possibility for plastics to be used in furniture design. During this period many European designers began to experiment with how a chair might be formed out of a single piece of plastic. Most notably, Helmut Bätzner designed the Bofinger stackable chair (Circ.436 to 440-1970), between 1964 and 1965 and Vico Magistretti designed his ‘Selene’ chair (Circ.504-1973) a few years later in 1968. Both were fashioned from a single piece of compression-moulded fibreglass. Joe Colombo’s ‘Universale’ chair however, designed from 1965-1967 (CIRC.887-1968) was an early attempt to fashion a Monobloc using injection moulded plastic, the process used to manufacture most Monoblocs today. Colombo’s design included detachable feet, so that the height of the chair could be adjusted.
Today, the use of the term Monobloc is more commonly associated with a type of cheap plastic chair which has no recognisable designer, yet has become global in its sale and distribution. Although this type of Monobloc has clear links to the above-mentioned early experiments in plastic chair designs, its exact origins are uncertain, with varying claims that the first Monobloc originated in France, Canada, or Australia, either in the late 1970s or early 1980s. [2] Hundreds of millions of these relatively anonymous Monoblocs have now been produced by different companies around the world. They are both derided as ugly and cheap, but also celebrated as kitsch, and many designers have taken the anonymous Monobloc as a source of design inspiration for new projects. A good example is Maarten Baas’s ‘Plastic Chair in Wood’ [W.10-2015], which replicates the exact shape of a Monobloc found in Shanghai, yet is formed from carved elm wood.
This particular Monobloc armchair model bears the product code HS-011 and has a distinctive shape featuring three curved holes in the backrest and a carrying handle as well as three small lozenge shaped holes in the seat. It was chosen for its similarity in shape to Maarten Baas’ ‘Plastic Chair in Wood’, which has also been acquired for the V&A collection.
The chair was manufactured by Taizhou Changheng Trade Co.,Ltd., based in Taizhou, China. . Using its own moulds, Taizhou Changheng Trade Co.,Ltd is a manufacturer of a variety of different plastic products which include garden tools, furniture and food containers.
This chair was acquired as part of the Shekou Project, an international partnership between the V&A and China Merchant Shekou Holdings (CMSK) to open a new cultural platform called Design Society in Shekou. It was included in the inaugural exhibition, ‘Values of Design’, in the V&A Gallery at Design Society in a section exploring cost, copies and the creation of value.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- Text:
- Monobloc Chair
China, 2016
Plastic Chair in Wood
Maarten Baas
The Netherlands/China, 2015
The Monobloc was invented in the 1970s and became the most mass-produced chair in the world. Formed from a single piece of injection-moulded plastic, its commercial success is due to its extremely low cost. Maarten Baas' chair is an exact replica, but meticulously carved in elm wood, thereby elevating the familiar and mass-produced through craftsmanship, materials and singularity.
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
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- Title:
- Smile Plastics sample - Dapple red
- 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 looks like the charcoal veined Piatraccia marble. The Dapple range is a semi-translucent sheet made from off-cuts from gas and water pipes, production scrap from Smile Plastics' factory, and old food stuff containers.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- red
- Dimension:
- length 99 mm
- Dimension:
- width 47 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 12 mm
- Inscription content:
- Smile Plastics Ltd. 01743 850267 www.smile-plastics.co.uk. Sample Type Dapple Red
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- adhesive label
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PE
- Material:
- polyethylene
- Material:
- polythene
- Object name:
- material; recycled material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008810.7
- Object production organisation:
- Smile Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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- Title:
- Swan dish
- Object name(s):
- ornament; dish
- Brief description:
- A dish in the shape of a white swan.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Dimension:
- height mm
- Dimension:
- width mm
- Dimension:
- length mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PS
- Material:
- polystyrene
- Object name:
- ornament; dish
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007525
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Object name(s):
- Saucer
- Brief description:
- Stackable saucer made from blue 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.793D/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 blue plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8523
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8515
- 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)
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- Object name(s):
- Saucer
- Brief description:
- Stackable saucer made from blue 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.793E/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 blue plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8522
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8514
- 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)
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- Object name(s):
- 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.793F/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:
- 2012FE8521
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8513
- 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)
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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.793A/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:
- 2012FE8526
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8518
- 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)
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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.793L-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:
- 2012FE8550
- 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)
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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.793H-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:
- 2012FE8554
- 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/006f9f62-5a98-37ea-8863-52da4c06b77f
Use licence for this record: 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.793O-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:
- 2012FE8547
- 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/767d47f9-fbf1-39a2-82a7-d252a9f7ac98
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Hutzler turner, yellow
- Object name(s):
- tableware; serving utensil
- Brief description:
- A yellow coloured fish slice/turner, 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.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- yellow
- Dimension:
- width 65 mm
- Dimension:
- length 320 mm
- Inscription content:
- Mepal Melamine Rosti Design Made in Denmark by Hutzler Des Pat No 211.656
- 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 : 008915
- Object production organisation:
- Hutzler
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Denmark
- Technique:
- compression moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/69691526-7fa5-3283-8fdd-1aafb53c88f5
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Four transparencies
- Object name(s):
- photographic image; people
- Brief description:
- A sheet of 4 photographic transparencies entitled 'Colin Townsend with Fashion Design Student', c 1980s
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- colour print
- Dimension:
- height 252 mm
- Dimension:
- width 202 mm
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- unidentified
- Object name:
- photographic image; people
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 010179
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c4bf0b6a-9d24-3750-b7c4-27776482062e
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Mrs Thatcher novelty item
- Object name(s):
- collectable; figurine
- Brief description:
- Mrs Thatcher novelty item, plastic, small. c.1980s.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- toys and games
- Colour:
- red
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- collectable; figurine
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_6435
- Object production place:
- Taiwan
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Disposable lighter
- Object name(s):
- smoking accessory; lighter
- Brief description:
- Cylindrical, disposable plastic lighter, c.1990s.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- smoking
- Colour:
- green
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- smoking accessory; lighter
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 001289
- Object production organisation:
- Clipper
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/167dc28d-492e-3bd1-8023-2cbc99fe0425
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Osem chicken soup mix
- Object name(s):
- food and drink packaging; jar
- Brief description:
- A plastic jar for Osem chicken soup mix.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Dimension:
- height mm
- Dimension:
- width mm
- Dimension:
- depth mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- food and drink packaging; jar
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007584
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- Title:
- Guinness Marmite
- Object name(s):
- food and drink packaging; jar
- Brief description:
- A glass jar for Guinness Marmite with a white plastic lid.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Dimension:
- height mm
- Dimension:
- width mm
- Dimension:
- length mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- food and drink packaging; jar
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007587
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