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- Lined evening dress
- Object name(s):
- dress; evening dress
- Brief description:
- A fully lined, full length, sleeveless evening dress of mint green crepe fabric. The bodice is heavily embellished with gold and clear coloured beading in a floral design.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- fashion and costume
- Colour:
- green
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- unidentified
- Material:
- textile
- Object name:
- dress; evening dress
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 005247
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Technique:
- handmade
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- Title:
- Two-piece geometric buckle
- Object name(s):
- fashion and costume accessory; buckle
- Brief description:
- A two-piece dark blue buckle with an overlapping rectangular design. The two sides clasp together in the middle of the buckle.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- fashion and costume
- Colour:
- blue
- Dimension:
- height 34 mm
- Dimension:
- width 75 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 8 mm
- Material:
- casein formaldehyde
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- CF
- Material:
- metal
- Object name:
- fashion and costume accessory; buckle
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 009937
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- extruded
- Technique:
- cut
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- Title:
- Host Marriott Stores plastic carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Host Marriott Stores plastic carrier bag with USA States printed diagonally across the whole of the background.1998.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- cream
- Colour:
- black
- Colour:
- grey
- Dimension:
- length 205 mm
- Dimension:
- height 285 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- unidentified
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1484.1
- Object production date:
- 1998
- Object production place:
- USA
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2af390ce-bf3b-329c-b2fa-0fab05f3d85c
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- Title:
- Domed cover
- Object name(s):
- manufacturing process; thermoforming
- Brief description:
- An example of a circular domed cover or lid made from thermoformed colourless acrylic by Thermo-Plastics Ltd, circa 1960s.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- colourless
- Dimension:
- depth 40 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 150 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PMMA
- Material:
- polymethyl methacrylate
- Material:
- acrylic
- Object name:
- manufacturing process; thermoforming
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 009519
- Object production organisation:
- Thermo-Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- thermoformed
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- Title:
- How plastics help us
- Object name(s):
- education; poster
- Brief description:
- A large illustrated poster produced by ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) in July 1974. The information given covers how plastics are made, the main types of plastics, two of the manufactuing processes used to turn the material into objects, and examples of the uses of some of the best known plastics. Designed by Douglas Pitch and printed in England at the Kynoch Press, Birmingham
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- height 880 mm
- Dimension:
- width 625 mm
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- education; poster
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008264
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Object production organisation:
- ICI
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer for
- Object production person:
- Pitch, Douglas
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/785de6fb-0f76-37d9-ae5b-cc70ec95a124
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Bighead samples and catalogue
- Object name(s):
- manufacturing process; plastics construction
- Brief description:
- Sample box of bonding fasteners and product range catalogue from Bighead Bonding Fastners Ltd.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- length 330 mm
- Dimension:
- width 240 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 80 mm
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- manufacturing process; plastics construction
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 004891
- Object production organisation:
- Bighead Bonding Fastners
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
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- Title:
- Serving tongs
- Object name(s):
- tableware; serving utensil
- Brief description:
- A small pair of colourless thermoformed acrylic tongs made by Thermo-Plastics Ltd, mid 20th century.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- colourless
- Dimension:
- width 43 mm
- Dimension:
- length 175 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 14 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PMMA
- Material:
- polymethyl methacrylate
- Material:
- acrylic
- Object name:
- tableware; serving utensil
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 009484
- Object production organisation:
- Thermo-Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- thermoformed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/fa34a7d7-9ddc-395b-85c0-70207262198a
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- Title:
- Boot dispenser, 3 of 4
- Object name(s):
- confectionery packaging; dispenser
- Brief description:
- A dispenser for sweets in the shape of a boot
- 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:
- confectionery packaging; dispenser
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007560.3
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- Title:
- Boot dispenser, 4 of 4
- Object name(s):
- confectionery packaging; dispenser
- Brief description:
- A dispenser for sweets in the shape of a boot
- 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:
- confectionery packaging; dispenser
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007560.4
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- Title:
- Boot dispenser, 2 of 4
- Object name(s):
- confectionery packaging; dispenser
- Brief description:
- A dispenser for sweets in the shape of a boot
- 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:
- confectionery packaging; dispenser
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007560.2
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- Object name(s):
- Beaker
- Brief description:
- Red plastic beaker with handle and lid with spout, moulded polypropylene.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Children & Childhood
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- maximum
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.2
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7
- Object name:
- Beaker
- Object number:
- C.86:1, 2-2003
- Object production date:
- ca. 1975
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1970-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1979-12-31
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Red plastic beaker with handle and lid with spout, moulded polypropylene.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4344
- 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.
- 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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- Object name(s):
- Beaker
- Brief description:
- Cream plastic beaker with handle and lid with spout, moulded polypropylene.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Children & Childhood
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- maximum
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.4
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7.1
- Object name:
- Beaker
- Object number:
- C.90:1, 2-2003
- Object production date:
- ca. 1980
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1975-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1984-12-31
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Cream plastic beaker with handle and lid with spout, moulded polypropylene.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4366
- 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.
- 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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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Red plastic plate with handle, moulded polypropylene.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Children & Childhood
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 3
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- with handle
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 17.6
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.4
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- C.89-2003
- Object production date:
- ca. 1975
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1970-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1979-12-31
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Red plastic plate with handle, moulded polypropylene.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN9620
- 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.
- 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:
- European Plastics News, 1987
- Object name(s):
- periodical; journal
- Brief description:
- A bound set of journals.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- periodical; journal
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0682
- Object production date:
- 1987
- Object production organisation:
- Iliffe & Sons
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production place:
- UK
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aa054007-3daf-3f0b-b18a-795ed7e3b591
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- Title:
- Valentine
- Object name(s):
- Typewriter
- Brief description:
- Typewriter: the typewriter has a red plastic casing and a standard QWERTY keyboard with keys made of black plastic with white lettering. Front strike metal arms and typeface with fabric typing ribbon with both red and black ink. Orange plastic ribbon spool holders, black rubber roller and silver metal return arm and paper guide. Four black rubber feet on bottom, red plastic swing handle at back of typewriter. Raised lettering in plastic along front: 'valentine' and along back right edge: 'olivetti'. Raised lettering at back of typewriter: 'made in Barcelona, Spain'.
Case: the casing is made of red slightly textured plastic. It is rectangular in shape with rounded edges and an opening at one end. The typewriter slips into the case and locks into place by way of two black rubber tabs on either side of the opening.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Metalwork
- Associated concept:
- Product design
- Associated concept:
- Interiors
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Shekou
- Associated concept:
- Values of Design
- Associated concept:
- Design Society
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 117
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 343
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 352
- Inscription content:
- valentine
- Inscription interpretation:
- In raised, lower case lettering across the front above the keyboard.
- Inscription content:
- olivetti alongside the olivetti logo.
- Inscription interpretation:
- In raised, lowercase lettering in the right hand corner of the back plate.
- Inscription content:
- made in Barcelona Spain
- Inscription interpretation:
- Raised leterring on the back of the typewriter.
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- Typewriter
- Object number:
- M.24:1,2-1993
- Object production date:
- 1969
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1969-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Olivetti & Co. S.p.A
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Sottsass, Ettore
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production person:
- King, Perry
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- Barcelona
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Typewriter: the typewriter has a red plastic casing and a standard QWERTY keyboard with keys made of black plastic with white lettering. Front strike metal arms and typeface with fabric typing ribbon with both red and black ink. Orange plastic ribbon spool holders, black rubber roller and silver metal return arm and paper guide. Four black rubber feet on bottom, red plastic swing handle at back of typewriter. Raised lettering in plastic along front: 'valentine' and along back right edge: 'olivetti'. Raised lettering at back of typewriter: 'made in Barcelona, Spain'.
Case: the casing is made of red slightly textured plastic. It is rectangular in shape with rounded edges and an opening at one end. The typewriter slips into the case and locks into place by way of two black rubber tabs on either side of the opening.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AW3414
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BR3157
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BR3158
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BR3159
- Reproduction number:
- 2008BT4185
- Reproduction number:
- 2008BT4186
- Responsible department/section:
- MET
- Technique:
- stamping
- Technique:
- reaction injection moulding
- Technique:
- Metal and ABS plastic
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The Valentine, created for the Italian brand Olivetti, was designed in collaboration with the British designer, Perry King and entered production in 1969. It was not a commercial success. The Valentine was technically mediocre, expensive and failed to sell to a mass audience, yet still became a design classic. Valentines can be found in the permanent collections of London's Design Museum and New York's, Museum of Modern Art as well as the V&A. The product's critical success was unhindered by its functional limitations because its design focused on its emotional connection to users as it did on its practical ease of use.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
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- Title:
- Yellow Midwinter Modern plate
- Object name(s):
- tableware; plate
- Brief description:
- A yellow melamine Midwinter Modern square plate with rounded corners, which won the Council of Industrial Design 'Design of the Year' award in 1957. Its designers, A.H.Woodfall and John Vale, were members of the British Industrial Plastics Product Design Unit, Oldbury Birmingham. Melmex, the material from which the set is made, was British Industrial Plastics Chemicals Limited's tradename for melamine. This kind of tableware was popular during the 50s and 60s for its bright colours and 'unbreakable' quality. It later lost favour due to the fact it stained easily and so is now mainly used for picnics. Information has been added to this record as a result of the Ten Most Wanted research project: http://www.10most.org.uk/artefact/midwinter-tea-set, where aditional information relating to it can be found.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- yellow
- Dimension:
- width 150 mm
- Inscription content:
- Break Resistant Tableware. Midwinter Modern. Made in England
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- base
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- MF
- Material:
- melamine formaldehyde
- Material:
- Melmex - trade name
- Object name:
- tableware; plate
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 002681
- Object production date:
- 1957
- Object production organisation:
- Streetly Manufacturing Company
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production organisation:
- Midwinter
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer for
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/698f8da0-1abc-3051-a5a8-a6ff705de364
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- Object name(s):
- Fork
- Brief description:
- Smokey-grey transparent plastic fork, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Transport
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.2
- Object name:
- Fork
- Object number:
- C.96-2003
- Object production date:
- 1967
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1967-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Cosmocord Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- makers
- Object production organisation:
- British Rail
- Organisation's association:
- commissioned by
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Smokey-grey transparent plastic fork, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4699
- 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. Rowlands also designed disposable meal trays, cutlery and tableware for the transport industry - both British European Airways (BEA, 1967) and British Rail.
- 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/626108de-4c8b-3f47-bfde-9f99917eaae7
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/626108de-4c8b-3f47-bfde-9f99917eaae7, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Fork
- Brief description:
- Red plastic fork, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Transport
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.2
- Object name:
- Fork
- Object number:
- C.99-2003
- Object production date:
- 1967
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1967-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Cosmocord Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- makers
- Object production organisation:
- British Rail
- Organisation's association:
- commissioned by
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Red plastic fork, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4691
- 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. Rowlands also designed disposable meal trays, cutlery and tableware for the transport industry - both British European Airways (BEA, 1967) and British Rail.
- 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/95afcb5a-34b6-34dd-a040-e6c801dd66b7
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/95afcb5a-34b6-34dd-a040-e6c801dd66b7, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Knife
- Brief description:
- Red plastic knife, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Transport
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.9
- Object name:
- Knife
- Object number:
- C.98-2003
- Object production date:
- 1967
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1967-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Cosmocord Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- makers
- Object production organisation:
- British Rail
- Organisation's association:
- commissioned by
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Red plastic knife, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4688
- 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. Rowlands also designed disposable meal trays, cutlery and tableware for the transport industry - both British European Airways (BEA, 1967) and British Rail.
- 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/bafb2c85-5306-3757-ae59-f47dedce7c63
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/bafb2c85-5306-3757-ae59-f47dedce7c63, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Object name(s):
- Spoon
- Brief description:
- Blue plastic teaspoon, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Transport
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 12.1
- Object name:
- Spoon
- Object number:
- C.103-2003
- Object production date:
- 1967
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1967-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Cosmocord Ltd.
- Organisation's association:
- makers
- Object production organisation:
- British Rail
- Organisation's association:
- commissioned by
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Blue plastic teaspoon, moulded polypropylene. British Rail (BR) logo moulded into design.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4695
- 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. Rowlands also designed disposable meal trays, cutlery and tableware for the transport industry - both British European Airways (BEA, 1967) and British Rail.
- 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/2bc83947-ec4e-30b8-a930-ea57337598f8
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2bc83947-ec4e-30b8-a930-ea57337598f8, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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