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- Plastics in the Home by ESPRI
- Object name(s):
- education; document
- Brief description:
- An ESPRI (became ESPI) publication written by A.A. Harness, edited by G.L. Viles and illustrated by M.D. Shuttleworth. This publication was written with the intention of being an introduction to the world of plastics for students of home economics. Its contents include an outline of domestic applications for plastics, an overview of the nature of plastics, a section on designing and making plastics, and an appendix on the properties and uses of common domestic plastics.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- yellow
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- black
- Dimension:
- height 2 mm
- Dimension:
- width 208 mm
- Dimension:
- length 198 mm
- Inscription content:
- ESPRI (logo) Education Service of The Plastics and Rubber Institute. FABRICS. KITCHENWARE. THERMOSETS. PLASTICS IN THE HOME. WORK SURFACES. DESIGN - THERMOPLASTICS. APPLICATIONS. CHEMISTRY. AN ESPRI PUBLICATION.
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- front cover
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- education; document
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 010368
- Object production date:
- 1975
- Object production organisation:
- ESPI
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/4504f8d5-75d1-3c49-afbd-6208f04a2d6a
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Chop2Pot chopping board
- Object name(s):
- kitchenware; chopping board
- Brief description:
- A chopping board providing a flat chopping surface which folds at pre-formed seams to form a chute to assist the transfer of food from board to pan. The board is made from injection moulded polypropylene and incorporates living hinges. It was designed by Mark Sanders of MAS Design in 1988, this example 2009. This product has won several design awards including the Forma-Finlandia (world's best plastics products), Archimedes Awards for Innovation and the Horners Award for 'Innovative Use of Plastics'.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- yellow
- Dimension:
- length 384 mm
- Dimension:
- width 215 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 5 mm
- Inscription content:
- Joseph Joseph (TM) www.josephjoseph.com Design Registered. Made in China
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- reverse
- Inscription position:
- label
- Inscription content:
- Chop2Pot(TM) the original folding chopping board. Award winning patented design. Dishwasher safe. 3 year guarantee. Joseph Joseph. Designed in the UK. Design Registered. Copyright MAS Design. Made in China.
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- reverse
- Inscription position:
- label
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PP
- Material:
- polypropylene
- Object name:
- kitchenware; chopping board
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 006021
- Object production date:
- 2009
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production organisation:
- Joseph Joseph
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer for
- Object production person:
- Sanders, Mark
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- China
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/361ab2db-a905-31fc-83f0-5166254d10e5
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/361ab2db-a905-31fc-83f0-5166254d10e5, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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- Title:
- Plastic Icons
- Object name(s):
- reference book; museums, collections, and exhibitions
- Brief description:
- Schepers, W. (Ed.), 2016. Plastic Icons: Design-Ikonen aus Kunststoff. avedition, Stuttgart. This book is in German and was edited by Wolfgang Schepers for the Deutsche Kunststoff-Museum, the German Plastics Museum.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; museums, collections, and exhibitions
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0355
- Object production organisation:
- avedition
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Schepers, Wolfgang
- Person's association:
- Editor
- Object production place:
- Germany
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/60455eb2-ee8c-36af-ac55-780de8bfe358
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- Title:
- Black and white 'Input' range vase
- Object name(s):
- Ashtray
- Brief description:
- Cylindrical white ashtray, with black insert.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- ELISE
- Associated concept:
- Product design
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Credit line:
- Given by the Manufacturers
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.5
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.5
- Material:
- plastic
- Object history note:
- Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1974.
- Object history note:
- The tension between the idea of plastic as a cheap mass-market substitute for other materials and plastic as an exciting modern design material only began to be resolved in the late sixties with designers using plastic for its own intrinsic qualitites. The glossy, smooth surfaces, generous curves and bright colours on the 'Input' range was a successful attempt to apply high-design principles to plastic kitchenware for everyday use. Plastic reached a peak of popularity in the early 1970s before the ecological implications of long-term disposal made it a less attractive design material. ABS plastic, also used for the production of objects like telephones, Lego and hairdryers, is similar in look and feel to early phenolic plastics.
The full 'Input' range of twenty-one items were practical and modular. Most sizes could be bought either with or without lids. Some had optional heat-resistant inserts to create ashtrays. 'Input' was one of the key ranges which re-defined the aesthetic of the kitchen. It was a forerunner of many similar ranges, and long-term commercial success, with wide distribution. It won a Design Council Award in 1974.
- Object name:
- Ashtray
- Object number:
- CIRC.105A-1977
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1974-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1974-12-31
- Object production date:
- 1970-1975
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1970-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1975-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Conran Associates
- Organisation's association:
- designer
- Object production organisation:
- Crayonne Ltd
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Britain
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Cylindrical white ashtray, with black insert.
- Reproduction number:
- 2009CA1819
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BR3930
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT7884
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Plastic (ABS Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene)
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- In 1972 Airfix Plastics initiated a design programme which aimed to improve the image of plastics from cheap and disposable to high quality and desirable. The business approached Conran Associates, a design subsidiary of Habitat, to design a range of plastic products for the office or home.
The Input range was launched in May 1973 and designed by Conran Associates for Crayonne, a newly established division of Airfix. The range consisted of 21 'containers' including bowls, dishes, trays, bins, vases, pots and an ice bucket which were all made from heavy duty ABS plastic, selected for its strength and scratch and shatter resistance. Gift boxed to elevate their appeal, they were initially produced in four colours: red, yellow, green and white.
The containers were produced to be almost twice as thick as other ABS products through a particularly low rate injection moulding cycle. All the units in the range were based on the same diameter and height ratios to achieve an integrated appearance and were given identification numbers, rather than names. The Royal Free Hospital placed an order of the containers to be used as vases to bring colour and cheer to their wards.
The range won a Design Centre Award and featured in the exhibition British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age at the V&A in 2012.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- Text:
- PART OF A RANGE 'CRAYONNE'
Plastic
ENGLISH: designed by Conran Associates, made by Crayonne Ltd. a division of Airfix Plastics Ltd.; 1974
Circ.105&A, 111 to B, 114&A-1977
Given by the Manufacturers
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
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- Title:
- Taschen Design 2006 calendar
- Object name(s):
- ephemera; calendar
- Brief description:
- Desk calendar comprising plastic stand and pad of tear off sheets which feature one classic design for each day. Published by Taschen. ISBN 38228-4329-6
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- printed, written and drawn material
- Colour:
- colour print
- Dimension:
- height 135 mm
- Dimension:
- width 150 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 30 mm
- Material:
- paper
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- ephemera; calendar
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 005418
- Object production date:
- 2005
- Object production organisation:
- Taschen
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Germany
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b8badcf0-360d-37f8-9c33-4fe3422a56d8
Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Lecture to be given to the North Western Section of The Plastics Institute
- Object name(s):
- education; presentation script
- Brief description:
- A set of typed lecture notes on 10 pages, written by A.H.Woodfull, entitled 'Lecture to be given by Mr.A.H.Woofull to the North Western Section of the Plastics Institute on January 23rd 1953.' There are handwritten corrections and additions throughout the document. Topics covered include: Mass consumption and creating the desire for ownership
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- black and white print
- Dimension:
- height 329 mm
- Dimension:
- width 203 mm
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- education; presentation script
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008203.6
- Object production date:
- 1953
- Object production person:
- Woodfull, Albert Henry
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- typed
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Disposable Cutlery
- Object name(s):
- Disposable cutlery
- Brief description:
- Disposable cutlery, styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer. Three piece cutlery set, the fork and spoon handles, grooved with ridged edges, the bowls dipped, the spoon, oval, the fork with three prongs. The knife handle a straight rod terminating with a triangular blade.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Design Council Award Winner
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Product design
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Credit line:
- Gift of the manufacturer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object history note:
- Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1970.
Duke of Edinburgh Design Award for Elegant Design, 1968.
- Object name:
- Disposable cutlery
- Object number:
- CIRC.334 to B-1970
- Object production date:
- 1968
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1968-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-12-31
- Object production date:
- 1970
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1970-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1970-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designers
- Object production place:
- Southend-on-Sea (unitary authority)
- Place association:
- made
- Object status:
- Mass produced
- Physical description:
- Disposable cutlery, styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer. Three piece cutlery set, the fork and spoon handles, grooved with ridged edges, the bowls dipped, the spoon, oval, the fork with three prongs. The knife handle a straight rod terminating with a triangular blade.
- Reproduction number:
- 2019MA2798
- Responsible department/section:
- MET
- Style:
- Modernist
- Technique:
- moulding
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- EKCO (from Eric Kirkham Cole Limited) was a British electronics company producing radio and television sets from 1924 until 1960. Expanding into plastic production for its own use, Ekco Plastics produced both radio cases and later domestic plastic products; the plastics company became Lin Pac Mouldings Ltd.
David Harman Powell was born in 1931 and educated at Southend School of Art 1946-9 where he won a travel scholarship enabling him to tour Europe, particularly Sweden, Denmark and Italy.
Industrial drawing experience at Ekco Ltd led to a permanent post in the design office under 'Jake' White and then, from 1953-60, at British Industrial Plastics under 'Woody' Woodfull. Powell returned to Ekco in 1960 to take over from Martyn Rowlands as chief designer of their Plastics Division.
Powell won the 1955 Horners' design award for an all-plastics greenhouse, the 1968 Design Council's Duke of Edinburgh Award for Elegant Design with the Ekco Nova range of tableware and the 1970 Council of Industrial Design Award for Ekco Nova flatware.
Powell's innovative and stylish award winning plastic objects played a major part in the acceptance of the material as a serious alternative to traditional materials, and in many cases as the most suitable material for new products.
From: Museum of Design in Plastics
- Text reason:
- Summary description
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Pinti bottle
- Object name(s):
- food and drink packaging; bottle
- Brief description:
- A master pattern used for the design of a new milk bottle. This pattern was also used for the design of the crates in which the bottles were transported. Made from cast acrylic by National Plastics, circa late 1970s
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- colourless
- Dimension:
- height 190 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 75 mm
- Inscription content:
- 70712 Cap.at FP 6030 +-3.0ml FP9.5 WT 248g
- Inscription method:
- inscribed
- Inscription position:
- base
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PMMA
- Material:
- polymethyl methacrylate
- Material:
- acrylic
- Object name:
- food and drink packaging; bottle
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 006602SA
- Object production organisation:
- National 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/38963614-3e3d-3669-b889-4eb80b935134
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- Title:
- Ice bucket from 'Input' range
- Object name(s):
- Ice bucket
- Brief description:
- Cylindrical orange/red plastic tub, lid with three circular indents, and an insert.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- ELISE
- Associated concept:
- Product design
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Credit line:
- Given by the Manufacturers
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 17.4
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 17.9
- Material:
- plastic
- Object history note:
- Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1974.
- Object history note:
- The tension between the idea of plastic as a cheap mass-market substitute for other materials and plastic as an exciting modern design material only began to be resolved in the late sixties with designers using plastic for its own intrinsic qualitites. The glossy, smooth surfaces, generous curves and bright colours on the 'Input' range was a successful attempt to apply high-design principles to plastic kitchenware for everyday use. Plastic reached a peak of popularity in the early 1970s before the ecological implications of long-term disposal made it a less attractive design material. ABS plastic, also used for the production of objects like telephones, Lego and hairdryers, is similar in look and feel to early phenolic plastics.
The full 'Input' range of twenty-one items were practical and modular. Most sizes could be bought either with or without lids. Some had optional heat-resistant inserts to create ashtrays. 'Input' was one of the key ranges which re-defined the aesthetic of the kitchen. It was a forerunner of many similar ranges, and long-term commercial success, with wide distribution. It won a Design Council Award in 1974.
- Object name:
- Ice bucket
- Object number:
- CIRC.111 to B-1977
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1974-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1974-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Conran Associates
- Organisation's association:
- designer
- Object production organisation:
- Crayonne Ltd
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Britain
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Cylindrical orange/red plastic tub, lid with three circular indents, and an insert.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN7601
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BR3930
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT7884
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Plastic (ABS Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene)
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- In 1972 Airfix Plastics initiated a design programme which aimed to improve the image of plastics from cheap and disposable to high quality and desirable. The business approached Conran Associates, a design subsidiary of Habitat, to design a range of plastic products for the office or home.
The Input range was launched in May 1973 and designed by Conran Associates for Crayonne, a newly established division of Airfix. The range consisted of 21 'containers' including bowls, dishes, trays, bins, vases, pots and an ice bucket which were all made from heavy duty ABS plastic, selected for its strength and scratch and shatter resistance. Gift boxed to elevate their appeal, they were initially produced in four colours: red, yellow, green and white.
The containers were produced to be almost twice as thick as other ABS products through a particularly low rate injection moulding cycle. All the units in the range were based on the same diameter and height ratios to achieve an integrated appearance and were given identification numbers, rather than names. The Royal Free Hospital placed an order of the containers to be used as vases to bring colour and cheer to their wards.
The range won a Design Centre Award and featured in the exhibition British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age at the V&A in 2012.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- Text:
- PART OF A RANGE 'CRAYONNE'
Plastic
ENGLISH: designed by Conran Associates, made by Crayonne Ltd. a division of Airfix Plastics Ltd.; 1974
Circ.105&A, 111 to B, 114&A-1977
Given by the Manufacturers
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Breward Christopher and Wood, Ghislaine. British design from 1948:Innovation in the Modern Age . London, V&A publishing, 2012. p141. ISBN 978 1 851776740
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- Title:
- Relic recycled plant pot
- Object name(s):
- garden and horticultural equipment; plant pot
- Brief description:
- A recycled polypropylene plant pot in the 'kaboom' colourway, made by Relic, the own brand of Precious Plastic Lancaster. This start-up is connected to the international Precious Plastic global movement which seeks to create community-centric plastic artisans, and was originally developed by Dave Hakkens as part of his studies with the Design Academy in Eindhoven, Holland in 2012. Using open-source machinery and designs, low-volume, craft-based businesses are supported in the collection, shredding and recycling of waste plastics into new products. It is estimated that approximately 1000 people, groups and organisations are currently working with Precious Plastic machines and knowledge as at 2021. The Precious Plastic Lancaster team source their polypropylene from bottle tops, hangers and broken Tupperware, with the swirls and layers within each plant pot being unique.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- red
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- black
- Colour:
- yellow
- Dimension:
- height 85 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 98 mm
- Inscription content:
- 5 PP in plastics indentification code triangle
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- beneath
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PP
- Material:
- polypropylene
- Object name:
- garden and horticultural equipment; plant pot
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008622
- Object production date:
- 2021
- Object production organisation:
- Relic
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- 125 Years of Plastics poster - The First plastics
- Object name(s):
- education; poster
- Brief description:
- The first part of an ESPI poster illustrating discoveries in the plastics industry. This poster covers discoveries from 1843 to 1892.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- brown
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- height 1 mm
- Dimension:
- width 545 mm
- Dimension:
- length 790 mm
- Inscription content:
- Further copies of this poster, and parts II and III in this series entitles 'The History of Plastics' can be obtained by writing to: ESPI (logo) EDUCATION SERVICE OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY. University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU. Telephone: LOUGHBOROUGH (0509) 232065. PPITB (logo). Designs and Illustrations - Elaine Laws. Technical Adviser - Dr. Morris Kaufman.
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- bottom panel of poster
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- education; poster
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 010361
- Object production date:
- 1979
- Object production organisation:
- ESPI
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Laws, Elaine
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
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- Title:
- Classic Plastic
- Object name(s):
- reference book; museums, collections, and exhibitions
- Brief description:
- Fischer Fine Art, 1989. Classic Plastic: A Look at Design 1950-1974. Fischer Fine Art, London. An exhibition catalogue with an essay by Nigel Whitely with the title 'The Changing Aesthetics of Plastic.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; museums, collections, and exhibitions
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0274
- Object production date:
- 1989
- Object production organisation:
- Fischer Fine Art
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production place:
- UK
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a8e0199f-291a-3bc2-9bf8-abbbb14d1600
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- Title:
- Plastics Engineering Handbook of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. 4th ed.
- Object name(s):
- reference book; manufacturing and engineering
- Brief description:
- Frados, J. (Ed.), 1976. Plastics Engineering Handbook of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc, 4th ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Dallas & San Francisco. This book covers the following: Foreword - Preface - 1. Glossary - 2. Polymer chemistry - 3. Engineering and design guide to plastics - 4. Injection molding of thermoplastics - 5. Controls for injection molding machines - 6. Designing molds for injection molding molding - 7. Extrusion - 8. Compression and transfer molding - 9. Injection molding thermosets - 10. Design molds for thermoset processing - 11. Cold molding - 12. Thermoforming plastic film and sheet - 13. Blow molding - 14. Rotational molding - 15. Calendering - 16. Vinyl dispersions - 17. Powder coatings - 18. Casting - 19. Reinforced plastics - 20. Cellular plastics - 21. Radiation processing - 22. Moldmaking and materials - Designing molded products - 24. Standards for tolerances on molded articles - 25. Finishing and machining plastics - 26. Decorating plastics - 27. Joining and assembling plastics - 28. Design standards for inserts - 29. Compounding and materials handling - 30. Performance testing of plastic products - Index
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; manufacturing and engineering
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0200
- Object production date:
- 1976
- Object production organisation:
- Van Nostrand Reinhold
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- Frados, Joel
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- USA
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- Title:
- Plastic fruit basket
- Object name(s):
- food storage; tableware; food basket; bowl
- Brief description:
- An oval shaped plastic fruit bowl with open pierced style trellis design.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- colourless
- Dimension:
- height 70 mm
- Dimension:
- length 300 mm
- Dimension:
- width 210 mm
- Inscription content:
- Reg No. P50 862368
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- food storage; tableware; food basket; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003447
- Object production date:
- 1950
- Object production organisation:
- Unknown
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- De Piste carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- De Piste plastic carrier bag with logo of skier in pink and black. The design is repeated on both sides. Pre 1998.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- black
- Colour:
- pink
- Dimension:
- length 460 mm
- Dimension:
- height 560 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1469
- Object production date:
- 1998
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- Title:
- Key to the future in car design
- Object name(s):
- publicity and marketing material; brochure
- Brief description:
- A brochure produced by General Electric Plastics B.V. , circa 1980s, on the future of car design using Lexan (R) polycarbonate, Noryl (R) thermoplastic resins, and Valox (R) thermoplastic polyester
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- height 297 mm
- Dimension:
- width 209 mm
- Inscription content:
- Key to the future in car design. Lexan(R) Polycarbonate, Noryl(R) Thermoplastic Resins, and Valox(R) Thermoplastic polyeseter. General Electric Plastics B.V.
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Material:
- card
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- publicity and marketing material; brochure
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 007849
- Object production organisation:
- General Electric
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer for
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- Unknown
- Technique:
- printed
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- Title:
- Design showing the plastics section of the Festival of Britain 1951
- Object name(s):
- Drawing
- Brief description:
- Design showing a perspective view of the display area in the Plastics section at the Festival of Britain
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Designs
- Associated concept:
- Festival
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 51
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 75.7
- Object history note:
- Fejer, an architect by training, practised in this country as a product designer, working for many of the largest manufacturers in Britain. The Plastics section at the Festival of Britain 1951 was intended to explain to the public how plastics were made and their many uses. He also designed a similar section for the Rubber Industry. Fejer was a pioneer designer of the fitted kitchen, working for Wrighton Ltd, Hygena Ltd, and other manufacturers.
- Object name:
- Drawing
- Object number:
- E.769-1997
- Object production date:
- c. 1951
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1946-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1955-12-31
- Object production person:
- George Fejer
- Person's association:
- maker
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- made
- Place note:
- probably
- Physical description:
- Design showing a perspective view of the display area in the Plastics section at the Festival of Britain
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Pencil, pen and indian ink and wash on tracing paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
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- Title:
- Thermo-Plastics fruit bowl
- Object name(s):
- tableware; bowl
- Brief description:
- A large fruit bowl made from thermoformed acrylic with two cut out designs forming handles on either side. Made by Thermo-Plastics Ltd, circa 1950s.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- pink
- Dimension:
- width 250 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 70 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 240 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PMMA
- Material:
- polymethyl methacrylate
- Material:
- acrylic
- Object name:
- tableware; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 009483
- 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:
- 125 Years of Plastics poster - Plastics Become Widespread
- Object name(s):
- education; poster
- Brief description:
- The second part of an ESPI poster illustrating discoveries in the plastics industry. This poster covers discoveries from 1904 to 1940.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- green
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- height 1 mm
- Dimension:
- width 550 mm
- Dimension:
- length 790 mm
- Inscription content:
- Further copies of this poster, and parts I and III in this series entitles 'The History of Plastics' can be obtained by writing to: ESPI (logo) EDUCATION SERVICE OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY. University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU. Telephone: LOUGHBOROUGH (0509) 232065. PPITB (logo). Designs and Illustrations - Elaine Laws. Technical Adviser - Dr. Morris Kaufman.
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- bottom panel of poster
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- education; poster
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 010362
- Object production date:
- 1979
- Object production organisation:
- ESPI
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Laws, Elaine
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
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- Object name(s):
- Plate
- Brief description:
- Yellow babies' plate with white interior in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- 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:
- 3.5
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 16.5
- Object name:
- Plate
- Object number:
- C.64-2003
- Object production date:
- ca. 1957
- Date - association:
- designed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1952-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1961-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- designer
- Object production place:
- England
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Yellow babies' plate with white interior in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN9637
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic
- 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's products for Ekco included tableware, nursery products, a baby bath with stand and a watering can. He developed products specifically to suit the qualities of plastic materials. He did this rather than simply carry across traditional forms.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Penny Sparke: "Consultant Design: The History and Practice of the Designer in Industry", Pembridge Press, 1983
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