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- Floral shopping bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Small, clear plastic shopping bag printed with pink, yellow and green floral design, c.1960s.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- colourless
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- metal
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003025
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- Object name(s):
- Mug
- Brief description:
- Orange mug with white interior in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.5
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 9.5
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 7.2
- Object name:
- Mug
- Object number:
- C.61-2003
- 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:
- Orange mug with white interior in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4354
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- Martyn Rowlands trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Specialising in plastics, he was one of the first trained industrial designers to work with British industry after the Second World War. He was employed first by Bakelite Ltd., then set up the design department at Ekco Plastics, where his products won a number of design awards. In 1959, he left Ekco to work as an independent design consultant, at a time when the idea of the design consultancy in Britain was still in its infancy. One important commission during this period came from the GPO in 1966 for the popular telephone known as the 'Trimphone', which won a Design Council Award.
Rowlands' products for Ekco included tableware such as this mug as well as nursery products, a baby bath with stand, and a watering-can. He developed products specifically to suit the qualities of plastic materials rather than simply carrying across traditional forms.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Penny Sparke: "Consultant Design: The History and Practice of the Designer in Industry", Pembridge Press, 1983
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- Object name(s):
- Bowl
- Brief description:
- Stackable bowl made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, and tapering lower section to base. White inner and lower section, red upper section.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Associated concept:
- Drinking
- Associated concept:
- Eating
- Associated concept:
- Household objects
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Interiors
- Associated concept:
- Shekou
- Associated concept:
- Values of Design
- Associated concept:
- Design Society
- Credit line:
- Given by the Council of Industrial Design
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 4.2
- Dimension:
- Diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 14.5
- Material:
- styrene-acrylonitrile
- Object name:
- Bowl
- Object number:
- CIRC.793P-1968
- Object production date:
- 1967-1968
- Date - association:
- manufactured
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1967-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1968-05-01
- Object production organisation:
- EKCO
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production person:
- David Harman Powell
- Person's association:
- designer
- Physical description:
- Stackable bowl made from plastic, with straight-sided upper section, and tapering lower section to base. White inner and lower section, red upper section.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8544
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FE8546
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Styrene acrylonitrile co-polymer
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- The 'Nova' range of stackable plastic tableware included cups, saucers, plates, bowls, sugar bowls and jugs in four different colours; red, yellow, blue and brown. The bi-injection, two-colour moulding system of the 'Nova' range was a new technique - previously only used in the automotive industry for moulding red, amber and clear plastic rear light covers. Innovative in design terms, all the decoration occurred during the manufacturing process. Though this type of plastic was comparatively expensive, it was very rigid and resistant to staining, with high thermal resistance and good colouring properties.
During the 1960s a general fascination with new materials helped break down the traditional response to plastic as a cheap substitute for more luxury materials. Instead it was treated as a quality material in its own right. The 'Nova' range won the Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design in 1968. The judges especially commended the simplicity of production and the attempts to meet consumer requirements. Designs created an idea of the 1960s kitchen as a small area full of high-tech equipment. Modern-looking, space-saving, and stackable, 'Nova' appealed to designers as well as consumers. The range was retailed through image-conscious design stores like Habitat and Heal's.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Duke of Edinburgh's Prize for Elegant Design, Design Journal, May 1968, no.223, pp.26-28.
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- The Plastics age: from modernity to post-modernity, edited by Penny Sparke (London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1990)
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- Title:
- Plastics Mold Engineering
- Object name(s):
- reference book; manufacturing and engineering
- Brief description:
- DuBois, J.H., Pribble, W.I., 1946. Plastics Mold Engineering. American Technical Society, Chicago. This book covers the following: 1 Plastics Molding - Molding Methods - Systems of Molding - Molding Materials - Plastics Tools - General Properties and Uses for Molded Plastics Materials - 2 Plastics Product Design - Material selection - Moldability - 3 Types of Molds - Press Operation - General Mold Types - Mold Construction Nomenclature - Special Mold Classifications - Ordnance Specifications - 4 Tool Making Equipment and Methods - Drilling Machines - Grinding Machines - Milling Machines - Other Toolroom Equipment - 5 Materials for Mold Making - Steel - Selecting the Steel - Hobs and Hobbing - Nonferrous Materials for Molds - Sprayed Molds - Electroformed Molds - Heating Units - 6 Designing and Drafting Practice - Principles and Rules of Design - Dimensioning Mold Drawings - Mold Stamping - Tool Strength - Shrink Fit Allowances - Mold Pins - Other Mold Parts - Hobbed Cavities and Plungers - Navy Molds - 7 Compression Molds - Compression Molding - Design of Hand Mold - Design of 12 Cavity Semiautomatic Mold - Spring Box Molds - Loading Shoe and Stripper Plate Molds - Positive Molds - Semipositive Molds - Subcavity Gang Molds - Radio Cabinet Mold - Mold Assembly - Automatic Molds - Compression Molding of Thermoplastics - Special Design Features - Laminated Mold Constuction - Other Compression Mold Considerations - 8 Transfer Molds - Transfer Mold Considerations - Design of Multiple Cavity Transfer Molds - Pressure Type Transfer Molds - Transfer Molding Presses - 9 Injection Molds - Ejection Methods - Designing Injection Molds - 10 Cold Mold and Extrusion Die Design - Cold Mold Design - Extrusion Die Design - 11 Special Fixtures - Molding Room Fixtures - Finishing Accessories - Tapping Fixtures - Punching Dies - Automatic Fixtures - 12 Mold Sampling and Maintenance - 13 Appendix - 14 Abbreviations and Symbols - 15 Index
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- MoDiP reference library
- Object name:
- reference book; manufacturing and engineering
- Object number:
- MoDiPL : 0246
- Object production date:
- 1946
- Object production organisation:
- American Technical Society
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production person:
- DuBois, J. Harry
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production person:
- Pribble, Wayne I.
- Person's association:
- Author
- Object production place:
- USA
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- Title:
- Dr. Martens. Air Wear carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Dr. Martens plastic carrier bag, draw string duffle bag design, promoting Department store in Covent Garden.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- yellow
- Colour:
- black
- Dimension:
- length 470 mm
- Dimension:
- height 520 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1533
- Object production date:
- 1994
- Object production place:
- UK
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- Title:
- Rutland Plastics polycarbonate sample
- Object name(s):
- material; thermoplastic material
- Brief description:
- A circular disc shaped sample of polycarbonate, processed by Rutland Plastics Ltd. One of four samples
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- black
- Dimension:
- depth 9 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 89 mm
- Inscription content:
- RP Rutland Plastics Limited. www.rutlandplastics.co.uk. Tel: 01572 723476. Innovation in injection moulding.
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- upper surface
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PC
- Material:
- polycarbonate
- Object name:
- material; thermoplastic material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008252.2
- Object production date:
- 2013
- Object production organisation:
- Rutland Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- Rutland Plastics acetal sample
- Object name(s):
- material; thermoplastic material
- Brief description:
- A circular disc shaped sample of acetal, processed by Rutland Plastics Ltd. One of four samples
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- silver
- Dimension:
- depth 9 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 89 mm
- Inscription content:
- RP Rutland Plastics Limited. www.rutlandplastics.co.uk. Tel: 01572 723476. Innovation in injection moulding.
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- upper surface
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- acetal
- Object name:
- material; thermoplastic material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008252.4
- Object production date:
- 2013
- Object production organisation:
- Rutland Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- Crayonne 2 bathroom jar
- Object name(s):
- household hygiene; container
- Brief description:
- A cylindrical, black coloured storage container, complete with original box, designed by Martin Roberts for Conran Associates and manufactured by Crayonne Ltd. Terence Conran set up Conran Associates in 1971 and won a Design Centre Award in 1974 for the Input range, a series of 21 brightly coloured, heavy duty plastics containers designed for Crayonne, a subsidiary of Airfix Plastics. In 1972, David Sinigaglia, Managing Director of Airfix Industries, set up the design subsidiary to try to improve the image of plastics and approached Conran to apply high design principles to everyday homewares. First launched in 1973, the Input range was created to be interchangeable, with the same height and diameter used throughout, and included trays, bowls and vases with an assortment of lids and insulating liners. Originally in red, yellow, green or white, with additional colours added later, none of the pieces were named but instead given a number. This bathroom jar was part of the second range and is made from injection moulded, polished acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), chosen for its scratch and shatter resistance, with the lid handle consisting of three indented circles for finger grip. Input won the 1974 Design Council Award for Contract and Consumer Goods and the Living Award for Good Design (sponsored by Living Magazine in conjunction with the Design Council). See AIBDC : 008800, 008831 and 008832 for other examples.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- black
- Dimension:
- height 62 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 116 mm
- Inscription content:
- crayonne
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- underside
- Inscription position:
- label on underside
- Inscription content:
- crayonne. Made in England.
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- underside
- Inscription position:
- label on underside
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- ABS
- Material:
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- Object name:
- household hygiene; container
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008833
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Object production organisation:
- Crayonne
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production organisation:
- Conran Group
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer for
- Object production person:
- Roberts, Martin
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
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- Title:
- D&AD 2003 cover
- Object name(s):
- product packaging; wrapper
- Brief description:
- D&AD (British Design and Art Direction) annual cover made from yellow plastic with suction cups designed by Inflate design in 2003.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- yellow
- Dimension:
- width 265 mm
- Dimension:
- length 295 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PVC
- Material:
- polyvinyl chloride
- Material:
- plasticised polyvinyl chloride
- Object name:
- product packaging; wrapper
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 005248
- Object production date:
- 2003
- Object production organisation:
- D & AD
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Crosbie, Nick
- Person's association:
- Designer
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- Title:
- Levi's carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Levi's plastic carrier bag, with design repeated on both sides.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- colourless
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- length 390 mm
- Dimension:
- height 500 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1500
- Object production date:
- 1997
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- Object name(s):
- Fruit bowl
- Brief description:
- Round red fruit bowl in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Tableware & cutlery
- Associated concept:
- Containers
- Credit line:
- Given by the designer
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 10.2
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 22.9
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 22.9
- Object name:
- Fruit bowl
- Object number:
- C.63-2003
- 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:
- Round red fruit bowl in moulded Melaware (Melmex) plastic.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN9613
- 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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- Title:
- Smile Plastics sample - SnowFlake
- Object name(s):
- material; recycled material
- Brief description:
- Smile Plastics Ltd started making a range of recycled plastic sheets in 1994. This sample is one of a group of 10 made in the early 2000s, it is made from white bottles (10% recycled).
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- 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 SF
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- adhesive label
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PE
- Material:
- polyethylene
- Material:
- polythene
- Object name:
- material; recycled material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008810.10
- Object production organisation:
- Smile Plastics
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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- Title:
- Orange Confetti bowl
- Object name(s):
- environmental materials; tableware; recycled; bowl
- Brief description:
- A brightly coloured melamine bowl which incorporates multi coloured recycled melamine chips, dating from the 2000s. This bowl is part of the 'Confetti' range of tableware manufactured in China for USA company Zak! designs.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics and the environment
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- orange
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- height 70 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 140 mm
- Inscription content:
- Made with recycled material. Patents pending
- Inscription method:
- printed label
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- inside
- Inscription position:
- base
- Inscription content:
- 100% melamine. Zak! designs. China 06282
- Inscription method:
- printed label
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- inside
- Inscription position:
- base
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- melamine formaldehyde
- Material:
- MF
- Material:
- recycled
- Object name:
- environmental materials; tableware; recycled; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 005941
- Object production date:
- 2009
- Object production organisation:
- zak! designs
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- China
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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- Title:
- Confetti bowl
- Object name(s):
- environmental materials; tableware; recycled; bowl
- Brief description:
- A brightly coloured melamine bowl which incorporates multi coloured recycled melamine chips, dating from the 2000s. This bowl is part of the 'Confetti' range of tableware manufactured in China for USA company Zak! designs.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics and the environment
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- green
- Colour:
- multi-coloured
- Dimension:
- height 70 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 140 mm
- Inscription content:
- Made with recycled material. Patents pending
- Inscription method:
- printed label
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- inside
- Inscription position:
- base
- Inscription content:
- 100% melamine. Zak! designs. China 06282
- Inscription method:
- printed label
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription position:
- inside
- Inscription position:
- base
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- melamine formaldehyde
- Material:
- MF
- Material:
- recycled
- Object name:
- environmental materials; tableware; recycled; bowl
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 005942
- Object production date:
- 2009
- Object production organisation:
- zak! designs
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- China
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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- Object name(s):
- Spoon
- Brief description:
- Red plastic spoon, 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:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 12.7
- Object name:
- Spoon
- Object number:
- C.87-2003
- 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 spoon, moulded polypropylene.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN4679
- 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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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/052e40cc-a364-3767-947f-fe27258bb0b5, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Plastics Antiques: an exhibition of plastics consumer products from the 1850s to the 1950s
- Object name(s):
- publicity and marketing material; booklet
- Brief description:
- A booklet which together with the Beetle Bulletin guide to Plastics Antiques (AIBDC : 008218), and the list of exhibits (AIBDC : 008220), forms the catalogue of an exhibition first shown at Wolverhampton Polytechnic in January 1977, an exhibition circulated by British Industrial Plastics. Foreword wtitten by Roger Newport, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Faculty of Art and Design. This item was acquired from the estate of A.H. Woodfull.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- green
- Colour:
- cream
- Dimension:
- height 295 mm
- Dimension:
- width 210 mm
- Inscription content:
- PLASTICS ANTIQUES an exhibition of plastics consumer products from the 1850s to the 1950s
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- front cover
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- publicity and marketing material; booklet
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008219
- Object production date:
- 1976
- Object production organisation:
- BIP
- Organisation's association:
- Publisher
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/04af257d-2662-3285-b292-f1cf34158f14
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/04af257d-2662-3285-b292-f1cf34158f14, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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- Title:
- Buffalo horn sample
- Object name(s):
- material; natural plastic
- Brief description:
- Sample of buffalo horn
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Dimension:
- height mm
- Dimension:
- width mm
- Dimension:
- depth mm
- Material:
- plastic (natural)
- Material:
- animal
- Material:
- buffalo
- Object name:
- material; natural plastic
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 006099
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f65039a1-718f-3c40-9601-b6a595ade175
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f65039a1-718f-3c40-9601-b6a595ade175, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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- Title:
- Lillian Williams carrier bag
- Object name(s):
- materials handling; bag
- Brief description:
- Lillian Williams plastic carrier bag with design of a red and blue square, red star and red cockerel inset repeated on both sides
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- packaging and materials handling
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- blue
- Dimension:
- height 450 mm
- Dimension:
- length 350 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- materials handling; bag
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 0_1456
- Object production date:
- 1998
- Object production place:
- Italy
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/41b82971-5468-35c0-9402-b5ae81cc65e8
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/41b82971-5468-35c0-9402-b5ae81cc65e8, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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- Title:
- Minefield warning signs
- Object name(s):
- sign; sign
- Brief description:
- Two plastic warning signs used to mark the presence of landmines in Cambodia, with red skull and crossbones design and message in English and Cambodian, produced by the Halo Trust charity, 1997-2002
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- Medicine
- Associated concept:
- Defining Ourselves
- Associated concept:
- orthopaedics
- Associated concept:
- Wars & Wartime
- Associated concept:
- sign
- Credit line:
- The Cambodia Trust
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 9 3/4
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 247
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- kg
- Dimension value:
- 0.03
- Dimension:
- weight
- Dimension measurement unit:
- lbs
- Dimension value:
- 0.06614
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 9 5/8
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 244
- Material:
- plastic
- Object name:
- sign; sign
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1997
- Date - latest:
- 2002
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1997
- Date - latest:
- 2002
- Object production person:
- The Halo Trust
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 2004-40
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- E2002.325.5
- Other number type:
- Entry number
- Other number:
- SCM/2002/1279
- Other number type:
- file number
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Orthopaedics
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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- Title:
- Parkesine disc
- Object name(s):
- material; thermoplastic material
- Brief description:
- A disc of blue, green and red mottled Parkesine (cellulose nitrate) with a moulded design of concetric circles of lines, wavy lines, crossing lines, and dots. Parkesine is the tradename for the first man-made plastic, which was invented by Alexander Parkes in 1862.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- plastics samples and industry
- Colour:
- green
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- red
- Dimension:
- depth 5 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 63 mm
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- CN
- Material:
- cellulose nitrate
- Material:
- Parkesine - trade name
- Material:
- celluloid - generic term
- Object name:
- material; thermoplastic material
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 006563SA
- Object production organisation:
- Parkesine
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- compression moulded
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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