- Title:
- Input 14 ice bucket
- Object name(s):
- beverage equipment; beverage accessory
- Brief description:
- A cylindrical, red coloured ice bucket, 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. In red, yellow, green or white, none of the pieces were named but instead given a number. This ice bucket was referred to as Input 14 and is made from polished acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), chosen for its scratch and shatter resistance, with a polyethylene (PE) liner. Injection moulded, the bucket wall was designed to be almost twice as thick as comparable products on the market and the lid handle consists 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 for an example in green.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- house and garden
- Colour:
- red
- Colour:
- white
- Dimension:
- height 171 mm
- Dimension:
- diameter 178 mm
- Inscription content:
- crayonne
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription method:
- printed label
- Inscription position:
- underside of lid and bucket
- Inscription position:
- underside of bucket
- Inscription content:
- crayonne. Made in England.
- Inscription method:
- moulded
- Inscription method:
- printed label
- Inscription position:
- underside of lid and bucket
- Inscription position:
- underside of bucket
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- ABS
- Material:
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- Material:
- PE
- Material:
- polyethylene
- Material:
- polythene
- Object name:
- beverage equipment; beverage accessory
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 008831
- Object production date:
- 1973
- 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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