- 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
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MN4354/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- 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
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3e5558cf-a21b-3e21-9689-cd9a7ff34c53
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3e5558cf-a21b-3e21-9689-cd9a7ff34c53, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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