- 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
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/698f8da0-1abc-3051-a5a8-a6ff705de364, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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