- Title:
- Paragon portable toilet
- Object name(s):
- travel accessory; toilet
- Brief description:
- A chemical toilet designed by Martyn Rowlands for Racasan Ltd, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in the 1960s. The container is made of injection moulded HDPE with a MDPE seat and lid, whilst the grip on the handle is made of extruded PVC. The design won the Design Award in 1961, according to an article in a contemporary trade journal, 'the judges felt that the functional details had been well thought out and were impressed with the care clearly taken to select the appropriate plastics for each part. They considered that it was an excellent illustartion of how a mundane product could be turned inot a pleasing and practical'. The toilet was designed, moulded and packed by EKCO Plastics Ltd.
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- travel and holiday
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- white
- Dimension:
- height 360 mm
- Dimension:
- width 390 mm
- Dimension:
- depth 430 mm
- Inscription content:
- Reg. Design No. 893273 Racasan Ltd. Ellesmere Port, Wirral, Cheshire, England.
- Material:
- plastic
- Material:
- PE
- Material:
- polyethylene
- Material:
- polythene
- Material:
- LDPE
- Material:
- low density polyethylene
- Material:
- MDPE
- Material:
- medium density polyethylene
- Material:
- PVC
- Material:
- polyvinyl chloride
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- stainless steel
- Object name:
- travel accessory; toilet
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 003424
- Object production date:
- 1960
- Object production organisation:
- Racasan
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production person:
- Rowlands, Martyn
- Person's association:
- Designer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- injection moulded
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/765cc81c-e59e-3c06-8df2-9c84e7589909
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/765cc81c-e59e-3c06-8df2-9c84e7589909, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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