- Object name(s):
- Tub
- Brief description:
- Cylindrical green plastic tub, lid with three circular indents.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- ELISE
- Credit line:
- Given by the Manufacturers
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2020MN9601/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 15.8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 11.6
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 11.6
- Material:
- plastic
- Object history note:
- Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1974.
- Object history note:
- The tension between the idea of plastic as a cheap mass-market substitute for other materials and plastic as an exciting modern design material only began to be resolved in the late sixties with designers using plastic for its own intrinsic qualitites. The glossy, smooth surfaces, generous curves and bright colours on the 'Input' range was a successful attempt to apply high-design principles to plastic kitchenware for everyday use. Plastic reached a peak of popularity in the early 1970s before the ecological implications of long-term disposal made it a less attractive design material. ABS plastic, also used for the production of objects like telephones, Lego and hairdryers, is similar in look and feel to early phenolic plastics. The full 'Input' range of twenty-one items were practical and modular. Most sizes could be bought either with or without lids. Some had optional heat-resistant inserts to create ashtrays. 'Input' was one of the key ranges which re-defined the aesthetic of the kitchen. It was a forerunner of many similar ranges, and long-term commercial success, with wide distribution. It won a Design Council Award in 1974.
- Object name:
- Tub
- Object number:
- CIRC.114&A-1977
- Object production date:
- 1974
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1974-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1974-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Conran Associates
- Organisation's association:
- designer
- Object production organisation:
- Crayonne Ltd
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Physical description:
- Cylindrical green plastic tub, lid with three circular indents.
- Reproduction number:
- 2020MN9601
- Reproduction number:
- 2007BR3930
- Reproduction number:
- 2006AT7884
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Plastic (ABS Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene)
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- PART OF A RANGE 'CRAYONNE' Plastic ENGLISH: designed by Conran Associates, made by Crayonne Ltd. a division of Airfix Plastics Ltd.; 1974 Circ.105&A, 111 to B, 114&A-1977 Given by the Manufacturers
- Text reason:
- Gallery label text
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Breward Christopher and Wood, Ghislaine. British design from 1948:Innovation in the Modern Age . London, V&A publishing, 2012. pp112,121,135,137,141,146,175. ISBN 978 1 851776740
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/b0f03558-8b92-3083-97f3-33305f413895, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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