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Side view of a cup and saucer showing the elegant handle.

Red cup and saucer

Designer (Person)
Harman Powell, David
Manufacturer
Ranton & Company
Date
1958
Side view of a plate showing the curving edges.

Jelly plate

Designer (Person)
Urquiola, Patricia
Manufacturer
Kartell
Date
2013
Side view of a golf ball showing the sales sticker.

Dunlop 65 golf ball

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Telcon Plastics
Date
1920 - 1939 (circa)
Front view of a radio showing the round body.

Ekco type A22

Designer (Person)
Coates, Wells
Manufacturer
EK Cole
Date
1945
Front view of a chair showing the black legs and red seat.

E Series Chair

Designer (Person)
Day, Robin
Manufacturer
Hille
Date
2014
Side view of a stool showing it open.

Oneshot

Designer (Person)
Jouin, Patrick
Designer (Organisation)
.MGX
Manufacturer
Materialise
Date
2014
Front view of a hat showing the small peak.

1125 Classic Safety helmet

Designer (Person)
Powell, Roger E.
Manufacturer
Centurion Safety Products
Date
2015
Front view of a helmet showing the bowl shape.

Plasfort helmet

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Plasfort
Date
1940 - 1945 (circa)
Side view of a herb infuser showing green stalk and red body.

Chili herb infuser

Designer (Organisation)
Ototo Design
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
2015
Front view of a bag showing the wide, integral handle.

Le Paseo

Designer (Person)
Lacroix, Christian
Manufacturer
Kartell
Date
2015
Front view of a brooch showing the layered sections.

Lea Stein Attila cat brooch

Designer (Person)
Stein, Lea
Manufacturer
Lea Stein
Date
1969 - 1981
Side view of a sample of catalin showing the sawn edge.

Elephant shaped sample, 1 of 2

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)

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Images

  • Has images 5694
  • No images 2954

Classification

  • house and garden 2492
  • fashion and costume 1025
  • packaging and materials handling 1011
  • health, care and grooming 780
  • office and workplace 569
  • toys and games 480
  • promotional material 433
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 405
  • travel and holiday 402
  • audio visual 356
  • plastics and the environment 318
  • plastics samples and industry 304
  • smoking 195
  • construction and building services 184
  • photographic 183
  • textiles 169
  • telecommunications 137

Date

  • 1800-1899 507
  • 1900-1999 5878
  • 2000-date 2324

Material

  • plastic 8648
    • polystyrene 910
    • polyethylene 861
    • polypropylene 845
    • plastic (natural) 697
    • unidentified 688
    • phenol formaldehyde 657
    • polyamide 415
    • urea formaldehyde 397
    • polymethyl methacrylate 370
    • acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 369
    • polyvinyl chloride 357
    • melamine formaldehyde 258
    • cellulose nitrate 254
    • polyester 240
    • polyurethane 178
    • rubber 178
    • cellulose acetate 147
    • recycled 147
    • polycarbonate 132
    • polyethylene terephthalate 118
    • silicone 98
    • biopolymer 87
    • fibre-reinforced plastic 64
    • rayon 39
    • styrene acrylonitrile 38
    • polylactic acid 37
    • thermoplastic elastomer 37
    • casein formaldehyde 29
    • polyacetal 24
    • ethylene vinyl acetate 22
  • metal 1585
  • animal 767
  • textile 505
  • paper 329
  • glass 275
  • wood 93
  • other 30
  • viscose 30

Method

  • injection moulded 3013
  • compression moulded 1243
  • extruded 477
  • cut 405
  • unknown 321
  • blow moulded 300
  • thermoformed 299
  • pressed 265
  • polished 232
  • stitched 217
  • shaved 199
  • filed 169
  • cast 148
  • spun 138
  • woven 127
  • calendered 115
  • fabricated 107
  • knitted 98
  • injection blow moulded 72
  • hand finished 71
  • moulded 67
  • foamed 62
  • carved 52
  • printed 51
  • handmade 50
  • vacuum formed 48
  • hollowed out 47
  • welded 35
  • painted 32
  • laminated 30
  • heat welded 26
  • turned 22
  • 3d printed 20
  • rotational moulded 19
  • machined 17
  • insert moulded 15
  • engraved 12
  • drilled 11
  • bonded 9
  • radio frequency welded 9
  • blown film extruded 8
  • resin transfer moulded 8
  • etched 7
  • high frequency welded 7
  • machine cut 6
  • extrusion blow moulded 6
  • flocked 6
  • laser cut 6
  • injection stretch blow moulded 5
  • lathe cut 5
  • napped 5
  • folded 4
  • plated 4
  • die cast 3
  • stained 3
  • hand machined 2
  • typed 2
  • routed 2
  • melt blown 2
  • home made 2
  • heated 2
  • thermal bonded 2
  • hand knitted 2
  • dip moulded 2
  • crocheted 2
  • chipped 2
  • braided 2
  • batch dyed 2
  • ground 2
  • pultrusion 1
  • vapour deposition 1
  • twincut 1
  • tumble polished 1
  • tricot 1
  • shredded 1
  • rotocast 1
  • reaction injection moulded 1
  • laser etched 1
  • plaited 1
  • pierced 1
  • needle punched 1
  • knotted 1
  • hand laid 1
  • gas assisted injection moulded 1
  • forged 1
  • electrodeposition 1
  • dipped 1
  • wound 1

Person

  • U 5556
  • B 132
  • R 131
  • M 86
  • H 79
  • S 77
  • C 74
  • P 64
  • G 63
  • W 61
  • L 54
  • D 53
  • K 44
  • J 31
  • O 31
  • A 28
  • F 24
  • E 21
  • N 20
  • T 20
  • V 20
  • Y 9
  • Q 8
  • Z 4

Organisation

  • U 2806
  • B 743
  • S 573
  • T 535
  • M 500
  • C 491
  • P 440
  • A 336
  • R 336
  • G 294
  • D 237
  • E 231
  • L 220
  • K 216
  • H 214
  • W 206
  • F 171
  • N 163
  • I 153
  • J 129
  • O 120
  • V 93
  • Z 42
  • Y 28
  • Q 25

Country

  • uk 2334
  • unknown 1283
  • china 542
  • usa 239
  • italy 206
  • germany 162
  • france 136
  • japan 117
  • hong kong 82
  • taiwan 78
  • denmark 67
  • sweden 62
  • switzerland 33
  • thailand 31
  • the netherlands 28
  • belgium 26
  • spain 24
  • australia 21
  • indonesia 18
  • korea 18
  • west germany 18
  • india 16
  • mexico 16
  • turkey 15
  • ireland 14
  • austria 13
  • finland 13
  • africa 12
  • canada 12
  • portugal 12
  • holland 11
  • singapore 10
  • brazil 10
  • czech republic 10
  • greece 9
  • malaysia 9
  • south africa 8
  • vietnam 6
  • israel 5
  • sri lanka 5
  • poland 4
  • norway 4
  • cambodia 4
  • new zealand 3
  • philippines 3
  • romania 3
  • tunisia 3
  • yugoslavia 3
  • pakistan 2
  • united arab emirates 2
  • russia 2
  • czechoslovakia 2
  • luxembourg 2
  • lithuania 2
  • hungary 2
  • bangladesh 2
  • barbados 1
  • chile 1
  • egypt 1
  • ghana 1
  • honduras 1
  • kenya 1
  • malaya 1
  • malta 1
  • slovenia 1
  • trinidad and tobago 1
  • zanzibar 1

Colour

  • black 1813
  • white 1669
  • brown 1316
  • blue 1202
  • green 1070
  • red 994
  • yellow 730
  • multi-coloured 694
  • cream 693
  • colourless 597
  • silver 552
  • orange 495
  • grey 462
  • pink 416
  • gold 202
  • purple 145
  • colour print 34
  • black and white print 9

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