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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 5547
  • No images 2589

Classification

  • house and garden 2297
  • fashion and costume 993
  • packaging and materials handling 961
  • health, care and grooming 733
  • office and workplace 527
  • toys and games 469
  • promotional material 422
  • travel and holiday 371
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 362
  • audio visual 353
  • plastics samples and industry 299
  • plastics and the environment 296
  • smoking 184
  • photographic 182
  • textiles 165
  • construction and building services 143
  • telecommunications 134

Date

  • 1800-1899 490
  • 1900-1999 5544
  • 2000-date 2160

Material

  • plastic 8136
    • polystyrene 874
    • polyethylene 796
    • polypropylene 791
    • plastic (natural) 683
    • unidentified 665
    • phenol formaldehyde 566
    • polyamide 384
    • urea formaldehyde 378
    • acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 338
    • polyvinyl chloride 337
    • polymethyl methacrylate 282
    • melamine formaldehyde 255
    • cellulose nitrate 235
    • polyester 226
    • polyurethane 152
    • rubber 152
    • recycled 140
    • cellulose acetate 132
    • polycarbonate 123
    • polyethylene terephthalate 108
    • silicone 92
    • biopolymer 66
    • fibre-reinforced plastic 59
    • viscose 43
    • styrene acrylonitrile 38
    • polylactic acid 36
    • thermoplastic elastomer 33
    • casein formaldehyde 27
    • polyacetal 24
    • ethylene vinyl acetate 22
    • synthetic leather 20
  • metal 1416
  • animal 758
  • textile 475
  • paper 317
  • glass 263
  • wood 89
  • other 30

Method

  • injection moulded 2840
  • compression moulded 1120
  • extruded 450
  • cut 393
  • unknown 295
  • blow moulded 278
  • pressed 260
  • polished 232
  • thermoformed 224
  • shaved 199
  • stitched 197
  • filed 169
  • cast 138
  • spun 118
  • woven 118
  • calendered 95
  • knitted 88
  • fabricated 87
  • hand finished 68
  • injection blow moulded 63
  • foamed 61
  • moulded 54
  • carved 51
  • printed 49
  • hollowed out 47
  • vacuum formed 46
  • handmade 45
  • painted 31
  • laminated 30
  • heat welded 25
  • welded 24
  • turned 22
  • 3d printed 18
  • machined 17
  • rotational moulded 17
  • insert moulded 13
  • drilled 11
  • engraved 11
  • bonded 9
  • radio frequency welded 9
  • resin transfer moulded 7
  • machine cut 6
  • extrusion blow moulded 6
  • flocked 6
  • etched 6
  • high frequency welded 5
  • laser cut 5
  • lathe cut 5
  • folded 4
  • injection stretch blow moulded 4
  • plated 4
  • die cast 3
  • stained 3
  • hand machined 2
  • typed 2
  • melt blown 2
  • home made 2
  • heated 2
  • routed 2
  • hand knitted 2
  • dip moulded 2
  • crocheted 2
  • chipped 2
  • braided 2
  • batch dyed 2
  • ground 2
  • reaction injection moulded 1
  • vapour deposition 1
  • twincut 1
  • tumble polished 1
  • tricot 1
  • thermal bonded 1
  • shredded 1
  • rotocast 1
  • knotted 1
  • pierced 1
  • needle punched 1
  • laser etched 1
  • hand laid 1
  • gas assisted injection moulded 1
  • forged 1
  • electrodeposition 1
  • dipped 1
  • blown film extruded 1
  • wound 1

Person

  • U 5226
  • R 131
  • B 126
  • M 82
  • S 73
  • C 70
  • H 62
  • G 60
  • P 60
  • W 59
  • L 51
  • D 50
  • K 34
  • J 30
  • A 26
  • F 22
  • E 21
  • N 20
  • O 20
  • V 19
  • T 18
  • Y 9
  • Q 7
  • Z 4

Organisation

  • U 2625
  • B 696
  • S 526
  • M 478
  • C 453
  • T 452
  • P 421
  • R 326
  • A 318
  • G 278
  • E 222
  • D 216
  • H 207
  • L 206
  • K 205
  • W 177
  • F 159
  • N 158
  • I 137
  • J 122
  • O 104
  • V 91
  • Z 42
  • Y 28
  • Q 24

Country

  • uk 2069
  • unknown 1191
  • china 512
  • usa 225
  • italy 195
  • germany 154
  • france 130
  • japan 113
  • hong kong 79
  • taiwan 72
  • denmark 65
  • sweden 62
  • switzerland 33
  • thailand 31
  • the netherlands 27
  • spain 24
  • belgium 24
  • australia 20
  • indonesia 18
  • korea 17
  • mexico 15
  • west germany 15
  • india 13
  • austria 12
  • africa 12
  • canada 11
  • brazil 10
  • czech republic 10
  • finland 10
  • portugal 10
  • singapore 10
  • malaysia 9
  • south africa 8
  • holland 8
  • greece 8
  • ireland 6
  • israel 5
  • sri lanka 5
  • vietnam 5
  • cambodia 4
  • poland 4
  • turkey 4
  • new zealand 3
  • philippines 3
  • romania 3
  • tunisia 3
  • yugoslavia 3
  • united arab emirates 2
  • russia 2
  • pakistan 2
  • lithuania 2
  • luxembourg 2
  • hungary 2
  • czechoslovakia 2
  • bangladesh 2
  • barbados 1
  • chile 1
  • egypt 1
  • ghana 1
  • honduras 1
  • kenya 1
  • malaya 1
  • malta 1
  • norway 1
  • slovenia 1
  • trinidad and tobago 1
  • zanzibar 1

Colour

  • black 1670
  • white 1570
  • brown 1197
  • blue 1153
  • green 1015
  • red 941
  • yellow 690
  • multi-coloured 686
  • cream 656
  • colourless 545
  • silver 536
  • orange 454
  • grey 443
  • pink 365
  • gold 196
  • purple 137
  • colour print 33
  • black and white print 9

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