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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
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)
Front view of a bento box showing the screen printed detail.

Kokeshi Hanako bento box

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Hakoya
Date
2016

ZoomX Vaporfly NEXT%

Designer (Organisation)
Nike
Manufacturer
Nike
Date
2020 (circa)
Front view of a pair of shoes showing the bow detail.

Bow Wow

Designer (Organisation)
Moschino
Manufacturer
Kartell
Date
2017
Top view of a set of cutlery showing the straight handles.

Construction utensils

Designer (Person)
Malcolm, Carter
Malcolm, Jacqueline
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Constructive Eating
Date
2006
Side view of a typewriter showing the yellow paper winder.

Olivetti ET personal 55

Designer (Person)
Bellini, Mario
Manufacturer
Olivetti
Date
1987
Side view of a drum showing

Arcadia Snare Drum

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Natal
Date
2018

Ossur flex-run with Nike sole

Manufacturer
Ossur
Nike
Date
2012
Side view of a chair showing the s shape.

Orange Panton chair

Designer (Person)
Panton, Verner
Manufacturer
Vitra
Date
2017 (circa)
Side view of a cockpit canopy showing the metal frame.

Hawker Sea Fury cockpit canopy

Designer (Person)
Camm, Sydney
Manufacturer
Hawker Aircraft
Date
1945 - 1955 (circa)
Front view of a bag showing the dinghy details.

Inflatable Amnesty bag

Designer (Organisation)
Wyatt & Jack
Manufacturer
Wyatt & Jack
Date
2019
Side view of a hairdryer showing

HLD4 hairdryer

Designer (Person)
Rams, Dieter
Manufacturer
Braun
Date
1970
Front view of a emergency pod showing the handles and reflective tape.

Life Cell Emergency pod

Designer (Person)
Smiles, Sott
Matthews, Rick
Manufacturer
Life Cell
Front view of a bag showing the emblem with a smiley face.

Anya Hindmarch Universal bag

Designer (Person)
Hindmarch, Anya
Designer (Organisation)
Anya Hindmarch
Manufacturer
Solent Group
Manufactured for
Sainsbury's
Date
2021
Front view of two air bricks showing the square holes in the front plate.

Smart airbrick, 1 of 2

Designer (Organisation)
Eco Coverage Technologies
Manufacturer
Eco Coverage Technologies
Date
2022 (circa)
Front view of a helmet showing the dark visor and oxygen mask.

Gentex Alpha 900 flying helmet

Designer (Organisation)
Gentex Corporation
Manufacturer
Gentex Corporation
Date
2021
Front view of a light showing the flower shape.

Little Sun solar lamp

Designer (Person)
Eliasson, Olafur
Ottesen, Frederik
Manufacturer
Unknown
Manufactured for
Little Sun
Date
2021
Side view of a box of table tennis balls showing three of the balls.

Two Star table tennis balls

Designer (Organisation)
Halex
Manufacturer
Halex
Date
1951 - 1959 (circa)
Front view of a boots showing the lace holes.

Cooper Desert Boots

Designer (Organisation)
Good Guys Don't Wear Leather
Manufacturer
Good Guys Don't Wear Leather
Date
2021
Side view of a plant pot showing the mottled colouring.

Relic recycled plant pot

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Relic
Date
2021
Front view of a wheelchair showing the small front wheels.

EasyRoller 2 manual wheelchair

Designer (Organisation)
Eker Design
Manufacturer
Aricon
Manufactured for
EasyRoller
Date
2020 (circa)
Front view of a lifebuoy showing the ring shape.

Lifebuoy

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
EVAL E.G. Vallianatos
Date
2020
Side view of a storage container showing the curved shape.

Kiwi

Designer (Person)
Yuan, Vanessa
Vanbriel, Joris
Manufacturer
ecobirdy
Date
2018 (circa)
Side view of a cruet set showing the salt, pepper, and mustard pots on the stand.

Melmex Melaware cruet set

Designer (Person)
Woodfull, Albert Henry
Vale, John
Manufacturer
BIP
Date
1950 - 1960 (circa)
Side view of an Illusion table showing the drape of the material and the legs.

Illusion

Designer (Person)
Brauer, John
Manufacturer
Essey
Date
2011
Front view of a pair of Benson and Ashley sunglasses showing the round lenses.

Tortoiseshell effect sunglasses

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Benson & Ashley
Date
1990 - 1999 (circa)
Side view of a pair of gloves showing the shaped fingers.

Alpinestars Tech 1-Z Race Gloves

Designer (Organisation)
Alpinestars
Manufacturer
Alpinestars
Date
2008
Front view of a Pedigree doll showing the doll in a seated position with arms foward and eyes open.

Pedigree Delite doll

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Pedigree Dolls & Toys
Date
1945 - 1949 (circa)
Top view of a comb showing the two colours.

Triangular Art Deco comb

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1920 - 1929 (circa)
Side view of a float showing the body straps.

SwimFin

Designer (Person)
Moseley, Kevin
Manufacturer
SwimFin
Date
2012
Side view of a kettle showing the trimmed handle and bird shaped whistle.

Alessi 9093 kettle

Designer (Person)
Graves, Michael
Manufacturer
Alessi
Date
1983
Front view of a head protector showing velcro chn strap.

WTF dipped foam hood

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Twin Tower Enterprises
Date
2012
Front view of a fabric sample card showing the material stapled to the card.

Acetate rayon furnishing fabric

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Courtaulds Educational Service
Date
1950 (circa)
Front view of a radio showing the round speaker grill.

Bush radio Type DAC 90

Designer (Person)
Middleditch, Frank E.
Manufacturer
Bush
De La Rue
Date
1946
Front view of a collar showing the round corners.

Xylonite collar

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Xylonite
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)
Front view of a pair of football boots showing the moulded markings on the upper.

Lotto Zhero Gravity football boots

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Lotto
Date
2007
Front view of a computer game showing the spherical shape.

Computer Perfection console

Designer (Organisation)
Lakeside Games
Manufacturer
Action GT
Date
1979

Blue Ship Shape butter dish

Designer (Person)
Giovannoni, Stefano
Van Iersel Harry, Paul
Manufacturer
Alessi
Date
2002
Front view of a clock showing the large and small hands.

Optic alarm clock

Designer (Person)
Colombo, Joe
Manufacturer
Alessi
Date
1988

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Images

  • Has images 7920
  • No images 3927

Classification

  • archival material 2539
  • house and garden 2527
  • packaging and materials handling 1280
  • fashion and costume 1051
  • plastics samples and industry 861
  • health, care and grooming 797
  • office and workplace 616
  • travel and holiday 541
  • toys and games 498
  • promotional material 449
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 422
  • audio visual 368
  • printed, written and drawn material 354
  • plastics and the environment 319
  • construction and building services 238
  • MoDiP reference library 218
  • smoking 198
  • photographic 186
  • textiles 176
  • telecommunications 148

Date

  • 1800-1899 538
  • 1900-1999 8917
  • 2000-date 2463

Material

  • plastic 8681
  • paper 3186
  • metal 1646
  • animal 776
  • textile 519
  • glass 292
  • wood 103
  • other 37
  • viscose 30
  • ceramic 25

Method

  • injection moulded 3020
  • printed 2563
  • compression moulded 1251
  • extruded 480
  • cut 408
  • unknown 327
  • blow moulded 303
  • thermoformed 301
  • pressed 273
  • polished 232
  • stitched 227
  • shaved 199
  • filed 169
  • cast 156
  • spun 139
  • woven 129
  • calendered 114
  • fabricated 109
  • knitted 99
  • hand finished 72
  • injection blow moulded 72
  • moulded 67
  • foamed 62
  • handmade 61
  • carved 58
  • vacuum formed 48
  • hollowed out 47
  • welded 35
  • painted 33
  • typed 31
  • laminated 30
  • heat welded 28
  • turned 23
  • 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
  • flocked 6
  • extrusion blow moulded 6
  • laser cut 6
  • injection stretch blow moulded 5
  • lathe cut 5
  • napped 5
  • die cast 4
  • folded 4
  • plated 4
  • drawn 3
  • hand machined 3
  • stained 3
  • handwritten 2
  • thermal bonded 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
  • pultrusion 1
  • vapour deposition 1
  • twincut 1
  • tumble polished 1
  • tricot 1
  • stamped 1
  • shredded 1
  • rotocast 1
  • reaction injection moulded 1
  • needle punched 1
  • plaited 1
  • pierced 1
  • photocopied 1
  • laser etched 1
  • knotted 1
  • hand laid 1
  • gas assisted injection moulded 1
  • forged 1
  • electrodeposition 1
  • dipped 1
  • wound 1

Person

  • U 5724
  • B 164
  • R 143
  • M 107
  • S 94
  • W 91
  • H 90
  • C 85
  • G 71
  • P 71
  • D 65
  • L 63
  • K 53
  • F 37
  • J 35
  • A 34
  • O 32
  • E 25
  • V 25
  • N 24
  • T 24
  • Q 14
  • Y 10
  • Z 4

Organisation

  • U 4024
  • B 3082
  • P 762
  • C 693
  • S 654
  • T 599
  • M 551
  • L 450
  • R 433
  • E 426
  • W 403
  • A 378
  • G 355
  • H 333
  • D 313
  • F 238
  • K 233
  • I 192
  • N 183
  • J 163
  • O 129
  • V 110
  • Z 43
  • Y 28
  • Q 25

Country

  • uk 4952
  • unknown 1299
  • china 544
  • usa 336
  • italy 212
  • germany 176
  • france 143
  • japan 118
  • hong kong 82
  • taiwan 78
  • denmark 70
  • sweden 64
  • the netherlands 37
  • switzerland 36
  • thailand 32
  • belgium 27
  • australia 24
  • spain 24
  • indonesia 18
  • korea 18
  • west germany 18
  • india 16
  • mexico 16
  • turkey 15
  • canada 14
  • ireland 14
  • austria 13
  • finland 13
  • portugal 13
  • africa 12
  • holland 12
  • 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
  • new zealand 4
  • cambodia 4
  • hungary 3
  • philippines 3
  • romania 3
  • tunisia 3
  • yugoslavia 3
  • pakistan 2
  • united arab emirates 2
  • russia 2
  • bangladesh 2
  • luxembourg 2
  • lithuania 2
  • czechoslovakia 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 and white print 1981
  • black 1873
  • white 1717
  • brown 1351
  • blue 1248
  • green 1089
  • red 1040
  • multi-coloured 772
  • yellow 746
  • cream 713
  • colour print 668
  • colourless 613
  • silver 577
  • orange 513
  • grey 492
  • pink 421
  • gold 214
  • purple 149

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