Skip to main content

User account menu

  • Log in
  • Register
Home

Main navigation

Collections Engagement Access
Plastics Research Industry
Exhibitions Events Projects

  • Log in
  • Register
  1. Exhibitions
  2. Provocative plastics?
  3. Case no. 5

Case no. 5

"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works."

Steve Jobs, (b1955 - d2011), co-founder, chairman, CEO of Apple Inc.

 

What does the word ‘design’ mean to you?

Side view of a watering can showing the slender neck.
Side view of a watering can showing the straight spout and curved handle.
Side view of a watering can showing the elephant shape.
Side view of a watering can showing the curving neck.
Side view of a watering can showing the bulbous shape.
Side view of a watering can showing the tail forming the handle.

Case no. 6 >

Have your say:

Come up to the museum and fill in a postcard or tweet us @MoDiPAUB including the case no.

What does the word ‘design’ mean to you?

 

Design means attractive function. anon

 

Case no. 6 > 

Exhibitions

Endurance Designated Design Why plastics? Friend and faux Beside the sea MyPlastic reissued Being me: plastics and the body Output Revolution: environmentally conscious design in plastics See through Polyphonic: music through plastics Spotlight on... 2 Picnic Flora Design for childhood Precious plastics? Provocative plastics?
Case no. 1 Case no. 2 Case no. 3 Case no. 4 Case no. 5 Case no. 6 Case no. 7 Case no. 8 Case no. 9 Case no. 10 Case no. 11 Case no. 12 Case no. 13 Case no. 14 Case no. 15
National identity Threads: plastics wearing well Is that plastic? Polymorphia 10 Most Wanted MyPlastic/ Beastly designs Plastics for gold Work, rest and play with plastics You can do it with plastics… Nature's plastic Substitute Spotlight on… Encore! Winning with plastics The plastics invasion Eat in or take out Ways of seeing plastics

Footer menu

  • About
  • Contact us
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Visiting us
  • Blog
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
Arts University Bournemouth Logo
Arts University Bournemouth
Copyright © 2023, Museum of Design in Plastics