Friday 30 June 2017

PHS collection

The Museum of Design in Plastics houses two collections alongside our own.  One of these collections is that of the Plastics Historical Society.   

Here I will highlight just one of the objects in the collection.





Designer : Robertson, Robert Conroy
Manufacturer : Roanoid for Roxon
Date : 1935 (circa)
 

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Tuesday 27 June 2017

A different view #56

There are many ways to look at the objects in the MoDiP collection.  With this series of posts I want to highlight the interesting views of objects that we may ordinarily miss.  These include the underside of an object, the surface pattern, or traces of manufacturing processes.


Title:  Shanghai vase
Designer: Mario Belini
Manufacturer: Kartell
Object number: AIBDC : 006876



Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Friday 23 June 2017

Guess the object

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.

By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?


Post your answer in the comments below or to find the answer click here and you will be taken to the MoDiP catalogue.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Monday 19 June 2017

BXL photographic archive #0127

In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in 1875 and after a long history went into liquidation in the late 2000s. The images we have in the collection are concentrated around the 1960s through to the 1980s and show us glimpses of the manufacturing process, products and the company’s employees during this time. We plan to share an image each week to give a flavour of the archive. If you want to see more you can view the whole collection on our website.

This week’s image shows Flexographic printing.

To get a better view of the image and find out more have a look at it on our website http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/bxl--1618

We are still working on the documentation of the archive, some of the images we know more about than others. It would be fantastic if we could fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge, if you know anything about the company or specific images it would be good to hear from you.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Friday 16 June 2017

Horners collection

The Museum of Design in Plastics houses two collections alongside our own.  One of these collections is that of the Worshipful Company of Horners.   

Here I will highlight just one of the objects in the collection.


Designer : Unknown

Manufacturer : Unknown


Date : 1910 (circa)
 
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Tuesday 13 June 2017

MoDiP closed

The museum will be closed all day Tuesday 13th June and will reopen on Wednesday 14th June.

If you need any assistance contact us on modip@aub.ac.uk

Monday 12 June 2017

A different view #55

There are many ways to look at the objects in the MoDiP collection.  With this series of posts I want to highlight the interesting views of objects that we may ordinarily miss.  These include the underside of an object, the surface pattern, or traces of manufacturing processes.


Title: Lizard effect umbrella handle
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Object number: PHSL : 258


Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Friday 9 June 2017

Guess the object

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual.

By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for?


Post your answer in the comments below or to find the answer click here and you will be taken to the MoDiP catalogue.

Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Monday 5 June 2017

BXL photographic archive #0126

In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in 1875 and after a long history went into liquidation in the late 2000s. The images we have in the collection are concentrated around the 1960s through to the 1980s and show us glimpses of the manufacturing process, products and the company’s employees during this time. We plan to share an image each week to give a flavour of the archive. If you want to see more you can view the whole collection on our website.

This week’s image shows a visit to a doll factory.

To get a better view of the image and find out more have a look at it on our website http://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/bxl--1432

We are still working on the documentation of the archive, some of the images we know more about than others. It would be fantastic if we could fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge, if you know anything about the company or specific images it would be good to hear from you.
Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Friday 2 June 2017

PHS collection

The Museum of Design in Plastics houses two collections alongside our own.  One of these collections is that of the Plastics Historical Society.   

Here I will highlight just one of the objects in the collection.

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


Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)