tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16896624919384644972024-03-05T13:38:40.302+00:00Museum of Design in PlasticsMoDiP is part of the Arts University BournemouthMoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.comBlogger1036125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-78609948133463713902023-10-02T16:21:00.003+01:002023-10-02T16:21:41.559+01:00Our blog is moving<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Find our latest blog posts at <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/blog">https://www.modip.ac.uk/blog</a></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-17104943568972343812023-07-19T08:30:00.001+01:002023-07-19T08:30:00.141+01:00PlasticsFuture 2023<div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end of June, I attended a fascinating conference held at the University of Portsmouth. PlasticsFuture 2023 was convened over three days and brought together speakers from across the world to present their research around, and experiences of, plastics pollution. The team behind the conference are part of <a href="https://www.port.ac.uk/research/themes/sustainability-and-the-environment/revolution-plastics">Revolution Plastics</a>, an interdisciplinary research group based at the University. The group is an initiative drawing together colleagues from across the University of Portsmouth and assembling teams of researchers, business-leaders, campaigners, and citizens who share their commitment and ambition to transform the way we make, use, and dispose of plastic and prevent pollution. From developing sustainable fashion, to combatting microplastics, they are putting their research into practice, and addressing plastics pollution; generating a globally-relevant community of plastics researchers and contributing to the sustainable transition of the city of Portsmouth as a prototype and showcase for a sustainable plastics future.</span></div><div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92rwKaqzZbu5dwjPhzo3wt436WLvCJhfp35WW1_asAZVR0u1QI4Wm7quOixifE7JQjdjWMSu3i2_I29pBh66V3NWE9lIaWhRFAQJ7SHzLijNfgeoUT20kV4go5-x-C01-9od86ffR2gnIr4ZRiHSvC5NoKS-uru1Dr9aJMiG9_g2qb8nJ7rsjxX97swM/s8119/portsmouth1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5666" data-original-width="8119" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg92rwKaqzZbu5dwjPhzo3wt436WLvCJhfp35WW1_asAZVR0u1QI4Wm7quOixifE7JQjdjWMSu3i2_I29pBh66V3NWE9lIaWhRFAQJ7SHzLijNfgeoUT20kV4go5-x-C01-9od86ffR2gnIr4ZRiHSvC5NoKS-uru1Dr9aJMiG9_g2qb8nJ7rsjxX97swM/w400-h279/portsmouth1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;">Revolution Plastics, University of Portsmouth. Image: Louise Dennis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The three days were split into 6 sessions:<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Session 1: Microplastics - detection, transport and impacts for environmental and human health</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Session 2: Exploring the current issues of plastic use within the context of fashion and textiles and the role of plastics in the future</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Session 3: Plastic pollution in the Global South</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Session 4: The Plastics That Made Us</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Session 5: Creative Solutions to Global Challenges</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Session 6: Tackling plastic pollution: Global Change Perspectives</span></li></ul><br /><b><u>Session 1: Microplastics - detection, transport and impacts for environmental and human health </u></b><br /><br /><b>Description: </b>Microplastics are everywhere in our lives, in the food we eat and the air we breathe. As research on microplastics gathers pace, it is becoming apparent that microplastics may impact human health and we need to understand how to limit our exposure. <br /><br />There are currently many projects and policies looking at how to reduce plastic use in packaging but less understanding on how this will impact microplastic numbers. This session will take a closer look at the challenges and discuss possible solutions. <br /><br /><b>Themes: </b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Methods of analysis - including data collection</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Citizen science </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Microplastics in water, land and air</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Microplastics human health implications</span></li></ul><b>Introduction:</b> Dr Fay Couceiro, University of Portsmouth <br /><br /><b>Keynote:</b> Dr Ben Williams, Senior Research Fellow, Air Quality Management Resource Centre, University of the West of England <br /><br /><b>Short talks by:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Sakcham Bairoliya, Nanyang Technological University - The Big Picture: Microbial interactions within the plastisphere</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Delphine Ciréderf Boulant, Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL) UMR CNRS 6027 - Assessment of microplastic contamination of organic fertilisers applied to agricultural soils</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Nia Jones, Bangor University - Simulating the impact of estuarine fronts on microplastic concentrations in well-mixed estuaries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Pei-Chen Lin & Yin-Yi Chen, Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Taiwan University - Assessment of microplastics exposure from oral pathway in young adults: a pilot study in Taiwan</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Miguel A. Gomez Gonzalez, Diamond Light Source Ltd -Understanding how microplastics can act as transportation vectors of co-existing nano pollutants and their interaction within environmental solutions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Chunlei Fan, Morgan State University - Effect of High-Density Polyethylene Microplastics on Growth and Survival of Eastern Oyster Larvae in the Chesapeake Bay, USA</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Judy Lee, Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey - Nano/Microplastic induced membrane fouling and potential mitigation strategies</span></li></ul><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8JM18JTZbQM_PHyM4gf-HIyv0oBWRWxLCcK9JCIO8nJzgoTfd_DDYOFic91aBwBlcM1Y6OLssvasSO62wmkbbQNZltpIyXLmraaCpWcs2oKn92UwOQkyCIAXbtAuYeo7T0KXgYA7q-GItCOl4zv5szvtR-7D4fszfdG40m7Iy-7nsiXJ4Xl--vV1iuE/s9248/Portsmouth2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5547" data-original-width="9248" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8JM18JTZbQM_PHyM4gf-HIyv0oBWRWxLCcK9JCIO8nJzgoTfd_DDYOFic91aBwBlcM1Y6OLssvasSO62wmkbbQNZltpIyXLmraaCpWcs2oKn92UwOQkyCIAXbtAuYeo7T0KXgYA7q-GItCOl4zv5szvtR-7D4fszfdG40m7Iy-7nsiXJ4Xl--vV1iuE/w400-h240/Portsmouth2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #505457; text-align: start;">University of Portsmouth are using the GB Row Challenge to monitor microplastics. Teams of rowers, including former Olympic athletes, row around the British Isles, taking on complex tides and changeable British weather. </span>The rowing boats are equipped with specialist equipment to gather scientific data throughout their journey. Researchers then use this data to assess the environmental damage and long term impact of pollutants on our seas and oceans. Image: Louise Dennis</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><br /><b><u>Session 2: Exploring the current issues of plastic use within the context of fashion and textiles and the role of plastics in the future </u></b><br /><br /><b>Description:</b> An opportunity to discuss current issues of plastic use within the context of fashion and textiles. Each year, the industry uses 342 million barrels of petroleum to produce plastic-based fibres such as polyester, nylon or acrylic. This equates to 1.35 per cent of the globe’s oil consumption. Worse still, these plastic-based fibres are responsible for 73 percent of microfibers pollution in Arctic waters and, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the plastic packaging on which the fashion industry is largely reliant, is estimated to make up 26 per cent of the total volume of plastics created each year – 72 percent of which is thrown away. However you choose to measure its impact, the numbers are staggering. This session acknowledges these very pressing issues that the fashion industry and academia is currently facing. <br /><br />We will bring together scholarly experts and practitioners in the areas of plastic use, materiality and design to share their knowledge and experiences with fellow academics and practitioners. Scholarly, conceptual and practitioner papers are welcomed, especially those that address the following themes: <br /><br /><b>Themes: </b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Fashion lifecycles vs plastic lifecycles </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Alternatives to fossil fuel based plastics for fashion and textiles </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Recycling of plastics </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">How can plastics fit within a sustainable future </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Solutions to microfibre pollution from textiles </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">A transition to a circular economic environment </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Single use plastic in fashion retail </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Consumer intention behind recycled plastic waste product </span></li></ul><br /><b>Introduction:</b> Noorin Khamisani and Karen Ryan, University of Portsmouth <br /><br /><b>Keynote:</b> Kate Goldsworthy, Professor of Circular Design and Innovation, Co-Director, Centre for Circular Design (CCD), Deputy Director, Business of Fashion Textiles & Technology (BFTT), University of the Arts London (UAL), UK <br /><br /><b>Short talks by:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Claudia Henninger - Presented by: Libby Allen, University of Manchester - Microplastic fibres released during washing of clothing: the unseen side of fashion</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Consumption Research Norway (SIFO), Oslo Metropolitan University - Textile waste – past, present and future? Synthetics in Norwegian textile waste in Norway 2000-2023</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Shreyas Patankar, Ocean Wise Conservation Association - Wash cycle design can reduce microplastic emission from home laundry</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Professor Lisa Macintyre, Heriot-Watt University - Fibre Fragmentation Scale – evaluating a proposed new method for reporting the results of fibre fragmentation testing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Victoria Bemmer, University of Portsmouth - Enzymatic deconstruction of polyester textiles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Emma Bianco, Pure Earth Collection Ltd - Fashion and the plastic consequences</span></li></ul><br /><b><u>Session 3: Plastic pollution in the Global South </u></b><br /><br /><b>Chair:</b> Dr Cressida Bowyer - Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director of Revolution Plastics, University of Portsmouth, UK <br /><br /><b>Keynote:</b> Esrat Karim, AMAL Foundation - Plastic pollution in Bangladesh <br /><br /><b>Short talks:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Professor Susan Jobling, PISCES - A Systems Approach to Preventing and Eliminating Plastic Pollution in Indonesian Societies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Fabrizio Ceschin & Dr Nazli Terzioğlu, Brunel University London - The PISCES Partnership Systemic Cross-Value Chain Design Approach to Tackling Plastic Pollution in Indonesia</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Cressida Bowyer, University of Portsmouth - Creative solutions to global challenges</span></li></ul><br /><u><b>Session 4: The Plastics That Made Us</b></u></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><b></b></u><b><u><br /></u>Description: </b>Focusing on the collections and exhibitions programme at the Museum of Design in Plastics (MoDiP), the only UK Accredited museum with a focus on plastics, this presentation will demonstrate how by learning from the past, manufacturers, designers, and consumers of plastics can make better informed choices. MoDiP's purpose is to use its Designated collection to develop understanding of the value of plastics within historical, contemporary, and sustainable contexts. Exploring the museum’s objects that encapsulate a variety of uses and activities - taking into account the clothes we wear, the games we play, and the environments in which we live - this keynote will show how valuable plastics, as a materials group, have been when used appropriately. It will also acknowledge the negative impact the poor use and disposal of plastics materials has on the environment and health. <br /><br /><b> Roundtable themes: </b>The Care and Curation of Plastics <br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Historical and contemporary cultural perceptions of plastics </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Curatorial relationships with plastics </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The seen and unseen uses of plastics </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Sustainability and the green consumer </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">What can we learn about the future of plastics from their past?</span></li></ul><b>Chair: </b>Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan - Professor of Design History and Theory, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Portsmouth, UK</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Keynote: </b>Dr Louise Dennis, Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University Bournemouth - The Plastics that Made Us: The care and curation of plastics</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Round table discussion:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Louise Dennis, Museum of Design in Plastics, Arts University Bournemouth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Johanna Agerman Ross, Victoria and Albert Museum</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Helen Peavitt , Science Museum</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Susan Mossman, Plastics Historical Society </span></li></ul><br /><u><b>Session 5: Creative Solutions to Global Challenges </b></u><br /><br /><b>Description:</b> Arts-based methods are increasingly being used in academic research to explore lived experience from a grassroots perspective. Artistic methods democratise the research process and disrupt traditional academic hierarchies, often revealing diverse values, and enhancing understanding. When communities collaborate with researchers to find solutions, the results are more local, targeted and contextually sensitive. <br /><br />This session will include past and present projects in the Global South, methodologies and workshops. <br /><br /><b>Themes: </b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Community-based participatory research </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The range of arts based methods </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Working in different contexts </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Practical workshops </span></li></ul><br /><b>Introduction: </b>Dr Cressida Bowyer, University of Portsmouth <br /><br /><b>Part 1:</b> The Role of community engagement in tackling plastic pollution <br /><br /><b>Keynote:</b> James Wakibia, Role of individuals in the fight against plastic pollution <br /><br /><b>Short talks:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Alice Darondeau, The SeaCleaners - The SeaCleaners</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Savannah Schaufler, University of Vienna, Austria - “Plast(dem)ic:” Materiality, Behavior, and COVID-19</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Luca Marazzi, Thames21 - Plastic litter has no place in the natural environment – key findings from the Plastic Free Mersey Project</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Victoria Prowse & Helen Powers, Environment Agency, East Midlands Regulated industry Team</span></li></ul><br /><b>Part 2:</b> Participatory arts-based research methods: Examples from the global south <br /><br /><b>Keynote:</b> Nelmo Newsong (Nelson Munyiri), Artist and Executive Director at Mukuru Youth Initiative - ‘Impact of creative methods in influencing social change’ <br /><br /><b>Short talks:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Angela McDermott, Waste Aid - MASIBAMBISANE: Towards a local circular economy in Mpumalanga, South Africa</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Nicola Hay, University of Portsmouth - IMAGINE PLASTICS; Immersive Experiences - SEEING IS BELIEVING</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Leanne Proops, University of Portsmouth - Terrestrial Plastic Pollution and its Threat to Livestock and Livelihoods</span></li></ul></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokhOqqDawzN7-cYVL7SMWEjOVwhwiLkJVypNPaVLfUNCNIATNk5N8YcVccXsJwcTI4huwIaT5ZaXxIsknIoyOlBrwpB9C4UfPgKVDc_beTdrdsIpIrQro7W2nyb0HgCnOWZ3EFH0qwbHnXLzaIYfU6dYnTTQfyQmVD8Vd3kS_sMh2hOJi9tM2te_E_t0/s13292/Portsmouth4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5904" data-original-width="13292" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhokhOqqDawzN7-cYVL7SMWEjOVwhwiLkJVypNPaVLfUNCNIATNk5N8YcVccXsJwcTI4huwIaT5ZaXxIsknIoyOlBrwpB9C4UfPgKVDc_beTdrdsIpIrQro7W2nyb0HgCnOWZ3EFH0qwbHnXLzaIYfU6dYnTTQfyQmVD8Vd3kS_sMh2hOJi9tM2te_E_t0/w400-h178/Portsmouth4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the workshops looked at how puppets have been used to help to explain complex scientific concepts. Here we made plastic eating enzymes which break the bonds between molecules and return the plastics to their useful building blocks making them easier to reuse again. Image: Louise Dennis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b><b><u>Session 6: Tackling plastic pollution: Global Change Perspectives</u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Description: </b>Following on from the landmark resolution reached at the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya last year to develop an international legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, this session will focus on the progress and ambitions of the UN Treaty. What have we learnt from the process so far? What are the challenges and how can these challenges be addressed? What does a successful treaty look like? How can reuse systems help address plastic pollution? This session will include short talks and 2 roundtable discussions. <br /><br /><b> Themes: </b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Where are we after INC-2 (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee session)? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">How can we build a ‘just’ transition into the treaty? </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Transparency and disclosure issues in policy development </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Reuse as an effective policy option </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Stakeholder perspectives </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Introduction: Professor Steve Fletcher, University of Portsmouth</span></li></ul></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Short talks:</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Jill Bartolotta, Ohio Sea Grant and The Ohio State University - Partners in Plastic Pollution Prevention: Reducing Plastic Pollution through Public and Private Partnerships</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Valérie Patreau, Polytechnique Montréal (QC, Canada) - Moving away from single-use plastics, public policies effectiveness and consumers’ perceptions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Steph Hill, University of Leicester - Sign the manifesto: Examining corporate advocacy efforts in the creation of a mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Tony Walker, Dalhousie University - Government policy responses to curb plastic pollution pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemicKeynote: John Chweya, Kenyan National Waste Pickers - Leveraging global policy to ensure a just transition for waste pickers </span></li></ul></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b>Keynote: </b>Von Hernandez, Break Free from Plastic - How can the global plastics treaty serve as a platform for system change? <br /><br /><b>Panel discussion:</b><br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Von Hernandez, Break Free from Plastic</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Zoe Lenkiewicz, Specialist in Global Waste Management</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Rachel Karasik, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Belen Olmos-Giupponi, University of Portsmouth</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">John Chweya, Kenyan National Waste Pickers</span></li></ul><br /><b>Short talks:</b><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr James Doherty, Plastic-i Limited - Plastic-i: Enabling solutions to marine plastic pollution with satellite imagery & AI</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Lauren Weir, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) - Agriplastics and the UK Food Supply Chain: How addressing policy failings and market powers is the ultimate solution</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Dr Noreen O'Meara, University of Surrey, Dr Tiago de Melo Cartaxo, University of Exeter & Professor Rosalind Malcolm, University of Surrey - Plastics pollution and youth communities: shaping ownership through adaptive legal tools</span></li></ul><br /><b>Panel discussion: </b>Time is of the Essence – Negotiating a plastics treaty fit for purpose<br /><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Chris Dixon, Environmental Investigation Agency</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Esrat Karim, AMAL Foundation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Tony Walker, Dalhousie University</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Von Hernandez, Break Free From Plastic</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">James Wakibia, Environmental Activist and Photojournalist</span></li></ul><br />As you can see from the number of speakers, this was an inspirational and packed event with so many topics covered. I was so pleased to be a part of it and bring an historical context to the proceedings along with the panellists I was speaking alongside. <br /><br />I learnt so much about the people living with the worst of the plastics pollution and the projects that are attempting to reduce the production and use of materials, those that are exploring ways to prevent the waste ending up in the wrong place, and those monitoring and / or removing it once it is there. It was good to see the use of artificial intelligence in a positive context too. <br /><br />It was the kind of conference where there was so much to take in that you need more time to explore the subjects covered. I have no doubt that I will be spending lots of time over the coming weeks and months finding out more about the many speakers and the work they are doing.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Despite the serious subjects being discussed the event was extremely relaxed with a positive outlook. We had reception drinks on HMS Warrior on the first evening and a conference dinner on the second evening. Conference dinners can be a little stuffy sometimes but this one had a festival vibe with a plant-based BBQ and live music making it much more suitable for networking.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIZRuTVbZ26NO_iDI_BYCosw5Z87WvOE4AmvWm-8EIDrY_QJ0yL0UloXPFr0t2YGNWQ6Dtfk1CG1QV_wLO9IP8lP30Who2rLH9Mkdi-LoqZD6hGCIhx0ST7JAUoKV44VtCEh_L8PKcVXhjVTcoZ-mXuRStovABOxiv4hFf587H8H2wlrTzUvP10HX9tM/s8136/Portsmouth3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="8136" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIZRuTVbZ26NO_iDI_BYCosw5Z87WvOE4AmvWm-8EIDrY_QJ0yL0UloXPFr0t2YGNWQ6Dtfk1CG1QV_wLO9IP8lP30Who2rLH9Mkdi-LoqZD6hGCIhx0ST7JAUoKV44VtCEh_L8PKcVXhjVTcoZ-mXuRStovABOxiv4hFf587H8H2wlrTzUvP10HX9tM/w400-h341/Portsmouth3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No need to worry. The cannons on HMS Warrior are made of plastic. Image: Louise Dennis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Louise Dennis, Curator of MoDiP</span></div>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-752321301000997902023-07-12T08:00:00.000+01:002023-07-12T08:00:00.146+01:00Salter 59 kitchen scales<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Once
again flicking through the trade journals in our collection and recognising an
object that we own has enriched our record with a wealth of information. This time I was looking through an edition of
British Plastics from February 1955 and I stumbled across a fabulous article
about the manufacture of the Salter 59 kitchen scale. This article has offered up a firm date and
title of the object and some fabulous detail about how exactly the case was
made and who did the moulding.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiH8noRyccNuciyVJgtmKPPKTXQVP68t2TFyY8kc8z_HvF5oVZnDs3ub3vFieD_Z46WZkiesA8oB8fHmDsEgjSNOH0G0Iyi9LUGq9jKAIX-raYRd6wnds61TTjU3ugtA3c-6FYTX5cFRG5ZncLW2zay-JbmqcN7a3E1XJK8Lz7ed31D2oQqgMN9iTd/s2000/0_2337_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiH8noRyccNuciyVJgtmKPPKTXQVP68t2TFyY8kc8z_HvF5oVZnDs3ub3vFieD_Z46WZkiesA8oB8fHmDsEgjSNOH0G0Iyi9LUGq9jKAIX-raYRd6wnds61TTjU3ugtA3c-6FYTX5cFRG5ZncLW2zay-JbmqcN7a3E1XJK8Lz7ed31D2oQqgMN9iTd/w400-h300/0_2337_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-02337">Salter 59 kitchen scales, AIBDC : 0_2337</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here
is the article:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">Three
polystyrene mouldings for domestic scale<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">A
great deal of progress has been made lately in the application of plastics to household
appliances, especially where streamlined shape, appearance and ease of cleaning
are essential properties. This recent trend is exemplified in the modern
domestic scale where a number of new or redesigned models have plastics
components; in particular polystyrene finding favour on account of the excellent
finish obtainable with this material.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Salter 59 scale uses high impact polystyrene for its scoop, general purpose for
the housing, and general purpose for the dial cover, where the glass-like
transparency of the material is of special advantage. The moulding is carried out
by E. Elliott, Ltd. Birmingham, and the technique used to mass-produce three
items mentioned is of additional interest in that all of the finishing, apart
from a cementing operation, is carried out at the press.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
pictures on these pages (come and see the article if you would like to see them
all) show the stages in moulding the Salter 59 case. Production is carried out
on an 8-oz injection machine, using general-purpose polystyrene in a cream (yellow
in our case) shade. Injection is at the centre top of the case where a square aperture
is later punched out to accommodate a plunger when the scale is assembled.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2K0aO3HAtPBNRm4qXdOE5kpz_O7v3Y08tHQl2ZvBYnC0W-5EZgXS8bBDdDy-Tc3dHTmPH4X1redqqxfQJDtvalQvsxFYU6SUZUH7wZLicPieWNKpb0MlwNBgJPhgCyDIH8sgQ7r1KMR1uDkybN25EXBNs2VIMki4q_9WT9ZYTzzX6dHSoYfFFIc2Q/s6920/Salter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2696" data-original-width="6920" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2K0aO3HAtPBNRm4qXdOE5kpz_O7v3Y08tHQl2ZvBYnC0W-5EZgXS8bBDdDy-Tc3dHTmPH4X1redqqxfQJDtvalQvsxFYU6SUZUH7wZLicPieWNKpb0MlwNBgJPhgCyDIH8sgQ7r1KMR1uDkybN25EXBNs2VIMki4q_9WT9ZYTzzX6dHSoYfFFIc2Q/w400-h156/Salter.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Punching the square aperture from the housing after moulding, and, right, a housing placed in the jig for drilling in four positions</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The circular
aperture in the housing is produced by having a blank face on the mould (which
closes on a bevel positioned half-way across this blank face); another
interesting feature is the method of producing a slot at the rear of the
housing by moulding a projection running on a taper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Purpose of this slot is to accommodate a
knurled wheel which allows the scale to be set (and reset) to zero.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 55 lifts an hour are achieved, the
cycle time being closely integrated with the finishing time. Weight of the shot
as it comes of the machine is about 5 ¾ oz.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">At
the completion of each cycle the operator clips off the sprue and stamps out the
square aperture on an electrically heated punch, the temperature of which
accurately maintained by a Sunvic control system. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After this the housing is placed in a jig,
which is designed both to hold the shape of the moulding as it finally cools
and to allow the simultaneous drilling of four 1/16 in holes, two on each side;
the purpose of these holes is to accommodate attachment of the inner mechanism
of the scale. Drilling is carried out by four drills each operated by an air
valve supplied from the normal press air line; a master valve enables the
complete system to be switched in and out, and thus cutting out noise when the
drills are not actually operating, and thus making the operator's job less
fatiguing. The housing then wrapped in tissue and at once packed in a cardboard
box for transfer to the Walsall works where the moulding dial cover cemented
in.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Production
of the dial cover is carried out on a 4-oz machine, using single-impression
three-plate tool working with clear transparent material. Gating is at the
centre of the cover, and to disguise the tiny scar at this point the mould is blasted
over a small circular area, thus producing circle of </span>matt
finish in the centre of the cover when moulded. Weight of shot is 1 ½ oz. Removal
of the sprue is interesting in that a tapered dowel provides a positive
movement of the sprue in the tool, so that
after the stripping plate has cleared the moulding , the sprue can be
removed backwards from the gate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
dial covers are wrapped tissue and packed straight from the press and, as
previously stated, sent away for cementing into the housing. Thus the handling
of both is reduced to the barest minimum, thereby cutting down the possibility
of rejects through accidental damage in the factory.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
scoop of the scale is run alternately with the housing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A single-impression tool is used and the
scoop is gated on the centre under-surface. The colour used is cream, and the weight
of the shot is just over 3 ½ oz. The sprue is removed from the operator, who
then packs the scoop in similar fashion to the housing. The scoop is embossed
to provide graduations in fluid ounces and pints on the inside.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is so interesting to see the number of different steps needed
and the care given to the end product to ensure it arrived at its destination in
good order.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do love finding these
fascinating articles.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Louise Dennis, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Curator of MoDiP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-77832280355826741982023-07-05T00:30:00.001+01:002023-07-06T11:19:29.787+01:00Decarbonisation<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse/decarbonisation">Decarbonisation</a> is a theme in our current exhibition, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse">Reuse</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Carbon footprints
are a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
released over the full life cycle of a product. They are notoriously difficult
to assess because there are many factors that need to be considered. For
example, extraction and processing of the raw materials, manufacturing,
packaging and transportation of the product, useage (how long it is used for
and whether it is reused) and then finally, recycling and disposal at
end-of-life.</span></div><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNsm7l-lTIf4Pp3VsVXquvb23PlfiSsoQuREaVaEUtRhAooMMrO4GAruoRMXxmv5Ec_N3jcPh6AuPputn94E90zWag6O5DzSoy9A7nULIoghEVgifQq6NQjxvAkUiRu1tCHJCLSswQnmlsG_LOvUMsW0VEi2eo1hsfP1NWlrtJEl9NEISmT43n9mB/s600/1.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="534" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNsm7l-lTIf4Pp3VsVXquvb23PlfiSsoQuREaVaEUtRhAooMMrO4GAruoRMXxmv5Ec_N3jcPh6AuPputn94E90zWag6O5DzSoy9A7nULIoghEVgifQq6NQjxvAkUiRu1tCHJCLSswQnmlsG_LOvUMsW0VEi2eo1hsfP1NWlrtJEl9NEISmT43n9mB/s320/1.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="Pa0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="A0">This
wine bottle is made from </span><span style="background: white;">100% recycled PET <br />from
Prevented Ocean Plastic (POP).</span><br />
Image credit: MoDiP</span><span class="A0"><span color="windowtext" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;">The environmental
impacts associated with plastics are often generally much lower than that of
alternative materials such as glass, metal and paper. However, there are
several ways by which they can be further decarbonised. Incorporating recycled
content, selecting biopolymers instead of plastics derived from fossil fuels or
using carbon neutral materials are some potential transformational solutions.</span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="Pa0" style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDxFzYcE91o3JEnUywbV1CQJ7Z9o7xTJeC7qgvE01VQ7oeCKRjvCiECdgFOJTH_uKRX26yCv3y63ugb-yteIRkGiIDX2iFOpf-qaVKpf9qnBFL-wWzAu15EDGjhDRnrxM--G_iWi6-emzEtla73FTA8kdgK9IUsPywluZWvtweaP9q7mP5sTJdmOC/s1701/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1701" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDxFzYcE91o3JEnUywbV1CQJ7Z9o7xTJeC7qgvE01VQ7oeCKRjvCiECdgFOJTH_uKRX26yCv3y63ugb-yteIRkGiIDX2iFOpf-qaVKpf9qnBFL-wWzAu15EDGjhDRnrxM--G_iWi6-emzEtla73FTA8kdgK9IUsPywluZWvtweaP9q7mP5sTJdmOC/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span class="A0">All of these objects
are </span><span style="background: white;">sourced
from plant-based materials rather than fossil fuels</span><span class="A0">.<br />
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the drive towards
becoming net zero, businesses involved with plastics can also try to make
efficiencies across their general operations, production processes and supply
chains. They might consider switching to low-carbon technologies, using
renewable energy sources, adopting closed-loop systems to minimise waste and
choosing partners who also prioritise decarbonisation. When areas of
unavoidable impact still exist, they might invest in guaranteed carbon
offsetting projects, designed to reduce future emissions.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></div><p>
</p><p class="Default"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm_tpbT1TrOI0waCmlNQbUzRSCK7keOrHcn8WvyxtzhRh4_rpNIh5REMcQrWSqWnpjqMgdlXoMpCroUBYhyF-7fl_K13yLr6_CElPCqzIjgnA5gaXn0RhQrGdZwqQU6xHL6bVO_N5VUgyyPJJOIgnyH7RQq1MFb1UFOV32pdMNrTIz1g8FR3lJ8Lm/s1094/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1094" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJm_tpbT1TrOI0waCmlNQbUzRSCK7keOrHcn8WvyxtzhRh4_rpNIh5REMcQrWSqWnpjqMgdlXoMpCroUBYhyF-7fl_K13yLr6_CElPCqzIjgnA5gaXn0RhQrGdZwqQU6xHL6bVO_N5VUgyyPJJOIgnyH7RQq1MFb1UFOV32pdMNrTIz1g8FR3lJ8Lm/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Examples of carbon
neutral materials.<br /></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: MoDiP </span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="Default"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="A0"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Plastics
can play an additional role on this journey for all of us through their use in,
for example, insulating products to make our buildings more thermally
efficient, as components within ‘clean’ energy systems such as solar panels,
and within electric vehicle technology and infrastructure. It is important that
the material flow is both decarbonised and circular in order to be as
sustainable as possible.<br /></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine Pell<br /></span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Collections Officer</span></span></span></div><p class="Default"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-62126594606897485422023-06-28T08:00:00.001+01:002023-06-28T08:00:00.140+01:00MA Architecture<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end of last year, an MA Architecture student, Jemma Chapman came in to the museum to explore the use of waste plastics. We talked about a variety of concepts and objects including Greenbrick's building blocks.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-miwN9-fp-HFLX2gYGME6b8IcZILkFS_hgXfj5EpBRH9gYK7Y9JNt7tcOd2MaUaaf2LlshkGua6RsmT7jUoPLiTpLSjWMOTI-L6yvVkUO7CKR1aH4OqutZ1Iyfi2wSNC_lp7N1rgRqdADD_b9KLDEFkmo406dhn-atxWmXW0_86WLjQ8yclS9I5gs/w400-h300/008795.3_1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-0087953">Large blue brick, Greenbrick, AIBDC : 008795.3</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-miwN9-fp-HFLX2gYGME6b8IcZILkFS_hgXfj5EpBRH9gYK7Y9JNt7tcOd2MaUaaf2LlshkGua6RsmT7jUoPLiTpLSjWMOTI-L6yvVkUO7CKR1aH4OqutZ1Iyfi2wSNC_lp7N1rgRqdADD_b9KLDEFkmo406dhn-atxWmXW0_86WLjQ8yclS9I5gs/s2000/008795.3_1.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a></div><p></p><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(248, 248, 248); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding-bottom: 9px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />Since meeting with Jemma, she has gone on to develop a rich and evolved proposal called</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black;"> CoPEar - The Centre of Plastic
Education and Research</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">, in which MoDiP became a key component.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(248, 248, 248); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding-bottom: 9px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is the short version of her proposal which will form part of MA Architecture Degree show from 29th June.</span></span></div>
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What makes our jobs really special is seeing the results.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Louise Dennis</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curator of MoDiP</span></div><p></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-50720576940873487632023-06-21T08:00:00.001+01:002023-06-21T08:00:00.149+01:00Turner Museum of Glass<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Earlier in the year I had the most fabulous ‘school trip’ to
Dundee to visit the Plastic: remaking our world exhibition at V&A
Dundee. To get the most out of the
journey I had a look at some other museums that I could visit on the way. The best fit was another university
collection focusing on a single material /material family. That collection was the <a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/turner-museum">Turner Museum of Glass</a> at the University of Sheffield where I met with Emily Green, Interim Head
of Special Collections, Heritage & Archives and University Heritage
Collections Manager.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The core of the Turner Museum collection is 20<sup>th</sup>
century art glass which was acquired by W.E.S. Turner, Professor of the
Department of Glass Technology, through his personal contacts with glass producers
and designers in many parts of the world from the 1920s to the 1950s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many pieces were made especially for Turner or
while he was watched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1943 Professor
Turner donated his collection to the University of Sheffield to inspire
students and researchers and serve as ‘a counterbalance to the technical
activities in which the department is engaged.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The collection continues to be added to as the museums acquires work
from contemporary artists in glass.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4IlrU9sf8_xwT7liW854THoxXNOyqWrv0pD-0asneTH64ZPRKIgcgWcUxKB6QPpkFLOnwikaNajtNzlxUNGbbkjeYNWKbpF3_sxVmrEJ-J3P1Gdbfx4LHnT6ihbAadaIzWjlJhSrYL2aQT3qMfIrKoUY2OjVhqXKa19EOuN6wtMFgeW4PxO5gS2S/s9248/2023-01%20Turner%20Museum%20of%20Glass%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm4IlrU9sf8_xwT7liW854THoxXNOyqWrv0pD-0asneTH64ZPRKIgcgWcUxKB6QPpkFLOnwikaNajtNzlxUNGbbkjeYNWKbpF3_sxVmrEJ-J3P1Gdbfx4LHnT6ihbAadaIzWjlJhSrYL2aQT3qMfIrKoUY2OjVhqXKa19EOuN6wtMFgeW4PxO5gS2S/w400-h300/2023-01%20Turner%20Museum%20of%20Glass%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some
of the cases showing the collection including some of the early glass. Image credit: L Dennis</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaDUos0BeNA-BZsGBJGm6xftLerGpjM5X97jzTH11sv3rC_Vqdsj7GAnP_bq0do_3J9CxPB7Oxg98eseqxtk4ygbGN8V78ZBOZYx3rv8-OHOHPALIn7T-ntkFja0Ue2kpXPSGKEVZ0zd2U-JpUOJETwTlV67vYjGKf0MakYPvfICz-7FkKv3cTBrR/s9248/2023-01%20Turner%20Museum%20of%20Glass%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaDUos0BeNA-BZsGBJGm6xftLerGpjM5X97jzTH11sv3rC_Vqdsj7GAnP_bq0do_3J9CxPB7Oxg98eseqxtk4ygbGN8V78ZBOZYx3rv8-OHOHPALIn7T-ntkFja0Ue2kpXPSGKEVZ0zd2U-JpUOJETwTlV67vYjGKf0MakYPvfICz-7FkKv3cTBrR/w400-h300/2023-01%20Turner%20Museum%20of%20Glass%20(6).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These
case show glass from around the world including pieces created by contemporary artists. Image credit: L Dennis</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wasn’t expecting to see a dress made of glass. The blue fibreglass dress, handbag, shoes and
hat were worn by Helen Nairn Monro on her marriage to Professor Turner in 1943. The dress was designed and made by Messrs
Pettigrew and Stephens, Glasgow and the fabric was created by Glass Fibres Ltd
of Firhill, Glasgow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwFpfaCtvFMlM8jiMiPSutR4TPsn8vYQO9iwoxRGvW2fTxO0DU0XnLabw9iKsLEWmsYmY9JUi10XPQBSDO2wE36uoOnZ4g6ca3BnKngNR0SFJIZ-g_SE0T1sjhR_X5q_gCMTtTfy0SsXQ1CQrXMJoMLCol6BhJKApHaehSwqtkflryw1SZ3q2vFWM/s9248/2023-01%20Turner%20Museum%20of%20Glass%20(22).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwFpfaCtvFMlM8jiMiPSutR4TPsn8vYQO9iwoxRGvW2fTxO0DU0XnLabw9iKsLEWmsYmY9JUi10XPQBSDO2wE36uoOnZ4g6ca3BnKngNR0SFJIZ-g_SE0T1sjhR_X5q_gCMTtTfy0SsXQ1CQrXMJoMLCol6BhJKApHaehSwqtkflryw1SZ3q2vFWM/w400-h300/2023-01%20Turner%20Museum%20of%20Glass%20(22).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fibreglass
dress, 1943, made by Messrs Pettigrew and Stephens, Glasgow. Image credit: L
Dennis</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">I really enjoyed my visit to the collection as it reminded
me of my time at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery which has a fabulous collection
of early glass, and I am very grateful to Emily for taking the time to talk to me
about the collection.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Louise Dennis, Curator of MoDiP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-20817084423741039862023-06-14T00:30:00.019+01:002023-06-14T00:30:00.139+01:00Design for Disassembly<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;">The concept of Design for Disassembly was first
introduced in the early 1990s. It advocates for the environment by recommending
products be designed in such a way that they can be easily taken apart at the
end of their useful life, with parts then either reused or recycled. In
practice this could mean designing with as few materials as possible or using
non-permanent fastenings, and these considerations also provide the
possibility for self-assembly and repair.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAkMrnDkGwqSroQAsT9bM3fgXMq-820MOcJr5NStO6UKcWhZSudhjLNbqwNp_jjUHQyrzpvdOIEhrMuTWPXlI-Cc3BcOnB92EETpOweujQ8F50kYSjgjuAtM2Ry8PMcq9x-bQkU3huldOKUiQ06aJrMnp0NyW35o7oD-KYzOIBmb8Il-YFAGQvZ_X/s567/dental%20floss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="567" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAkMrnDkGwqSroQAsT9bM3fgXMq-820MOcJr5NStO6UKcWhZSudhjLNbqwNp_jjUHQyrzpvdOIEhrMuTWPXlI-Cc3BcOnB92EETpOweujQ8F50kYSjgjuAtM2Ry8PMcq9x-bQkU3huldOKUiQ06aJrMnp0NyW35o7oD-KYzOIBmb8Il-YFAGQvZ_X/s320/dental%20floss.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The dental floss container is a good example <br />of a design that can be easily disassembled.<br />Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span color="windowtext"><br /></span><span color="windowtext"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span class="A0">A good example is
the Wisdom dental floss container (refer image above), which has a single moulded, clam-shell case
made from <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polypropylene" target="_blank">polypropylene (PP</a>), and utilises living hinges to fold into shape.
The <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polyamide" target="_blank">nylon</a> floss filament</span><span class="A0"><b> </b></span><span class="A0">is wound onto a bobbin that slots onto an attachment in the centre of
the case, whilst the metal cutting blade</span><span class="A0"><b> </b></span><span class="A0">slots into a grooved depression at the top. Everything
is held in place when the snap-jointed case is assembled and all the components
can be quickly removed when no longer needed. Interestingly, despite floss
containers ably illustrating this sustainable design principle, they are
typically not openly promoted for their recycling potential.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><o:p> <br /></o:p><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWezlrzAwE1U9xJ5DmAxZysW_A9xkzd3a1JmDDM3cON-V6Hy565FpHgxLM5RijE7UNrHxaYHU0q4oLBqY3S-qvU7GoRzCSpnO7jQDFUPU35bVPxYBsSm7LN2rCJKlDkPLia7N114nF5vaJjUVr2sUX26-7Ep1PP7vL-L3Epm9tNRIJAZuwQBrqTS85/s400/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWezlrzAwE1U9xJ5DmAxZysW_A9xkzd3a1JmDDM3cON-V6Hy565FpHgxLM5RijE7UNrHxaYHU0q4oLBqY3S-qvU7GoRzCSpnO7jQDFUPU35bVPxYBsSm7LN2rCJKlDkPLia7N114nF5vaJjUVr2sUX26-7Ep1PP7vL-L3Epm9tNRIJAZuwQBrqTS85/s320/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Myelin cycle helmet, AIBDC : 009452<br />Image credit: MoDiP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></o:p><o:p> <br /></o:p><span class="A0">The labour-intensive
process required to separate all of the mixed materials often found within
cycling helmets usually results in them being destined for landfill at
end-of-life. The Myelin (refer image above), designed by POC, has been specifically engineered to
be deconstructed </span>and
is made using 50% recycled plastics materials<span class="A0">. </span>Built with as few parts as possible<span class="A0">, it has a <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polyester" target="_blank">polyester</a> fabric outer shell
that covers the expanded <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polystyrene" target="_blank">polystyrene (EPS)</a> foam liner, adopts interlocking
parts that hold each other securely in place (avoiding the use of adhesives)
and the chin strap runs through the entire helmet, removing the need for
several separate anchored sections.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span class="A0"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUhoCHv08qJDLxfBWhQEDm14zZcidkcIE9ROksHo0W1vqAQVig56Nx7rO8a7UTYkyMrrGGeIGD_No8Eq7jKsqoV9yr-OiIt1R8-kR9vqNwVpa6AsJkgsJ9zwd-ZivIpXeDyQY7fsVWFaDh_NxCbC28BnBC3LN65XFmVdC-milA7OjGzV2X5KsRLDc/s400/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimUhoCHv08qJDLxfBWhQEDm14zZcidkcIE9ROksHo0W1vqAQVig56Nx7rO8a7UTYkyMrrGGeIGD_No8Eq7jKsqoV9yr-OiIt1R8-kR9vqNwVpa6AsJkgsJ9zwd-ZivIpXeDyQY7fsVWFaDh_NxCbC28BnBC3LN65XFmVdC-milA7OjGzV2X5KsRLDc/s320/Picture2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bird headphones, AIBDC : 008193<br />Image credit: MoDiP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></o:p><o:p> <br /></o:p>Dutch company Gerrard Street, now renamed Repeat
Audio, was set up in 2015 to produce a modular headphone with parts that
could be easily replaced and upgraded. Offered through a subscription service,
the headphones are designed to be sent through the post for easy assembly at
home. As individual parts get worn or broken, customers can return the
obsolete components for replacement, free of charge, with 85% of this e-waste
being either reused or recycled. This circular design model allows the
company to maintain full control over production materials because it retains
ownership of the product. It also provides the incentive to
produce durable headphones in order to maximise income
through extending use cycles. MoDiP’s pair (refer image above) are
refurbished.<br /><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh--OIfQxx9UrWAv5Q8uPuG_Zt10qlMeGQ3Nc2E1dxexfBcQNbF7Da-PN0fPx-wHti2e_45jf_KpDbmWAuF4-b_v43VsZ2Zj8GnYJCRxPYx4BROjBhS-miCo1smgmTdVdkw2C6_k6yMAEwzr8D7QdvKihLP0CgLCDB1Clrfm9hjrGI05njkbdf3xeGw/s400/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh--OIfQxx9UrWAv5Q8uPuG_Zt10qlMeGQ3Nc2E1dxexfBcQNbF7Da-PN0fPx-wHti2e_45jf_KpDbmWAuF4-b_v43VsZ2Zj8GnYJCRxPYx4BROjBhS-miCo1smgmTdVdkw2C6_k6yMAEwzr8D7QdvKihLP0CgLCDB1Clrfm9hjrGI05njkbdf3xeGw/s320/Picture3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nike ISPA Link trainers, AIBDC : 009459<br />Image credit: MoDiP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></o:p></span><span style="color: #333333;"><o:p> <br /></o:p></span>Using glue and other bonding elements to cement shoe components
together typically causes problems for recycling and usually results in
the entire shoe being shredded, an energy-intensive process with limited
application for the recyclate. Released in 2022, the Nike ISPA Link
trainers require no glue in their construction but instead have modular
parts that are held together through tension. The single material,<span style="color: #333333;"> <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polyurethane" title="Polyurethane"><span style="color: #0095d1;">thermoplastic polyurethane</span></a> </span>(TPU),
sole has a series of pegs that slot into openings in the recycled<span style="color: #333333;"> <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polyester" title="Polyester"><span style="color: #0095d1;">polyester</span></a> </span>upper. This enables the shoes
to be easily disassembled at end-of-life to replace worn parts and recycle
materials.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>All of these objects
can be viewed in the museum <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/contact-us">on
request</a>.<br /> <br /></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine Pell<br />
Collections Officer</span></div>
MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-72646227305267528232023-06-07T00:30:00.128+01:002023-06-07T00:30:00.146+01:00Playing Well with LEGO<p><span style="font-family: arial;">On a recent trip to the Museum of
Design in Plastics, I was reminded of my first visit to LEGO headquarters in
Billund, Denmark. I have been lucky enough to work with LEGO over the past
eight years, producing games for their new LEGO sets. My first project was
updating the mobile game LEGO City for the Christmas 2017 season, and the
development team from Amuzo in Bournemouth got to visit LEGO HQ to see the toys
before they were in the shops.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">As if getting to play with “secret”
LEGO was not exciting enough, our LEGO Company contact asked if we would like a
visit to the LEGO Museum, and the mythical LEGO archives, of course it was an
unanimous “Yes please!”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1m9FM24d5bieS5pXEzzdEt1iiQEQvmzb54VHYxHUxBB3RemQEAfriIBXium-J6VGunAWQCSeAACDIwArVDsFnMiLZd51dQtjbzvFPnTRAe-v9hk5HDiFum5rH9kV9YTmLBZKLkGgnO1TAQXP-nHEGZNC_nUtCXi_FV7SXqUKFP5A7yB2rnD-wK5h/s3264/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1m9FM24d5bieS5pXEzzdEt1iiQEQvmzb54VHYxHUxBB3RemQEAfriIBXium-J6VGunAWQCSeAACDIwArVDsFnMiLZd51dQtjbzvFPnTRAe-v9hk5HDiFum5rH9kV9YTmLBZKLkGgnO1TAQXP-nHEGZNC_nUtCXi_FV7SXqUKFP5A7yB2rnD-wK5h/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The
LEGO Museum, formally the Christiansen family <br />home and carpentry workshop in
Billund, Denmark<br />Image credit: <o:p style="text-align: left;"></o:p><span style="text-align: left;">Nick Roberts</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The LEGO Museum in Billund is
actuall</span><span style="font-family: arial;">y the original house and workshop that Ole Kirk Christiansen, the
founder of LEGO, lived in with his family from 1916. He was a carpenter, making
tables and chairs, before a lack of orders through the Great Depression forced a
business rethink. On 10th August 1932 the workshop was dedicated to making
wooden toys.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christiansen continued to struggle
in business, enjoying a brief period of success with yo-yos, setting his staff
to making the two yo-yo halves in bulk. When the yo-yo market also dried up and
left him with many circular wooden pieces, he needed an idea to use them up –
wheels. The carpenters set about making pull-along trucks, cars and animals.
These proved more popular. One of the first toys was a wooden pull-along duck
– and there it was, sitting in a glass case in front of me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtLtx4IQV6xlzBW0dxS5iMgMIAINyReXNdTpzGGV1wZF-XfBzBigohJn_xqD9CFAMbiSd4jvU9t_w_tGy0S8Dbb5APK4KvYNSGJ4HG-DFJlDnK0B2wNblScjZrVIlBVyd2wactIo0EpHuHxYP5B-kie3q-uiWq6vUfqx_ojXZlGDPTbO8HXNm4zav/s1189/wooden%20toys.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="1189" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtLtx4IQV6xlzBW0dxS5iMgMIAINyReXNdTpzGGV1wZF-XfBzBigohJn_xqD9CFAMbiSd4jvU9t_w_tGy0S8Dbb5APK4KvYNSGJ4HG-DFJlDnK0B2wNblScjZrVIlBVyd2wactIo0EpHuHxYP5B-kie3q-uiWq6vUfqx_ojXZlGDPTbO8HXNm4zav/w400-h155/wooden%20toys.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Early wooden toys created by the Christiansen workshop before discovering plastic.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Image credit: </span><o:p style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Nick Roberts</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Toys were the future for the
Christiansen family, and they held a staff competition in 1934 to come up with
a new company name. The winner was “LEGO” – derived from Leg Godt, Danish
for “play well”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was an overseas business trip by
Ole Kirk’s son Godtfred in 1947 that would set LEGO on a pathway to global
domination of the plastic toy market. They had recently purchased one of the
first plastic moulding machines. The first plastic tests LEGO tried were small
teddy bear figures, mainly because this was the mould that came with the
machine! The definition in the plastic was a delight. Godtfred realised that
this was the future of toys – products that could be designed and mass
produced, each one identical to the last. No more carving wooden ducks for
LEGO. But the toy buying public still preferred wooden and metal toys. LEGO
needed a new product.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTzQ3TqEAmIB-Vj7HA_S4qt5Hh3K9ylV2uNMg1PD-0mTAxrEKp6Qqt07HPZ7PPeLFx6EjCvXpdQChvaw3CK5GNNSU7KQJUueUbC6_a80Wm3JCmizKZphT-2qzlfy9CO-wkkLDHjE3hhE9rsdx07J8IC8vnUMsJhzxFEyP4GB24MYlJJis5K7fUiWK/s3264/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTzQ3TqEAmIB-Vj7HA_S4qt5Hh3K9ylV2uNMg1PD-0mTAxrEKp6Qqt07HPZ7PPeLFx6EjCvXpdQChvaw3CK5GNNSU7KQJUueUbC6_a80Wm3JCmizKZphT-2qzlfy9CO-wkkLDHjE3hhE9rsdx07J8IC8vnUMsJhzxFEyP4GB24MYlJJis5K7fUiWK/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">The first tests in plastic for a fledgling LEGO company – small teddy bears<br />were a mould that came with their first plastic moulding machine.<br /></span>Image credit: <o:p style="text-align: left;"></o:p><span style="text-align: left;">Nick Roberts</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Building sets of trucks and houses
made of plastic were already on the market, but sold as individual toys that
were incompatible with each other. Godtfred had a conversation with a buyer
that inspired him to turn the building sets into a LEGO System, made up of
building bricks that were reusable and universal. Small plastic bricks that
could be mass produced in multiple colours, then sold in sets – the beginnings
of LEGO as we know it today. Indeed, the early LEGO building sets proved very
popular, there was just one thing that was not quite right – the bricks did not
‘click’ together. A light breeze, or disgruntled little brother, could easily
send a LEGO building tumbling to the floor. There had to be a solution.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnqBJWLB68hEzSnBK-UsJzI2avyHgkASbEf6McGRs2ZpyalUTn7n15YkJyLcbc2VNv2XuDgnmR9BSBEiyfkPqbNFTrhO8b2Ase-b84U9x2SbazCCPMNy2vN29p5f40sb43PHs1X9uADhRBg3sUs3bjH3liWS17rEvisKwKS7gSh8fgAvFGTu95_7D/s4032/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnqBJWLB68hEzSnBK-UsJzI2avyHgkASbEf6McGRs2ZpyalUTn7n15YkJyLcbc2VNv2XuDgnmR9BSBEiyfkPqbNFTrhO8b2Ase-b84U9x2SbazCCPMNy2vN29p5f40sb43PHs1X9uADhRBg3sUs3bjH3liWS17rEvisKwKS7gSh8fgAvFGTu95_7D/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An early LEGO system set, before the locking LEGO brick was invented.</span><br style="font-family: arial;" /><span style="font-family: arial;">Image credit: </span><o:p style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"></o:p><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Nick Roberts</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The boffins at LEGO knew that
somehow they had to make a LEGO brick that would hold firm when attached to
another, but also be able to disconnect to allow the child to make a new model
when they chose. Many experiments took place on the best way of connecting the
bricks – dots in the plastic, criss-cross patterns, studs and holes, tiny
pinhead connectors. Eventually they settled on the classic circle and stud
pattern LEGO 8-stud brick we know today, a design that is simple but very
effective, and went on to be the foundation of every LEGO set since. As that is
the joy of LEGO, any set will connect to any other set. The minifigure people
will always slot their feet onto the LEGO studs and stand proud.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-GzLftKOPmAzeleOEbrv6-9tQOCMmQF8qCNquRJ9b-X-Yd-maCeDehBTMWSOE5t8PQ67Z5WzCghqojrxaMKZLYfQDwfS4jj6Ne5Ny2SLWg_tMSzmRDVvob8gx2lJ5ExnKgSOCk_W-zLIiOvdFcXMbDkRLH7W4E_Vs6dN0QOPppcgdGBV4MRE_6R5/s909/bricks.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="909" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt-GzLftKOPmAzeleOEbrv6-9tQOCMmQF8qCNquRJ9b-X-Yd-maCeDehBTMWSOE5t8PQ67Z5WzCghqojrxaMKZLYfQDwfS4jj6Ne5Ny2SLWg_tMSzmRDVvob8gx2lJ5ExnKgSOCk_W-zLIiOvdFcXMbDkRLH7W4E_Vs6dN0QOPppcgdGBV4MRE_6R5/s320/bricks.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The experiments the LEGO company did into lockable building bricks,<br />eventually patenting them all to stop the competition stealing their idea.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: <o:p style="text-align: left;"></o:p><span style="text-align: left;">Nick Roberts</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">LEGO were savvy though – not only
did they patent the 8-stud brick, but they also patented all of their other
experiments, to keep the competition from copying their building brick idea.
LEGO sets would soon dominate toy shops all over the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">So what about that LEGO archive I
teased you with? What a treat and privilege it was to visit. Underneath the
LEGO Museum is a basement hidden from public view. Large metal shelves are all
crammed together, but turning a giant handle moves the shelves along, revealing
each year of LEGO toys from 1950 to the present day. The kid in me took over
and I was soon holding the LEGO Circus Train set I had for Christmas 1988 in my
hands!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nick Roberts, 28th April 2023</span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-17328298200524749412023-05-31T00:30:00.019+01:002023-05-31T00:30:00.135+01:00Another Life<div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">The </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009526"><span style="background: white;">Merle Norman
cosmetics box</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> bag features in the current MoDiP </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse"><span style="background: white;">Reuse</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> exhibition as part of the </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse/another-life"><span style="background: white;">Another
Life</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> case, which looks at other uses for packaging
in which some products are offered for sale.</span></span></div><div><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hTTixiCIMyOB14etT6aEeDNzxUH6ZRD6jlQSIZeS2OvqBJcO601hImUjfFksqRf25h9y8vKyHpWRqB1qcqWWm9zw0NqCt5z1doNsk21JnBt-wIcgFOJybY2jJzUSbwWiV8jBuSSACQn3uQlSDkY_-Bi1ICxscD7KEgxHO3P4A1ZgwFJY4iuRnSA5/s535/Picture%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="535" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hTTixiCIMyOB14etT6aEeDNzxUH6ZRD6jlQSIZeS2OvqBJcO601hImUjfFksqRf25h9y8vKyHpWRqB1qcqWWm9zw0NqCt5z1doNsk21JnBt-wIcgFOJybY2jJzUSbwWiV8jBuSSACQn3uQlSDkY_-Bi1ICxscD7KEgxHO3P4A1ZgwFJY4iuRnSA5/s320/Picture%201.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC : 009526<br />Image credit: MoDiP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Merle Norman brand of cosmetics is not familiar in the
UK but it is a well-established brand in the United States with a long
history. Born in Longsport, Indiana in
1887, Merle Norman began her cosmetics business from a kitchen table, using her
training and knowledge in chemistry to produce quality products. She rapidly
developed a chain of franchises, known as studios, throughout the 1930s being
one of the few companies to thrive throughout the Depression era. During World War II cosmetics production was
paused, concentrating instead on producing gun oil and camouflage sticks for
the U.S. military. Post-war, Merle
Norman cosmetics grew to be a multi-million dollar business with thousands of
franchises throughout North America, predominantly owned independently by
women. Its success continues today.<br /></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">MoDiP’s box bag was created to boost Christmas
sales of Merle Norman cosmetics in December 1975, it’s relatively low-cost
materials and production methods enabled it to be offered as a cost-effective
incentive. It was available free with a coupon and any $20 purchase. Advertisements show that it contained ‘a
Holiday Collection of six beauty enhancers’ and described the bag as having ‘a
charming mock tortoise shell and crystal look’ making it ‘a versatile fashion
accessory for daytime dress or elegant evenings’.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background: white;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNhAH7ymIIRQTp7AxfrRcFBjDxrDhFM2URc1O2YkOzIKcfozTTngXY1loRBdg5UuLRBsMJvP2X_f0pVAwoinRDACNkgQ1sSkXg7yjbDaQa0lTXHE9WOJuOzaHDo1ihLvCbu6OZBZY5YjiB9i9f_AOGLzLhfqdRSWQ2NxjadRvxYo_LM9mHUyHhgCg/s400/Picture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVNhAH7ymIIRQTp7AxfrRcFBjDxrDhFM2URc1O2YkOzIKcfozTTngXY1loRBdg5UuLRBsMJvP2X_f0pVAwoinRDACNkgQ1sSkXg7yjbDaQa0lTXHE9WOJuOzaHDo1ihLvCbu6OZBZY5YjiB9i9f_AOGLzLhfqdRSWQ2NxjadRvxYo_LM9mHUyHhgCg/s320/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Image credit : </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://woolmanestates.com/products/merle-norman-mock-tortoise-shell-lucite-cosmetic-purse-bag">https://woolmanestates.com/products/merle-<br />norman-mock-tortoise-shell-lucite-cosmetic-purse-bag</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Box bags became fashionable
in the mid 1940s, their designs and materials varying greatly. Well known U.S.
maker Wilardy produced many beautiful designs from lucite, an acrylic resin by
DuPont. A Wilardy </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008098"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">clutch bag</span></a><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">
can be found in the MoDiP collection showcasing the material’s crystal like
clarity and demonstrating the maker’s skill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><p><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW6vhetz3KlvFk1iZ-sywMO6h8ojJ8fpl36772iuIlOBKf3A3ipKIoGLURITtJuqI_ezs5ESy0s5RI3Mbvv8f5VkkeLP-TnQnniRZpRMwwyXVhtr_h0IMHXscTKRSfPUoqWAU_MrSwSKiPB1vNPF_WT5XcCJiqjiQEIXKjdggswIgelkXqzI6XV6D/s517/Picture%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="517" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAW6vhetz3KlvFk1iZ-sywMO6h8ojJ8fpl36772iuIlOBKf3A3ipKIoGLURITtJuqI_ezs5ESy0s5RI3Mbvv8f5VkkeLP-TnQnniRZpRMwwyXVhtr_h0IMHXscTKRSfPUoqWAU_MrSwSKiPB1vNPF_WT5XcCJiqjiQEIXKjdggswIgelkXqzI6XV6D/s320/Picture%202.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC : 008098<br />Image credit: MoDiP</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Although not made from the
same materials as the Wilardy bag, the lid of the Merle Norman cosmetics box
bag with a moulded geometric design, has echoes of crystal, encouraging
consumers to value and give another life to this container. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73aOQ5lsyTCfsA0yKF2M6H95laVxNrbKpv1fdDI7FxaMMxvWUHKCkFry6NQ0hEZj_rJffqBotXSZOwFvyjLzEwV9Wg4U0gJHQkP0c3EbWxAVypXSCoqUJjt_Eyzqosck53UxB3i1DtH6P-HoywyN5rZhhavmrRbj751NCYENbu7eEAz1N3foS0Scy/s4128/20230509_110857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73aOQ5lsyTCfsA0yKF2M6H95laVxNrbKpv1fdDI7FxaMMxvWUHKCkFry6NQ0hEZj_rJffqBotXSZOwFvyjLzEwV9Wg4U0gJHQkP0c3EbWxAVypXSCoqUJjt_Eyzqosck53UxB3i1DtH6P-HoywyN5rZhhavmrRbj751NCYENbu7eEAz1N3foS0Scy/s320/20230509_110857.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Pam Langdown</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Pam Langdown<br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Documentation Officer</span></span></div>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-62154936834789864212023-05-24T00:30:00.017+01:002023-05-24T00:30:00.142+01:00Architects and Industrial Design.<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Architecture
and industrial design are two separate fields of study, but they do share
similarities. In essence, both architects and industrial designers are problem
solvers and focus on the way people live, but through the lens of different
scales and perspectives.<br /></span><span class="A2"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 107%;">Many trained and/or
practising architects are also successful industrial designers creating
familiar, and sometimes iconic, everyday products.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="A2"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 107%;"><br /> </span></span><span class="A2"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 107%;">Drawing upon MoDiP’s
collections, we have examples from </span></span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A14192">Arne Jacobsen</a><span class="A2"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 107%;"> (whose </span></span><span style="background: white; color: black;">designs usually came
about through his architectural projects), </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A3639"><span style="background: white;">Zaha Hadid</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;"> (who set up a dedicated design studio in 2006), </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A11820"><span style="background: white;">Julian Hakes</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;"> (who believes </span>shoes
are wearable pieces of architecture),<span style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%;"> and </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A12853"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Anna
Castelli-Ferrieri</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 107%;"> (</span>who became Italy’s l<span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">eading female industrial designer throughout the
1960s-1980s), as well as many others. We have put together a small exhibition
featuring these inspirational pieces, which will be on display throughout the
summer.<br /></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Here are some of my favourites:</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIkOJmp1FWb_2oYpPpASe-jKYOibomslQFvtWBYyjr0qUixF8Okr_B5SAEQc9mZZIRgHk-yexl5yDXE3WyQGnHM2SU_5blnpwaWpOuL_TInjnJfSc0XA1Lty2aRJMF32rxRMtkcjfEl3oy4e2RvEPzXFKVBpsafDZzmvG6cvVDGQ5STGQJds0rADj/s3000/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIkOJmp1FWb_2oYpPpASe-jKYOibomslQFvtWBYyjr0qUixF8Okr_B5SAEQc9mZZIRgHk-yexl5yDXE3WyQGnHM2SU_5blnpwaWpOuL_TInjnJfSc0XA1Lty2aRJMF32rxRMtkcjfEl3oy4e2RvEPzXFKVBpsafDZzmvG6cvVDGQ5STGQJds0rADj/s320/1.jpg" width="250" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b></div><b>Ripples by Ron Arad,
2017.<br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Reminiscent of the ripples caused by
throwing stones into water, this bottle is flat and rectangular for efficient
storage, inspired by the dimensions of slim-line laptops. Arad translated the
volume of half a litre into an A5 shape and was surprised by how thin a
potential bottle could be. However, a thin, flat plastic bottle wall would
inflate too much once the liquid was poured in, so he chose to incorporate
structural waves into the surface, sculpted into a ripple design. It is
injection moulded in styrene-acrylic copolymer (SMMA).</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><o:p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyudxL3FY2FCbbTbLGjU8e2ckeo0muBq_EQDSk8GCXome3q1vn1tDSs8xrMMGaU05w2OaruZXR3jJ9TN_PhXeOIvsEZk_B3z6vRs0j5rgqLcOM7DsyqRQRZPCbrR7Mvyy8Dh5_31eX9r90crF7KxXEC6-LaVtXovn2Uj527twHvYd76rIBy4F2hd0/s2898/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2586" data-original-width="2898" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyudxL3FY2FCbbTbLGjU8e2ckeo0muBq_EQDSk8GCXome3q1vn1tDSs8xrMMGaU05w2OaruZXR3jJ9TN_PhXeOIvsEZk_B3z6vRs0j5rgqLcOM7DsyqRQRZPCbrR7Mvyy8Dh5_31eX9r90crF7KxXEC6-LaVtXovn2Uj527twHvYd76rIBy4F2hd0/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>CD case by Daniel Weil, 1993.<br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">This opaque, orange coloured CD case
with raised studs was designed by Daniel Weil for the Pet Shop Boys album
'Very'. The design was intended to make the case a recognisable object in its
own right, as opposed to merely a cover for an identifiable image and is made
of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">polystyrene.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RfHHmwsbFZMAE3cgChO-VBXFvGhSziWNXiyvG6Y3gsjGRnNY9kv1gfHzk_7QKVkGqYQvM1-hI250b3XBK6oCjpgzUC6ELdUk3DqR-98n7u6Zw9loLSANlQprFfJfjA5q59mNFMgtAJiYAEKEHQTgQ3LY1B2VY2X0oWNb2MMBb7l5txw1x6dx3ZI8/s2466/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2358" data-original-width="2466" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8RfHHmwsbFZMAE3cgChO-VBXFvGhSziWNXiyvG6Y3gsjGRnNY9kv1gfHzk_7QKVkGqYQvM1-hI250b3XBK6oCjpgzUC6ELdUk3DqR-98n7u6Zw9loLSANlQprFfJfjA5q59mNFMgtAJiYAEKEHQTgQ3LY1B2VY2X0oWNb2MMBb7l5txw1x6dx3ZI8/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p></span><b>Terraillon
kitchen scales by Marco Zanuso, 1976.</b><b><br /></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">A variation of the
iconic BA2000 design created by Marco Zanuso in 1969, this set of orange
coloured kitchen scales is injection moulded in acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
(ABS). When not in use, the weighing pan is stored upside down on the base to
create an efficient, compact, sleek, geometric form. A red coloured model dated
to 1982 can be seen in the background.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNZmmg8kiU8DYVNam0w7wgs-lf4g3OteOFj0WWIhQypbll3CpY1aVC4FNjJeDfHByTijsyFhvvK85hty5s1Cw55ymJByNwso_nPfS9IhnPrvW0Piov7jqM2JU7Ds_IHl2HmGB4ewfEj-TWMW-pGOTIxXxg3cL3PdzAskpiGLU6crhUYo6x86K_KoT/s3096/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="3096" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNZmmg8kiU8DYVNam0w7wgs-lf4g3OteOFj0WWIhQypbll3CpY1aVC4FNjJeDfHByTijsyFhvvK85hty5s1Cw55ymJByNwso_nPfS9IhnPrvW0Piov7jqM2JU7Ds_IHl2HmGB4ewfEj-TWMW-pGOTIxXxg3cL3PdzAskpiGLU6crhUYo6x86K_KoT/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Trama
bowls by Patricia Urquiola, 2016</span></b><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Compression moulded in
melamine formaldehyde (MF), these grey coloured bowls were inspired by Japanese pottery. They are very tactile, being coarse to the touch,
and feature a geometric design with four overlapping lines on the bottom which
act as a non-slip base.<br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Other work on display
includes Joe Colombo’s </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-000669"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Optic clock</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, Ettore Sottsass’ </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005603"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Valentine typewriter</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, Alessandro Mendini’s </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-001502"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Anna G corkscrew</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, Mario Bellini’s </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-006875"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Moon bowl</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, John & Sylvia Reed’s </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-000870"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Rotaflex lampshade</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">, Michael Graves’ </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-003111"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">salt shaker and pepper
grinder</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> and Danilo Silvestrin’s
</span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A14157"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">clothes hanger</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">.<br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15pt; padding: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Katherine Pell<br /></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">
Collections Officer</span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="A2">
<b><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 36.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
</p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-75645413940627647252023-05-17T00:30:00.008+01:002023-05-17T00:30:00.147+01:00DC02 Recyclone, Dyson, 1997<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1995 Dyson launched the Recyclone, the first
vacuum cleaner to be made entirely of recycled plastics (refer image below). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzVqsW6-WB-G0lEI6H4gKfP-_Jd-qzaTVaAu5xzPbLEtDbMydLH0NalYGqx1OijuHOOxWdHyJ2BGVz8-y8f8rEezaDfStS24KfTsnpxvbE_3AT4Am-nRRFppKNTaEbs05cWK4VwDfVTvzkRfVL1vIa7OtN7vGBO34I_lrvSCn2oP6CdHIcXecOWNB/s640/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFzVqsW6-WB-G0lEI6H4gKfP-_Jd-qzaTVaAu5xzPbLEtDbMydLH0NalYGqx1OijuHOOxWdHyJ2BGVz8-y8f8rEezaDfStS24KfTsnpxvbE_3AT4Am-nRRFppKNTaEbs05cWK4VwDfVTvzkRfVL1vIa7OtN7vGBO34I_lrvSCn2oP6CdHIcXecOWNB/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 120%;">The DC02 Recyclone<br />Image credit: </span><a href="https://www.dyson.co.uk/james-dyson/invention-a-life/07"><span style="line-height: 120%;">https://www.dyson.co.uk/james-dyson/invention-a-life/07</span></a><span style="line-height: 120%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Initially the cleaners were made from waste
materials of the DC01 and DC02 manufacturing process, with a brand-new motor,
bin and electrical components. It was intended that a scheme would be
established to collect end-of-life Dyson vacuum cleaners where the plastics
parts would be separated into different polymer types, cleaned, granulated,
dyed and then moulded into parts for this new model. One year’s production was
hoped to recover 30 tonnes of plastics from landfill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQP--vE3jlll_scuQQ33M28PrlpwRCl-0TfdCPoSiWBYqS2ysJwlLnMQD-Z-gntT4K-XRcFxCmB2XNNSgusJqOsNVMFBKaVE34DvUmG4VD6vD4lJz5epqA_ytrdfXzKc2mLUvffNKuTUYSZcSTvLjfNM5bLv8rwy7FxcmxkoTy7Ah07CfcBnZHwNT0/s741/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="709" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQP--vE3jlll_scuQQ33M28PrlpwRCl-0TfdCPoSiWBYqS2ysJwlLnMQD-Z-gntT4K-XRcFxCmB2XNNSgusJqOsNVMFBKaVE34DvUmG4VD6vD4lJz5epqA_ytrdfXzKc2mLUvffNKuTUYSZcSTvLjfNM5bLv8rwy7FxcmxkoTy7Ah07CfcBnZHwNT0/s320/2.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">MoDiP’s Recyclone on display.<br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Coloured green with organic
pigments to emphasise its environmental credentials, the cleaner was packaged
in a reusable hessian bag with user instructions printed onto recycled
paper. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzED1z-DLJOQJvU6uxyI7Wl4mnKgw37g92UZ2WZJj4X7YUfoRT0RjzZaCa2Ulp9JH_IHycsGteSlm6bXwnt-cW71H8sJZBL6PQXwrayrqdMi59wPW3oJcpa5VETtVSQg_DqP_tXGyeAVpYlS7njY8bJO_cND6fRQpRjsL09uIfBaW97xX8UBSF7Rj/s848/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="848" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzED1z-DLJOQJvU6uxyI7Wl4mnKgw37g92UZ2WZJj4X7YUfoRT0RjzZaCa2Ulp9JH_IHycsGteSlm6bXwnt-cW71H8sJZBL6PQXwrayrqdMi59wPW3oJcpa5VETtVSQg_DqP_tXGyeAVpYlS7njY8bJO_cND6fRQpRjsL09uIfBaW97xX8UBSF7Rj/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Marketing literature printed on recycled paper.<br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, however, the concept was ahead
of its time and failed to capture consumer interest. In practice, the Recyclone
did not offer any extra features or performance benefits over the standard DC02
model, and it was sold at a slightly higher price. Additionally, using recycled
plastics was simply not viable at that time due to the need for significant
quantities of virgin material to be added to the mix to ensure durability. Only
about 400 Recyclones were produced when Dyson made the decision to close this
project and improve sustainability by optimising efficiencies in how the
cleaner operated instead.</span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGZG3zx7uwMCsd5y0DDvhP5-kLpD5ycXjA036mS1t71x_QerRpGZvMGpXdH2om3rqPkaoNZrrj-77YKuIr_WW5SZUOaOJ2pwOtbn3xmbwoE6At80q0Ll-9ici3RcD14j2zZbAZ43UfyF1C1_PQf-dmCiaB3XyTI8rqf3xwMVGd5TgkvPHt2Styno9/s850/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="850" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixGZG3zx7uwMCsd5y0DDvhP5-kLpD5ycXjA036mS1t71x_QerRpGZvMGpXdH2om3rqPkaoNZrrj-77YKuIr_WW5SZUOaOJ2pwOtbn3xmbwoE6At80q0Ll-9ici3RcD14j2zZbAZ43UfyF1C1_PQf-dmCiaB3XyTI8rqf3xwMVGd5TgkvPHt2Styno9/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 120%;">The Electrolux prototype made from used </span><span style="background: white; color: #030303; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 120%;">hair dryers, vacuum
cleaners and computers.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 120%;">
Image credit: </span><a href="https://www.stenarecycling.com/news-insights/newsroom/2020/electrolux-presents-vacuum-cleaner-made-of-100-recycled-and-reused-materials/"><span style="line-height: 120%;">https://www.stenarecycling.com/news-insights/newsroom/2020/electrolux-presents-vacuum-cleaner-made-of-100-recycled-and-reused-materials/</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Research into plastics recycling and the
integration of recyclate into new products has steadily advanced since the
introduction of the Recyclone, but it has taken a further 25 years for another
manufacturer to successfully address the challenge of creating a vacuum cleaner
made from 100% recycled plastics. In 2020, Electrolux announced the development
of their prototype (refer image above) in partnership with Stena Recycling, a
Swedish company that collects discarded electronic consumer products and breaks
them down into raw materials.</span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwgm-fbTs9Gx_98Ik5hdH11XNlMoi9xDBob7QQB9h-MUaPW-bRNM4ARkOiBS_hZQ6iJ8VqmeEbXXycan-1KHn85gbyGGoHLYOkf3ixI8ujPyFf9Yj-ogv0zvUTvj3AxHa4q6p88wFjF1bPXAhRMIwvUWOj9JoSkhJz-W2l7IZb3qVK3WjL5eNVupQ/s945/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="709" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwgm-fbTs9Gx_98Ik5hdH11XNlMoi9xDBob7QQB9h-MUaPW-bRNM4ARkOiBS_hZQ6iJ8VqmeEbXXycan-1KHn85gbyGGoHLYOkf3ixI8ujPyFf9Yj-ogv0zvUTvj3AxHa4q6p88wFjF1bPXAhRMIwvUWOj9JoSkhJz-W2l7IZb3qVK3WjL5eNVupQ/s320/5.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">A close-up
look at that lovely green colour.<br />
Image credit: Katherine Pell</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 120%;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 120%;">MoDiP’s
example was manufactured in 1997 and is unused, donated to the collection by an
ex-employee of the company. It joins our original DC01, a limited edition </span><span style="background: white; line-height: 120%;">DC01 de stijl, an original DC02 and a DC24 All Floors, all
available to view in the museum on request: </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=organisation%3A7807"><span style="line-height: 120%;">https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=organisation%3A7807<br /></span></a></span><span style="line-height: 120%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 120%;">Katherine Pell<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Collections Officer </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 120%;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-76680201097820530132023-05-10T07:30:00.001+01:002023-05-10T07:30:00.140+01:00Plastic: Remaking our world part 2<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back in June 2022, I wrote a blog post about the touring
exhibition <a href="http://museumofdesigninplastics.blogspot.com/2022/06/plastic-remaking-our-world.html">Plastic:
Remaking our world</a>. At the time the
exhibition was on display at Vitra Design Museum. I was lucky enough to meet with one of the
curators, <span lang="EN-US">Charlotte Hale, and
visit the exhibition when it was on display at V&A Dundee. Charlotte gave me a tour of the exhibition
and explained the small changes that had been made to give it relevance to the
local audience. </span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NKGCBvwaIadAkrbQE3JiBD2qKRvEXD1-gvtI5pcSmv_NvwT3yqOalViGTum-5El4IvruWz4kAWiaks7clXH0jp3rrKahTbZzK1mxCFzj4rRlrHN_eXAMhpnqP2Dv-rAprKgpq4XyC8L4FkQR2J24Z7vu2xAqyve67SDPdCDrmBvcxXwMs8Cm-3OO/s9248/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(7).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NKGCBvwaIadAkrbQE3JiBD2qKRvEXD1-gvtI5pcSmv_NvwT3yqOalViGTum-5El4IvruWz4kAWiaks7clXH0jp3rrKahTbZzK1mxCFzj4rRlrHN_eXAMhpnqP2Dv-rAprKgpq4XyC8L4FkQR2J24Z7vu2xAqyve67SDPdCDrmBvcxXwMs8Cm-3OO/w400-h300/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(7).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The collage of plastics objects at the entrance to the Plastic: Remaking our World exhibition.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The exhibition which explored the inventive, invaluable, and invasive
aspects of the use of plastics was made up of a number of sections. One space which marked both the start and the
end of the exhibition was the Plastic Lab where visitors were asked to explore different
materials and sort them using the kind of near-infrared light (NIR)
spectroscopy system that is used in our recycling systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOIO_8niuO2QSI4zNgPjsVt5oYeqJq8ctQHHjbHAZs5sE93O9C6pahWhZGRiqkxcCESY-GVU2Q_Pciv2ZQ-sPlbOIsUqxRYszRgvLDnktIJaF88w7EvPlu8n2jKkXgVac2-o69o4IhuCvOTIDVk4b3Sk8xJyZ5aomXb4QxM_PJ3NQ1WTchjXmA5fB/s18496/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(14).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="18496" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrOIO_8niuO2QSI4zNgPjsVt5oYeqJq8ctQHHjbHAZs5sE93O9C6pahWhZGRiqkxcCESY-GVU2Q_Pciv2ZQ-sPlbOIsUqxRYszRgvLDnktIJaF88w7EvPlu8n2jKkXgVac2-o69o4IhuCvOTIDVk4b3Sk8xJyZ5aomXb4QxM_PJ3NQ1WTchjXmA5fB/w400-h150/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(14).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Plastic Lab</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;">In this
space families and young people were encouraged to respond to a number of
questions and creative prompts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Rethink:
What should the government do about the plastic crisis?<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Remind:
What changes will you make to your daily life?<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Remake:
Design your own recycled plastics stool top.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Recycle:
Design a new way to use a plastic bottle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Reduce:
What plastic objects do you most despise?<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Reuse:
Draw your most treasured plastic object.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">The </span>colour<span lang="EN-US"> coded responses were displayed on
the wall and were a great way to engage the visitors with the themes of the exhibition,
I wonder how people’s responses differed depending on whether they had seen the
exhibition before or after they responded. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaC5wDXLT0YQ3EJlzfq2Oz83HHEOS6bqg3jUMcx0axBw4E78SvfbN2uZn2n8o24AkE3qd2Mrb2jKJNkgezDYOijn489P7fMkIF8rrjkWtBBFWIq7mTqyRRnNxR9_JaeMSoOAjTW9_WM5t3qkGFJDo893WXfrrX5eITBWV58hlvZYFyNeEEs3buQ5kN/s18496/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(19).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="18496" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaC5wDXLT0YQ3EJlzfq2Oz83HHEOS6bqg3jUMcx0axBw4E78SvfbN2uZn2n8o24AkE3qd2Mrb2jKJNkgezDYOijn489P7fMkIF8rrjkWtBBFWIq7mTqyRRnNxR9_JaeMSoOAjTW9_WM5t3qkGFJDo893WXfrrX5eITBWV58hlvZYFyNeEEs3buQ5kN/w400-h150/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(19).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Questions and answers in The Plastic Lab</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;">Every
school in Dundee had had the chance to visit the exhibition. I was happy to see a group of young people
touring the displays with a member of staff. The children were fascinated by so much that
was on display especially MoDiP’s Cockpit canopy which was a key part of their
tour.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5ycqnxZIsZH5c9n-rlfWZxElN3Cj75Nm_l1d39y3kaICaWOcQpipSKhDYWkRxY6q8_es_MIsuKYuK7XAP6wEv090Ig6fL_WJnMXmOsHE10faXqNhyvUX_JL7hp5VynsCtjWxp4S7SY1l9iQv92YWJM22KfD3lw16X8Xx7LCo7KPc6MMQOhhu8alc/s9248/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(53).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5ycqnxZIsZH5c9n-rlfWZxElN3Cj75Nm_l1d39y3kaICaWOcQpipSKhDYWkRxY6q8_es_MIsuKYuK7XAP6wEv090Ig6fL_WJnMXmOsHE10faXqNhyvUX_JL7hp5VynsCtjWxp4S7SY1l9iQv92YWJM22KfD3lw16X8Xx7LCo7KPc6MMQOhhu8alc/w400-h300/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(53).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sea
Fury cockpit canopy, Sydney Camm for Hawker Aircraft, circa 1945-1955. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008190">AIBDC :
008190</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-US"></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;">Other
objects on loan from MoDiP include:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGaAulnP_oOGGsX-t0EVz98t2I9zJPuA1txSTTnwGK709g67y1Mjfit5L05Nh7VrHRsMz7BwaYe1fgyeAMnFDLTlkRRE-5N5chA73_cZMuy0M5VG7fNDNER1HECPlkjEPjMhhaupkB33i_wShRmOzqPIusPToOeuBnmDXsUwEmIO0_QY-YVVXJVpc/s9248/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(63).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGaAulnP_oOGGsX-t0EVz98t2I9zJPuA1txSTTnwGK709g67y1Mjfit5L05Nh7VrHRsMz7BwaYe1fgyeAMnFDLTlkRRE-5N5chA73_cZMuy0M5VG7fNDNER1HECPlkjEPjMhhaupkB33i_wShRmOzqPIusPToOeuBnmDXsUwEmIO0_QY-YVVXJVpc/w400-h300/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(63).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">Plack picnic ware, Jean Pierre Vitrac for Alfaplac, circa 1977. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-007759">AIBDC : 007759</a>. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Sputnik jam dish, Mendle Brothers, circa 1957-1959. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-003463">AIBDC : 003463</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNOD2miZF3Jw_IfYEQHaxvpIvjLk1wOccyn3t-D1MiTJwh35eVjN6kfKjZknnED4alG3FlCMm77THl2U12OCKCZ-8fPwq4usC2QPDCh0-W_T8LlieFQ87pfZJNwRXgcLZSg9YPEY_MECRRZunKgUbuPNfbYq-dFER2CUI2WZ5X2aIHwRhTGclOw--/s18352/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6153" data-original-width="18352" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNOD2miZF3Jw_IfYEQHaxvpIvjLk1wOccyn3t-D1MiTJwh35eVjN6kfKjZknnED4alG3FlCMm77THl2U12OCKCZ-8fPwq4usC2QPDCh0-W_T8LlieFQ87pfZJNwRXgcLZSg9YPEY_MECRRZunKgUbuPNfbYq-dFER2CUI2WZ5X2aIHwRhTGclOw--/w400-h134/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%202.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Yellow
Darn-A-Lite, Darn-A-Lite, circa 1940s. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-006352sa">AIBDC : 006352SA</a>. Folding razors, Athos
Bergamaschi for Elberel Italiana, circa 1975. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-0034851">AIBDC : 003485.1</a>-.2</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsQJbjYCzQyiEUj2ssAUINsFZXd8dJjpoKdhtS-3bIoJ7j6-wcN89wiadrcU2tPbaMN6sk1ZtEC6O6XA7x4WkCoWbA02YPA0ucCX2f9RBjWXfIfGsXvYaDbf8-nNIzqMZhuHyMGSjLrvjvZ9EIFJKXEtRy0RaHdOpIChYv__stYZtgaXWn1eaNUIb/s18496/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(83).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="18496" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsQJbjYCzQyiEUj2ssAUINsFZXd8dJjpoKdhtS-3bIoJ7j6-wcN89wiadrcU2tPbaMN6sk1ZtEC6O6XA7x4WkCoWbA02YPA0ucCX2f9RBjWXfIfGsXvYaDbf8-nNIzqMZhuHyMGSjLrvjvZ9EIFJKXEtRy0RaHdOpIChYv__stYZtgaXWn1eaNUIb/w400-h150/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(83).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US">Photo:
Squeezable packs, E J Jackson at Photo-services Industrial for BXL, circa 1958.
<a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/bxl-0952">BXL : 0952</a>. </span>Sqezy
washing up bottle, Metal Box Company, circa 1960. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005498">AIBDC : 005498</a>. Hot A Dog
Mustard bottle, Cascelloid for Hax, circa 1958.
<a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005637">AIBDC : 005637</a>. Whipped syrup bottle, Cascelloid for Hax, circa
1958. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005639">AIBDC : 005639</a>. Fish shaped
bottle, Cascelloid for Hax, circa 1950-1969. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005503">AIBDC : 005503</a>. Strawberry Flip
Syrup bottle, Cascelloid for Flip, circa 1950-1969. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005505">AIBDC : 005505</a>. Coffee
syrup bottle, Cascelloid for Flip, circa 1957. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005633">AIBDC : 005633</a>. Jif Lemon, William Alec
Gibson Pugh for Unilever, this example circa 2005. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005918">AIBDC : 005918</a>. Pineapple
Syrup bottle, Cascelloid for Hax, circa 1958. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005504">AIBDC : 005504</a>. Banana Syrup
bottle, Cascelloid for Flip, circa 1957. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005502">AIBDC : 005502</a>. Blackcurrant Flip
Syrup bottle, Unknown for Flip, circa 1950-1969. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-0055061">AIBDC : 005506.1</a>. Yellow honey
bottle, Cascelloid for Be Ze Be Honey, circa 1950-1969. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-005634">AIBDC : 005634</a>. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6aNVulBeYuqBsgO4RRhDJ_qDoA18lJSzq4ppGqEQTf0zPRZ4bv13FtNAxpW5YlQjXAVQGoO37riAVzMnWQ-aQOY_Ox2P6h1aSMwJlgjl9REB-g3L3QyNX0-mul2vVtTNMpc9z0HR3BIJFE463n8QC_4LQ5T-lHd-AaRt8NV1EkFSw1yjUfgt8EF_/s13888/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(50).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5496" data-original-width="13888" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ6aNVulBeYuqBsgO4RRhDJ_qDoA18lJSzq4ppGqEQTf0zPRZ4bv13FtNAxpW5YlQjXAVQGoO37riAVzMnWQ-aQOY_Ox2P6h1aSMwJlgjl9REB-g3L3QyNX0-mul2vVtTNMpc9z0HR3BIJFE463n8QC_4LQ5T-lHd-AaRt8NV1EkFSw1yjUfgt8EF_/w400-h159/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(50).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Helmet,
Plasfort, circa 1940-1945. AIBDC : 008192, German military lantern, Unknown,
circa 1939. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/phsl-182">PHSL : 182</a>. Toy building blocks, Louis Cousin for BATIMA, circa
1930. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/phsl-34">PHSL : 34</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXpEPRzUkalPTM8AW3qLhSykNylE7AQ5beAnj0-eoDPl2vUiMx3-wg43PvWvmIjYglx4KQmeT8vIh6MfGDy7k26NUmQl4m7KgNjnMFoAo-MST8hfhr48D_0qpAQQt3n0Sw8Bf3SgfrLblUB2h_2cGXfbZOmRtJC_SgbCJPVO4vKE50VfHzGx_QbzZ/s17974/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(32).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="17974" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXpEPRzUkalPTM8AW3qLhSykNylE7AQ5beAnj0-eoDPl2vUiMx3-wg43PvWvmIjYglx4KQmeT8vIh6MfGDy7k26NUmQl4m7KgNjnMFoAo-MST8hfhr48D_0qpAQQt3n0Sw8Bf3SgfrLblUB2h_2cGXfbZOmRtJC_SgbCJPVO4vKE50VfHzGx_QbzZ/w400-h154/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(32).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;">Comb
production process samples, Unknown, date unknown. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/wchl-2141">WCHL : 214.1</a>-.5. Horn
collapsible beaker, Unknown, 1875-1900. WCHL : 286C. Horn scissors, Unknown,
1800-1899. <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/wchl-446">WCHL : 446</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;">As well as
looking at the history of plastics, the exhibition also explored the problems plastic
pollution creates especially on beaches.
All of the pieces of litter on the sandy beach below were gathered by primary
schools and nurseries from a 183-mile radius of the V&A Dundee as part of
the exhibition engagement project. Some
pieces were labelled with their production date to show how long litter like
this had been in existence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nHc-yribZ0HkWO0eFFJILm3RaxolM3-28bJbiFDoU_NINrsrxLbc7NDmI_7WmfwfP0o53YDOe8n10QMOaRaRy5ASDUpgMbd3vJ_dVRaJocEPcjuSkr5Fz1U2adtnCzUJyxZFRjh2-GhZobj7zxLL79h1p4FcyYMb76ZOr4jAOElAc60ugGhgnvgW/s9248/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(86).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nHc-yribZ0HkWO0eFFJILm3RaxolM3-28bJbiFDoU_NINrsrxLbc7NDmI_7WmfwfP0o53YDOe8n10QMOaRaRy5ASDUpgMbd3vJ_dVRaJocEPcjuSkr5Fz1U2adtnCzUJyxZFRjh2-GhZobj7zxLL79h1p4FcyYMb76ZOr4jAOElAc60ugGhgnvgW/w400-h300/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(86).jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The beach with video backdrop.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
final space in the exhibition, 'Re-' looked at some of the work being done by
scientists, designers, activities and legislators to find new ways to address
and reduce pollution. Some of this work dealt
with reuse, repair, and recycling, as well as plastics based on renewable
resources and biodegradable materials.</span></span></span><p></p><div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWYIN7zTnZcN5keds4H9yBrhRJKvL3-Wa5BGDCZfJr0uhXhTATgdu3C_ltB3EkBqe5D2zUBr-mWNbZ4eo3BoUHUJRhfBi-E3iocEBmDHMHK9-gIjJPGhjyqjU_p4LNMMR_mjDQOC01xFGweFPJJz-8FUp5hdiO4PvDl6arS8tYnlOOYGHyHPGWjnR/s9248/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(112).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6936" data-original-width="9248" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHWYIN7zTnZcN5keds4H9yBrhRJKvL3-Wa5BGDCZfJr0uhXhTATgdu3C_ltB3EkBqe5D2zUBr-mWNbZ4eo3BoUHUJRhfBi-E3iocEBmDHMHK9-gIjJPGhjyqjU_p4LNMMR_mjDQOC01xFGweFPJJz-8FUp5hdiO4PvDl6arS8tYnlOOYGHyHPGWjnR/w400-h300/2023-02%20Dundee%20V%20and%20A%20(112).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">'Re-' the
final space within the exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
exhibition made it clear that there is no single solution but multiple
approaches which need to be both local and global, as well as individual and societal.
‘Collectively we must remake our world’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was certainly an interesting and engaging exhibition and, having observed
some of my fellow visitors, got people talking the future of the use of
plastics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you
would like to find out more about the exhibition, the book associated with it
is available in the </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/modipl-0602"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">MoDiP Reference Library</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Plastic: Remaking our world is currently
on display at maat, Portugal </span><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Museum of Art,
Architecture and Technology, and will hopefully be travelling to other
countries in the future.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Louise Dennis</span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-US"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Curator of MoDiP</span></span></div>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-55884356682858520452023-05-03T00:30:00.003+01:002023-05-03T00:30:00.138+01:00Reuse: Black plastics<p><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the cases in our current
exhibition, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse">Reuse</a>, looks at the problems that <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse/black-plastics">black plastics</a> have when it comes
to the recycling system and therefore how the material is then reused.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When
products and packaging made of plastics enter the recycling system, they need
to be separated into individual materials, for example PET, HDPE, or PP, so
that they can become useful recyclate. In automated systems, this is done using
a Near Infrared (NIR) Identification system. A beam of light is shone at the
material and interacts with the chemical compounds of the waste; the light will
either be absorbed or reflected across a spectrum of wavelengths providing a
signature for the material. Black plastic products are not able to be sorted
using the NIR device because the carbon black pigments absorb all of the light,
making it impossible to see the signature of the material. As such black
plastic packaging is often rejected for recycling.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXh23WzwS1P1eKKQpLrphLzeTGtRf60REgVoESEY6lFgaNXW7oIi4pnEuW71fgKXfbskpA8My-d7eFxkPzZGNkv8KrR7W5dAKl2H_NJ06vCNI3YN_Rf-Z1nuCJglMeYhE_kB_RbBFzkDDOv4927AFk41KdOBRpsd52FREit3HYhSAKxfMWQ15yWFp/s2808/black%20plastics%20page%20for%20blog%20post.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="2808" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLXh23WzwS1P1eKKQpLrphLzeTGtRf60REgVoESEY6lFgaNXW7oIi4pnEuW71fgKXfbskpA8My-d7eFxkPzZGNkv8KrR7W5dAKl2H_NJ06vCNI3YN_Rf-Z1nuCJglMeYhE_kB_RbBFzkDDOv4927AFk41KdOBRpsd52FREit3HYhSAKxfMWQ15yWFp/w400-h359/black%20plastics%20page%20for%20blog%20post.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Voet, V.,
Jager, J., Folkersma, R., 2021. Plastics in the Circular Economy, De Gruyter
graduate. De Gruyter, Berlin & Boston. </span>P231<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Because the black pigments make it
difficult to identify the materials much work has been done to discover create
other pigments that still keep the black colour for brands to use in their
packaging.</span><span style="font-family: arial; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">In 2018, Gourmet Dairy Brand,
The Collective worked with recycling experts Nextek Ltd and the South
Wales-based additive and masterbatch specialist, Colour Tone, to develop a new
black masterbatch.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The result was a revolutionary colourant
technology that enables the effective detection and sorting of black plastic
waste for recycling into high quality materials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) <span style="background: white; color: #202124;">producers were to follow </span>The
Collective’s lead, it could have helped to reduce the 1.3 billion black
single-use food pots, tubs and trays that are sent to landfill each year –
around 30,000 tonnes.<a href="https://liveaucbac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ldennis_aub_ac_uk/Documents/Desktop/Reuse-%20black%20plastic/The%20Collective%20blog%20post.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From October 2018, the black lids on The
Collective’s 450g and 900g yogurt tubs featured the new NIR reflecting
colourant to help ensure that the consumer recycling efforts do not go to
waste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Collective says that it is
‘very proud to be leading the change’ on the recyclability of black plastics
and that it is the first food and drink brand to launch a special detectable
black lid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioP7daYoDdJHtD4h4oEE2q-hV2MIyWMFERwGuRRczZk7qrON4FUbnR_K6kZsiP7EdWwmTWfsrG7boU0HARzInPKTe_qALcihNFhL3c_FwR9OjNyrJXmtezZmLXB3hJGUzEOKsDvrTVBC4wEojWL41JLspQXNjEymI7V9OG6X8SBiudG56eI6PBsVb2/s2000/008198_1.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioP7daYoDdJHtD4h4oEE2q-hV2MIyWMFERwGuRRczZk7qrON4FUbnR_K6kZsiP7EdWwmTWfsrG7boU0HARzInPKTe_qALcihNFhL3c_FwR9OjNyrJXmtezZmLXB3hJGUzEOKsDvrTVBC4wEojWL41JLspQXNjEymI7V9OG6X8SBiudG56eI6PBsVb2/w400-h300/008198_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7TfQVf9eKJPCRfg7tfwK2NB7cWFsk93p60Dr2bTd1dYm8a0JxeIxXkpkTgmALT-Vobbrc8plOctSgMyoNQB7hf2drnl6UyNH-pcd_W9tPb1XENyF10u5oKYeNeh6RiIVFsauhB1n4x5UoI0zW3cLVG_aUDQyVMyaTUZ7mJk_b61ayp3IyZIayEtb/s2000/008198_5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7TfQVf9eKJPCRfg7tfwK2NB7cWFsk93p60Dr2bTd1dYm8a0JxeIxXkpkTgmALT-Vobbrc8plOctSgMyoNQB7hf2drnl6UyNH-pcd_W9tPb1XENyF10u5oKYeNeh6RiIVFsauhB1n4x5UoI0zW3cLVG_aUDQyVMyaTUZ7mJk_b61ayp3IyZIayEtb/w400-h300/008198_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 17.12px;">The Collective Great Dairy Yoghurt pot</span>, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008198">AIBDC : <span style="background: white;">008198</span></a><br /></span><o:p></o:p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This process was all part of the food
producer making a brand promise to go cleaner by encouraging everyone to ‘eat
better. do better.’<a href="https://liveaucbac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ldennis_aub_ac_uk/Documents/Desktop/Reuse-%20black%20plastic/The%20Collective%20blog%20post.docx#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn2;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
Other actions by the company included making the UK’s 1<sup>st</sup> carbon
neutral dairy yoghurt in September 2021 and committing to making all our
products carbon neutral by 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, the company found that the
recycling system was not yet in step with the changes they had made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The black lids had to be replaced in May of
2021 with clear alternative because it was <span style="background: white; color: #333333;">found that consumers had become used to discarding the lids
into general waste and recycling centre staff, unaware of the change, continued
to remove the black plastic. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2Ydu0L3BK4RdfcCEGQqy7VdyEyhxZe_Y11rLES6EdLoEyahNuHUmWwJaec_xwDxzSm9K-bOFH5ypMX7sp8CNAKs-FpCbnyXPUH5rOc8MMijLTQ3mXJ88yl9Z2amXQQ1fIRICYPem-o3dCZtZgSH7YBV84L6--t8sVU0XrjHqSO56BZpm_F9p1oGQ/s2000/009565_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2Ydu0L3BK4RdfcCEGQqy7VdyEyhxZe_Y11rLES6EdLoEyahNuHUmWwJaec_xwDxzSm9K-bOFH5ypMX7sp8CNAKs-FpCbnyXPUH5rOc8MMijLTQ3mXJ88yl9Z2amXQQ1fIRICYPem-o3dCZtZgSH7YBV84L6--t8sVU0XrjHqSO56BZpm_F9p1oGQ/w400-h300/009565_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcqNQ6SgdSzrw5rj-ofCf4BNe3tGFmjsWGlYw-Y7_zI9F6gY6NF2WLk0H6-fuVD7AxDZ7imJKwf5KZ8tJ88wPAmTVsa0lX05UwfD1AdfkejavhLeWOVUINq-6ajgaaMgLBnxbEnvKPHzax86Dr1eoODbgtS7V5KxxXFsUgmxTCQgee5f-P0Gu_FUm/s2000/009565_5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcqNQ6SgdSzrw5rj-ofCf4BNe3tGFmjsWGlYw-Y7_zI9F6gY6NF2WLk0H6-fuVD7AxDZ7imJKwf5KZ8tJ88wPAmTVsa0lX05UwfD1AdfkejavhLeWOVUINq-6ajgaaMgLBnxbEnvKPHzax86Dr1eoODbgtS7V5KxxXFsUgmxTCQgee5f-P0Gu_FUm/w400-h300/009565_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; line-height: 17.12px;">The Collective Gourmet Yoghurt pot</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009565" style="font-family: arial;">AIBDC : <span style="background: white;">009565</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><br /></span></span><p></p>
<div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Louise Dennis</span></div><div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curator of MoDiP <br clear="all" />
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</div><br /><p></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-10411304524852957732023-04-26T00:30:00.000+01:002023-04-26T00:30:00.137+01:00Reuse: Local Recycling<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The collection of
household plastics for recycling through the UK’s Local Authority bin
collection service began exactly twenty years ago with the introduction of the 2003
Household Waste Recycling Act. Looking back, it now seems crazy that up until
that point, we had all been throwing our plastics packaging into normal waste
every week, destined for incineration or landfill!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62T9H4klSfaZT7dsO0_6y-jsAj0OxA0YU0onKEfwynxH0Ofmrmgj2Z714X7PZDgcNtLgdk5LS7_oyGmZSJli_W_B0NyH_Y2vcWyj19a7PAkQZUETZNItFniyVXQZWapNHhebOo2kZxmRfUpPSBVstHmdqVZbRUXxLYbNjRXouMbjS0g6WArCcU9p9/s425/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="425" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62T9H4klSfaZT7dsO0_6y-jsAj0OxA0YU0onKEfwynxH0Ofmrmgj2Z714X7PZDgcNtLgdk5LS7_oyGmZSJli_W_B0NyH_Y2vcWyj19a7PAkQZUETZNItFniyVXQZWapNHhebOo2kZxmRfUpPSBVstHmdqVZbRUXxLYbNjRXouMbjS0g6WArCcU9p9/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="Default"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Friends of the
Earth had been campaigning since 2000 for every <br />household in the UK to have a
doorstop recycling service.<br />
Image credit: </span><a href="https://friendsoftheearth.uk/about/recycling-bill-success-how-we-got-uk-recycling">https://friendsoftheearth.uk/about/recycling-bill-success-how-we-got-uk-recycling</a><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span class="A0"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="A0"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since
then, the variety of materials being accepted for recycling has continued to
grow, as have the volumes being collected, but recent figures suggest that less
than half of the plastics we discard are actually being recycled. To counter
this, an increasing number of small businesses have found ways to capitalise on
the collection of this waste from within their communities to create new
products. These alternative, local, targeted recycling initiatives help to
lower the waste’s overall carbon footprint and often utilise other plastics materials
not currently being collected by councils.<br /> </span></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p></span></span><span class="A0"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Some
examples from within MoDiP’s collection include:<br /> </span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext;">The Relic
plant pot, injection moulded in </span><span style="background: white;">recycled polypropylene sourced from bottle tops, hangers and
broken Tupperware. The swirls and layers within each pot are unique.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92S1IZVBGOqrfnTVLzg4z0yAE2snmL3Z2jbdhcIIozAowy8Ujvx751jgkVI7wLN69T91F1VUyfzeqbOmTj_pkxbRiRL-kt__2z-TOE2MhwUX1q08cDUiCitXn92wBND5C2_ys-zhAOOG-a2vkaWko5E6Q90e2ID7coAjlPEizQ0FbwCbVxltQS8oI/s567/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="567" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh92S1IZVBGOqrfnTVLzg4z0yAE2snmL3Z2jbdhcIIozAowy8Ujvx751jgkVI7wLN69T91F1VUyfzeqbOmTj_pkxbRiRL-kt__2z-TOE2MhwUX1q08cDUiCitXn92wBND5C2_ys-zhAOOG-a2vkaWko5E6Q90e2ID7coAjlPEizQ0FbwCbVxltQS8oI/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008622"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC : 008622<br /></span></a><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext;">The </span><a href="http://museumofdesigninplastics.blogspot.com/2023/02/bee-saviour-behaviour-card.html">Bee Saviour Behaviour card</a><span style="color: windowtext;">, </span><span style="background: white;">injection moulded in recycled
polypropylene recovered from used DVD cases, collected by the maker from local
charity shops. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvI9IrMuVin4i9MVO6GSAWzHWmnriHIsGsaU53GUJrmdzVuLWLJ_scgkk-uyZLfyPfGx2qo60SEqqOH7aosrHzkg_a37Y6hMFr-o1GqaawPBXXupIc3O1DPGHG6Vh067mrx4sh-eeBEKsc7d8U0cvCQBbllYqZocvoicio5x6_9Bl-Cgj8uKR21kH/s567/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="567" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvI9IrMuVin4i9MVO6GSAWzHWmnriHIsGsaU53GUJrmdzVuLWLJ_scgkk-uyZLfyPfGx2qo60SEqqOH7aosrHzkg_a37Y6hMFr-o1GqaawPBXXupIc3O1DPGHG6Vh067mrx4sh-eeBEKsc7d8U0cvCQBbllYqZocvoicio5x6_9Bl-Cgj8uKR21kH/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009495"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC : 009495<br /></span></a><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Slot-together style building bricks, made of </span><span style="background: white;">recycled polypropylene (the pink and
black examples) and high-density polyethylene (the green and blue examples). The
bricks are being designed so that they can be produced in high volumes by
small-scale factories with the intention of addressing problems of plastics
waste in developing countries and a lack of suitable, affordable housing in
those communities.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8-UYrI9QpsSOxV-TddMxinqQhQHeJuq7seSvBOaviftM6vJ355IAmjLC-WdkO0XDAxUexC6KbOLOjeeZz2nSuVwGl_N4cQ96bXuIIxNz_9PwKM8G7Sw1fOvN1db26fll7z1ZYNP_9vsKU0L1ivr7Vxxv04zj3n4A2GFdSZOkwRDZetHvwI9E3b_x/s425/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="319" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8-UYrI9QpsSOxV-TddMxinqQhQHeJuq7seSvBOaviftM6vJ355IAmjLC-WdkO0XDAxUexC6KbOLOjeeZz2nSuVwGl_N4cQ96bXuIIxNz_9PwKM8G7Sw1fOvN1db26fll7z1ZYNP_9vsKU0L1ivr7Vxxv04zj3n4A2GFdSZOkwRDZetHvwI9E3b_x/s320/4.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=organisation%3A14240"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC
: 008794 and 008795<br /></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The Gomi
portable charger, <span style="background: white;">made from compression moulded low-density polyethylene flexible plastic
waste such as plastic bags and bubble wrap. Currently non-recyclable these are sourced
from wholesalers, businesses and households in Brighton.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINoc760we0MJMSP0IbG4m9yU0lVyPGZcToSnKRz74ZIFatpEZ3oX-8-LNbh93oPGvB1fTW3efEaQcuSuQTvuZ4HIzOT-9NYzu1ZC_a1oQbfe2TEHxrHJLXeWpDCpzZEmp2la-92zxK6CG_e1b98-ixZMO0rhy-ZcBHA_uLCaa0YL6eW1eLvG7Zoe-/s425/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="425" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINoc760we0MJMSP0IbG4m9yU0lVyPGZcToSnKRz74ZIFatpEZ3oX-8-LNbh93oPGvB1fTW3efEaQcuSuQTvuZ4HIzOT-9NYzu1ZC_a1oQbfe2TEHxrHJLXeWpDCpzZEmp2la-92zxK6CG_e1b98-ixZMO0rhy-ZcBHA_uLCaa0YL6eW1eLvG7Zoe-/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008531"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC
: 008531<br /></span></span></a><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">All of these
lovely objects can be viewed in the museum and will be on display until <br />8<sup>th</sup>
September 2023.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine Pell<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
Collections Officer</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">
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</p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-5337044031906898782023-04-19T00:30:00.000+01:002023-04-19T00:30:00.228+01:0060 years old, the Polyside Chair, Robin Day, 1963.<div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In
the late 1950s, furniture manufacturer Hille approached Robin Day with the idea
of producing a one-piece chair shell to add to their range. Up to that point,
there were a limited number of materials that could achieve such a design, such
as pressed metal, structural ply or glass-reinforced plastic, the latter very
successfully utilised by Charles and Ray Eames. However, the invention of <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/plastics/materials/polypropylene">polypropylene</a> in 1954 changed everything.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmOpMo4x_Olx44Ynxoup6xMQ4FyZKT8a_L7oZAXPczyG8fDd_xIFf8btE3R5HJIosZwqea1DCIY9EBk2Cmky08Ni53khQmlRYhXlhsl5xXH-2CBu2WBl72YBP-auvfrqP6ZIYT3nGwil6rPfpqO5nzKvqWBpP0O6o0evvUWK6fa7hM5tOBE2WQmuk/s1008/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="923" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmOpMo4x_Olx44Ynxoup6xMQ4FyZKT8a_L7oZAXPczyG8fDd_xIFf8btE3R5HJIosZwqea1DCIY9EBk2Cmky08Ni53khQmlRYhXlhsl5xXH-2CBu2WBl72YBP-auvfrqP6ZIYT3nGwil6rPfpqO5nzKvqWBpP0O6o0evvUWK6fa7hM5tOBE2WQmuk/s320/1.jpg" width="293" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">S</span><span style="line-height: 107%;">ketches for the
Polypropylene chair.<br />
Image credit: House and Garden, 1982, p. 129</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Commercially
available from 1957, this new plastic material was lightweight, durable, had
high flex and fatigue resistance and could easily be injection moulded. Day
realised its potential for a low-cost, mass-produced chair that could be
mounted on a variety of bases. Hille gave him the brief to create a comfortable
seat using a minimum amount of material in order to enable a quick moulding
cycle.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdFvNi1kvrK1SZszUtaE91BS1-uCN7y0HA79UyQlpPClGOWyfRhaNYY8HpH3-MuiBj6J3W_Ng9fkpqtmgMIQZ0Nr7PuuOT0U-u6UVfuhPa258u9VrnQAasKb35BN7rHz3Kvr_IKLNwwTKxAdSEsjgg6K2_ULuT4lQ2iivf6Wzj8i62c5yxgTa1S82/s657/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="657" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdFvNi1kvrK1SZszUtaE91BS1-uCN7y0HA79UyQlpPClGOWyfRhaNYY8HpH3-MuiBj6J3W_Ng9fkpqtmgMIQZ0Nr7PuuOT0U-u6UVfuhPa258u9VrnQAasKb35BN7rHz3Kvr_IKLNwwTKxAdSEsjgg6K2_ULuT4lQ2iivf6Wzj8i62c5yxgTa1S82/w400-h110/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Product development.<br />
Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.hille.co.uk/robin-day-polyside-and-armchair"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://www.hille.co.uk/robin-day-polyside-and-armchair</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Hille invested
£6000 in moulding tools (equivalent today to just over £175,000), with product
development taking three years as prototypes had to be created by hand and
testing only being possible once the chair had been made. The first design resulted in the back being
too thin and overly flexible, so Day added rolled edges and deep
curves for additional strength.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xw8E4hRTEC1BLmFblnUCZ1qRnpfTfxOKiGtTu-7zw7ph4gDCGryRUn7yu3BS01wqpch1fHecCd3Z6SQyJTHRjZMIyL1pmOQ8YrCZAkFYF8wEEn80oYhmW3TvujBBZ7lXy-H2NIzJZvJZATAWwR-KcOv8woAZnipyVIcUZrQtVbRK-93ojTr8vbYY/s807/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2xw8E4hRTEC1BLmFblnUCZ1qRnpfTfxOKiGtTu-7zw7ph4gDCGryRUn7yu3BS01wqpch1fHecCd3Z6SQyJTHRjZMIyL1pmOQ8YrCZAkFYF8wEEn80oYhmW3TvujBBZ7lXy-H2NIzJZvJZATAWwR-KcOv8woAZnipyVIcUZrQtVbRK-93ojTr8vbYY/s320/3.jpg" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Robin Day with his Polyside Chair
on three different bases.<br />
Image credit: </span><a href="https://minimauk.com/product/polypropylene-side-chair-chromed-legs/"><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://minimauk.com/product/polypropylene-side-chair-chromed-legs/</span></a><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">With the
design finalised, Hille
launched the chair in 1963 through a marketing campaign that sent out 600
samples to architects, designers, furniture buyers and journalists, accompanied
by a survey form to gather feedback. They realised that the structural changes
that had been necessary to improve the seat’s rigidity had compromised on its
overall comfort, so the design was altered, becoming slightly wider with the
edges further enhanced.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RLholmY-53_bjg-E-PnbqhjFcTz6X0SdjhgyVja-Ch3hiTY5DIuA4ooyfN9xzAdaAx1gxMBww99L_b_0Mmhi4tJCOIW85VvTR2myPl4EKzRDW_39Q14wqdAn-4hTINEcD7z3IhOAyOylh2JDRtTPSLPqWFSfz6BIvSUsTiaHF5ASUOkr1Dz0BuT9/s1772/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0RLholmY-53_bjg-E-PnbqhjFcTz6X0SdjhgyVja-Ch3hiTY5DIuA4ooyfN9xzAdaAx1gxMBww99L_b_0Mmhi4tJCOIW85VvTR2myPl4EKzRDW_39Q14wqdAn-4hTINEcD7z3IhOAyOylh2JDRtTPSLPqWFSfz6BIvSUsTiaHF5ASUOkr1Dz0BuT9/s320/4.jpg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.75pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;">35,000 Polyside
chairs used as stadium <br />seatingfor the Mexican Olympics in 1968.<br />
Image credit: </span><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Polypropylene_chair%2C_Robin_Day%2C_Hille%2C_1964%2C_used_as_stadium_seating_in_Sports_Stadium%2C_Mexico_Olympics%2C_1968.jpg"><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/<br />Polypropylene_chair%2C_Robin_Day%2C_Hille%2C_1964%2C_<br />used_as_stadium_seating_in_Sports_Stadium%2C_Mexico_Olympics%2C_1968.jpg</span></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Mark II was released the following year and became an immediate success as
orders flooded in. 4000 chairs were being moulded every week, each shell taking
only 1.5 minutes to produce, initially mounted on a stacking frame. Different
bases and colours followed along with variations including a tub armchair in
1967, the popular educational <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-007008">E Series Chair</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> in 1971 (refer image below) and the indoor/outdoor </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?search=robin%20day&columbo%5B0%5D=date%3A6861">Polo chair</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"> in 1972.</span> </span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBBe-PBiOUyxN5ckFN8xAML6NDi0xsIwSkj2yatb1lTpEq5gWknPzwR4-S3qt-5el0bwWtLsPWd9jZqpPi0_eVPa3Ct6lQTozxuBy0pDcyXtPnkeVu-HACum-0ZOCJyy5KffBUmFy_HJXJ-3yw9FXZZaXe9ZGKJ5LOhV0Ta6NBY-Yr9mcs4JUV_7Y/s1914/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1914" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBBe-PBiOUyxN5ckFN8xAML6NDi0xsIwSkj2yatb1lTpEq5gWknPzwR4-S3qt-5el0bwWtLsPWd9jZqpPi0_eVPa3Ct6lQTozxuBy0pDcyXtPnkeVu-HACum-0ZOCJyy5KffBUmFy_HJXJ-3yw9FXZZaXe9ZGKJ5LOhV0Ta6NBY-Yr9mcs4JUV_7Y/w400-h126/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.75pt;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-007008"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The E Series Chair,
AIBDC : 007008<br /></span></span></a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">In a </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/13/weekend7.weekend2"><span style="background: white;">1999 interview</span></a><span style="background: white;">, Day said:<br /></span></span><span style="color: #121212; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"In my long years of designing, the thing that has always
interested me is the social context of design and designing things that are
good quality that most people can afford. In those days, and to some extent
still today, furniture in the high-street shops was not only not cheap, but it
was also boring, conventional, semi-period and backward-looking. It was always
my mission to mass-produce low-cost seating, because I do think that clarity
and what we call 'good design' is a social force that can enhance people's
environments.”<br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
(Abrahams, 1999).</span></span></blockquote><span style="color: #121212; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The polypropylene chair has been in
constant production over the past sixty years with millions being sold to date and
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">licensees in over </span>30 countries. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">It was the first mass-produced, injection-moulded,
polypropylene chair, and has been widely copied.<br /> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine
Pell<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
Collections Officer<br /></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />References:<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">Abrahams, C. (1999). The people’s chair. The Guardian. 13 March
(online). Available from </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/13/weekend7.weekend2">https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/1999/mar/13/weekend7.weekend2</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a;">. (Accessed 24 March 2023).<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />House and Garden. (1982). The most ubiquitous chair in modern
Britain. <i>House and Garden</i>. September. P.128-129.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21635/polypropylene-chair-mark-ii-chair-day-robin/">https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O21635/polypropylene-chair-mark-ii-chair-day-robin/<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://designmuseum.org/design/chairs-1960s">https://designmuseum.org/design/chairs-1960s</a><br /></span><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene_stacking_chair" style="font-family: arial;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypropylene_stacking_chair</a></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://minimauk.com/product/polypropylene-side-chair-chromed-legs/">https://minimauk.com/product/polypropylene-side-chair-chromed-legs/<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Polypropylene_chair%2C_Robin_Day%2C_Hille%2C_1964%2C_used_as_stadium_seating_in_Sports_Stadium%2C_Mexico_Olympics%2C_1968.jpg">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Polypropylene_chair%2C_Robin_Day%2C_Hille%2C_1964%2C_used_as_stadium_seating_in_Sports_Stadium%2C_Mexico_Olympics%2C_1968.jpg<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a7320436-dd0b-11e3-8546-00144feabdc0">https://www.ft.com/content/a7320436-dd0b-11e3-8546-00144feabdc0</a><br /></span><br /><a href="https://www.hille.co.uk/robin-day-polyside-and-armchair" style="font-family: arial;">https://www.hille.co.uk/robin-day-polyside-and-armchair</a></div><div style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.robinandluciennedayfoundation.org/lives-and-designs/1960s/polypropylene-chairs-and-armchairs-robin-day"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.robinandluciennedayfoundation.org/lives-and-designs/1960s/polypropylene-chairs-and-armchairs-robin-day</span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin: 3.75pt 0cm 11.25pt; text-align: left;">
</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-71151527406357350452023-04-12T00:30:00.001+01:002023-04-12T00:30:00.226+01:00Reuse: Not Single Use<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since the
introduction of the first <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-0084691" target="_blank">disposable hot drinks</a> cups by American company DART in the mid 20<sup>th</sup>
century, the consumer has become used to the concept of single-use.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dart Manufacturing Company was established in 1937 in Mason,
Michigan, USA making plastic key cases, steel tape measures and ID tags for the
armed services. In the late 1950s they began experimenting with expanded
polystyrene which led to the development of the first insulated foam cups. In
1963 the company changed its name to Dart Container Corporation and initially
focused solely on producing foam cups subsequently adding new products and
materials. Production expanded throughout the USA over the following decades
and in its first 50 years, Dart grew to become a global corporation with a
range of more than 600 products for the food services, retail and food
packaging industries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, Dart
are not the only company manufacturing such containers. A 2022 report by FMI (Future
Market Insights) estimated that by the end of that year the global takeaway
container market was expected to reach a valuation of US$ 21.3 Billion, and
continue to rise, with plastic packaging to account for the major portion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, what we once considered a safe, effective,
convenient and cost-effective method of serving and delivering fast food is now
being thought of as problematic, as we begin to realise the devastating effects
of the careless disposal of this type of packaging can have on the environment,
and grapple with the associated difficulties and costs of collecting and recycling
or disposing of it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">Responding to public demand for change </span>there are now, increasingly, a number of
closed-loop schemes whereby containers that were once expendable, are returned
for cleaning and reuse. Designed to be robust and long lasting, some of these
containers are expected to be re-used up to 1000 times and then at the end of
their useful life they are recycled. These closed-loop systems work especially
well in environments such as works canteens and universities or takeaway
restaurants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A small deposit or token
encourages the return of the food container and its subsequent reuse helps to
reduce waste and decreases the need for additional plastics manufacturing. <span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">For example, fast
food restaurant, Burger King piloted a range of reusable and returnable
packaging in conjunction with Loop, a global re-use platform, in a small number
of their restaurants with the idea of rolling out the packaging nationwide if
it proved to be successful. Customers chose to take part in the scheme by
paying a small deposit which was refunded on the return of the cups or
containers, which were then professionally cleaned and sanitised before being
returned to circulation in-store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
reusable packaging forms part of the retailers plan to reduce its carbon
emissions and to support its pledge to stop using single-use plastics entirely
by 2025. (<a href="https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/environment/loop-announces-worldwide-store-expansion-23-09-2021" target="_blank">https://www.packagingnews.co.uk/news/environment/loop-announces-worldwide-store-expansion-23-09-2021</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGZJuDNEeCVc1fWRERmHwtszoY_gcVN1eSGBnV4vq5w74ZbVXDixWrlqds7sigqkXwNLI10VhmPeJgAACREdorqHVRx8Icq1InyMXHo7G-i2nfwbT217qWwx5tplD3IIEPcJIg0Zkdgp5Wv1eeufAGu7NuN5epJ8jZlFRSo9FOmlmrEWWOeEvazo1/s425/1.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="425" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGZJuDNEeCVc1fWRERmHwtszoY_gcVN1eSGBnV4vq5w74ZbVXDixWrlqds7sigqkXwNLI10VhmPeJgAACREdorqHVRx8Icq1InyMXHo7G-i2nfwbT217qWwx5tplD3IIEPcJIg0Zkdgp5Wv1eeufAGu7NuN5epJ8jZlFRSo9FOmlmrEWWOeEvazo1/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Image credit : </span><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://packagingguruji.com/burger-king-reusable-packaging/">https://packagingguruji.com/burger-king-reusable-packaging/</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">The idea of using food containers multiple times to deliver
pre-prepared food is becoming more popular but it is not an altogether
unfamiliar concept. The introduction of pasteurization in 1894 gave milk a
longer shelf-life and the delivery of the daily pint in pre-filled bottles
became widespread. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Empty milk bottles were
rinsed and left ready for collection by the dairy, who cleaned, sterilized and
refilled them, ready for the next delivery.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span><span style="font-family: arial;">Over time, the prevalence of the domestic refrigerator, enabling
households to store milk for longer periods, and the deregulation of the
British milk industry which allowed supermarkets to sell milk, saw the steady
decline of the morning milk delivery. The change to cartons and then plastic
bottles moved the consumer further away from the idea of re-using the same
container multiple times.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="825" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ErNetR1Fgeq8QFAZpWJKmyDgiV3fyr1jHQHBAwy6c5i_QShGcjRAstppXU1mSv0KFHwyouBsy6-64AnW7TCjfFLb1Mx_yr5JVdrlveEjxtiF9I8Bizp9F5BAC7VozOSKmEWMrOGKv0FwCxmfoB7K0ImpGF_rPWCJFj2TlYM0KwMFG31IUAyDdDGb/s320/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Image credit : </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/ccV4kUrSYIM" style="text-align: left;">https://unsplash.com/photos/ccV4kUrSYIM</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ErNetR1Fgeq8QFAZpWJKmyDgiV3fyr1jHQHBAwy6c5i_QShGcjRAstppXU1mSv0KFHwyouBsy6-64AnW7TCjfFLb1Mx_yr5JVdrlveEjxtiF9I8Bizp9F5BAC7VozOSKmEWMrOGKv0FwCxmfoB7K0ImpGF_rPWCJFj2TlYM0KwMFG31IUAyDdDGb/s825/2.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, there is a return to this concept and examples
shown in the ‘Not single use’ case in MoDiP’s Reuse exhibition showcases reusable
containers from the MoDiP collection, including items from GET Enterprise’s
Eco-to-go range. They are made from<span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"> recyclable,
BPA-free, colourless polypropylene that is safe for reheating in a microwave
and suitable for washing in commercial dishwashers. The durable, stain
resistant, long- lasting containers are capable of being reused up to 1000
times and designed for circular exchange or closed loop systems, in which
take-away food containers are returned for cleaning and reuse thus avoiding
landfill.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrnUSrYrDN9E8au9t8tkqdtvFdTYBTzie03ECC1Gcn9Gv5q5ZX97Ycne9A1yYQOpSVHfpu6qHNvht-wXBe0JsN6m7gTuTlv-F7FyGF9sPsMbVxwVlQUtFok8FxoUfJPkfSAL1IfUEhXbpiIXxmN4Bg8UcE5GCBMtnpRN6bRR5DqJsEZiRYv70SRjq/s385/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="385" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyrnUSrYrDN9E8au9t8tkqdtvFdTYBTzie03ECC1Gcn9Gv5q5ZX97Ycne9A1yYQOpSVHfpu6qHNvht-wXBe0JsN6m7gTuTlv-F7FyGF9sPsMbVxwVlQUtFok8FxoUfJPkfSAL1IfUEhXbpiIXxmN4Bg8UcE5GCBMtnpRN6bRR5DqJsEZiRYv70SRjq/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Eco to go soup pot.<br />Image credit: <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009463">https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009463</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfJwdY7INvicOglRNpmvNRcxa_2Wy7aPl4DPQDZNgAbYVAyUz7jjT-U5FuCJ5828IdsMFkua1k6fRfLSwQXrq0koE9xsFngQYIT7Z_hY5k0GaqSPYei7ZirjrDEXTE1rZ8D-qvlGNmU1B2KBPcpmBL-DbgaOlj81KfEcETjUMTnLVSbUCm3rzHTgc/s381/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="381" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfJwdY7INvicOglRNpmvNRcxa_2Wy7aPl4DPQDZNgAbYVAyUz7jjT-U5FuCJ5828IdsMFkua1k6fRfLSwQXrq0koE9xsFngQYIT7Z_hY5k0GaqSPYei7ZirjrDEXTE1rZ8D-qvlGNmU1B2KBPcpmBL-DbgaOlj81KfEcETjUMTnLVSbUCm3rzHTgc/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Eco to go salad box.<br />Image credit: <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009466">https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009466</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Re<span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;">use runs from 17 March 2023 to 8 September 2023<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pam Langdown<br />Documentation Officer</span></span></p><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"></span><p></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-53329569396016704582023-04-05T00:30:00.006+01:002023-04-05T00:30:00.249+01:00Curatorial talks<p><span style="font-family: arial;">As a museum curator of a small museum, I find that my work each
week can be varied and extremely interesting.
This last week has been full of working out budgets for the coming year,
thinking about new acquisitions, updating object records, and thinking about our
next exhibition. I have also been doing
lots of talking. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Firstly, I was invited to the Museum of Richmond to talk to volunteers,
staff and trustees from the museum and a group of arts students from Richmond
College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Museum of Richmond are
working towards putting together an exhibition entitled ‘Artificial Silk: From
Kew to the World’ which will open to the public in late June. I was joined by
Calvin Wooding, a fibre specialist, who spoke about the production of the
material, whilst I put the invention in the wider context of plastics development
and culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a great day with a wide-ranging
audience, the students will be responding to the subject by creating art works
that will feature in the exhibition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am really looking forward to going back and seeing the end results.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUlIXihE1R6mH6NtXPjahKKljSYRKl_iqzuSEPgPb4Y6sehN5j4ObrS0GrBGn1zHPO0KOT6hQKo21Cq8gKM-0wo5AVS47q68NhWYxSGF3xe29rkkw4KZFomFBh0lnJSDWINaRab37BYVJ59tVuVLgkj8daOndr4yigqR1Dipe8iq56GXXA6gLv8fK/s858/Richmond%20blog%20post.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="858" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUlIXihE1R6mH6NtXPjahKKljSYRKl_iqzuSEPgPb4Y6sehN5j4ObrS0GrBGn1zHPO0KOT6hQKo21Cq8gKM-0wo5AVS47q68NhWYxSGF3xe29rkkw4KZFomFBh0lnJSDWINaRab37BYVJ59tVuVLgkj8daOndr4yigqR1Dipe8iq56GXXA6gLv8fK/w400-h358/Richmond%20blog%20post.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://twitter.com/museumrichmond/status/1642131764691738624">https://twitter.com/museumrichmond/status/1642131764691738624</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">My second public presentation was part of the AUB Open Lecture
series. These lectures are hosted at AUB
by the Innovation team and are aimed at external and internal audiences. My lecture was entitled Making connections:
objects, visitors, curators. Here I drew
on topics and themes that were part of my PhD thesis and explored the ideas of:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">What makes a museum?</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Value and meaning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Relational materiality and the relational museum</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The role of the curator</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h9TJc0sn0xIKdJ23AK3DaUoKyY8uGq6mlTv8ZQYIr3UOqAZ92b2dE1bVrNQAV9DGQeiGMNBuZHUd2jAa-4Q3erRFH2rdI8b9fmTdjuaLO7vu_yPJnbOSFJcBTMA_wiD7Gd2H3GgDMkORMgnP6hLWRROwXja9c76MIYTZdZCR6JGs84gFcg6m5mYz/s937/IMG-20230331-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="937" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h9TJc0sn0xIKdJ23AK3DaUoKyY8uGq6mlTv8ZQYIr3UOqAZ92b2dE1bVrNQAV9DGQeiGMNBuZHUd2jAa-4Q3erRFH2rdI8b9fmTdjuaLO7vu_yPJnbOSFJcBTMA_wiD7Gd2H3GgDMkORMgnP6hLWRROwXja9c76MIYTZdZCR6JGs84gFcg6m5mYz/w400-h226/IMG-20230331-WA0000.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Making connections. Image credit Lucy Devall</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Throughout the presentation I used personal experiences to illustrate
academic thinking around collecting and the function of museums, with
particular attention given to the difference between the act of private
collecting and that of the public museum.
I talked about how we assign value to objects, and how this effects the way
we relate to them, as well as the kinds of energies that are generated by
object encounters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you would like to find out more about future AUB Open
lectures sign up to the <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconfirmsubscription.com%2Fh%2Ft%2F02FD3F6C4F356176&data=05%7C01%7C%7Ca1fe33a70bc640fd82d708db34f50d42%7Cf8eeeb9f09904abf950ceb8f53fe7c77%7C0%7C0%7C638161999318668302%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FYqvgu1sN1%2BVFrHHZN1L9Su0KwWl3YKuOjhKAo8o8a4%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">AUB Engage mailing list</a> where you can be kept up to
date with all the cultural activity from the museum and our engagement colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Louise Dennis</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">Curator of MoDiP</span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-26716890611895449072023-03-29T00:30:00.052+01:002023-03-29T00:30:00.220+01:00L'il Abner's Flyin-Saucer, Fred Morrison, 1950.<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAR12r_R4kVcoNXJk88KJpzJ0QD9C6xv-XEaF-u4AnFUumxo6V6eiuTtCsgs-LAD49LobMD1r0jA3zLcq3LoUqHV_zt9KJL8CFg3337saS4_Erxc0qvpZ7QowvKkIK6pEdYifA463stypLXO9-knJnrVsy-kXCT38bj6GJOBuRjxyRt4YTX1V916l/s654/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="654" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAR12r_R4kVcoNXJk88KJpzJ0QD9C6xv-XEaF-u4AnFUumxo6V6eiuTtCsgs-LAD49LobMD1r0jA3zLcq3LoUqHV_zt9KJL8CFg3337saS4_Erxc0qvpZ7QowvKkIK6pEdYifA463stypLXO9-knJnrVsy-kXCT38bj6GJOBuRjxyRt4YTX1V916l/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008605"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC : 008605<br /></span></span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">This bright and sunny, yellow
coloured frisbee is in an amazing condition given that it is over 70 years old.
That is largely due to the fact that it has been unused: 1600 of these Arcuate
Vanes were discovered in a warehouse in 1977, where this example is believed to
have originated. We think it was injection moulded in butyl stearate.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsSlt_tAhgeMUVryf3I6w-uGVP7eMbyfCk_Sm-ASqvzgWlaswCXVh7Lvbu9TFNHLOTlx-6W6yAuYUA6e59rmH5opEhXOmj5fyBbvnSD22HXreYLHIDGpPIR1sBPKqdARK5TKtYzxrkPqmmC3qQDmwGb14b4xkujAL7zZySWUvy7Ce7FMtYKYKTcR1/s1299/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="1007" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsSlt_tAhgeMUVryf3I6w-uGVP7eMbyfCk_Sm-ASqvzgWlaswCXVh7Lvbu9TFNHLOTlx-6W6yAuYUA6e59rmH5opEhXOmj5fyBbvnSD22HXreYLHIDGpPIR1sBPKqdARK5TKtYzxrkPqmmC3qQDmwGb14b4xkujAL7zZySWUvy7Ce7FMtYKYKTcR1/s320/2.jpg" width="248" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Fred
Morrison’s design for the Whirlo Way.<br /></span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: </span></span><a href="https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/flyinsaucers/hAFB25767#hb0fc7f78"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/<br />antiques/flyinsaucers/hAFB25767#hb</span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%;">0fc7f78</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">It was designed by Fred Morrison who
had been inspired to create a new toy by watching children throwing empty pie
tins to each other. According to Phil Kennedy at the </span><a href="https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/about.html"><span style="background: white;">Flying Disc Museum</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">, Morrison created his first flying disc in 1946 out of metal
with a wire frame for additional weight and strength, called the Whirlo Way
(refer image above). This became the basis of his design for a plastics version
two years later called the Flyin-Saucer (refer image below), capitalising on
the American UFO craze of that time. It was moulded by the Southern California
Plastic Company (SCP) for Pipco, a business set up by Morrison and his friend Warren
Franscioni who had met as pilots during WWII. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_peZsaCms0uzMarwOE-c6UHk_m-MKd1qyc1Yc4l0HTX2h45B-Lz5CXOkDjwHlQV0pxnBdNwP46y9XQ0rSG-pg-CmUyp5CsUBvbegg8IUwIeIrpXM5YdYpDTfIT0aQcyHaphICJ5vETeaalb6hUcWn6UGa4yB_Pn-rSEqFIXnLp8tsbqTdC3NUk581/s653/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="617" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_peZsaCms0uzMarwOE-c6UHk_m-MKd1qyc1Yc4l0HTX2h45B-Lz5CXOkDjwHlQV0pxnBdNwP46y9XQ0rSG-pg-CmUyp5CsUBvbegg8IUwIeIrpXM5YdYpDTfIT0aQcyHaphICJ5vETeaalb6hUcWn6UGa4yB_Pn-rSEqFIXnLp8tsbqTdC3NUk581/s320/3.jpg" width="302" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">The
first version of Pipco’s Flyin-Saucer, released between 1948-1950.<br />
Image credit: </span><a href="https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/flyin-saucers/hAFB25767#ha2c97943"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/flyin-saucers/hAFB25767#ha2c97943</span></a><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">The two men quickly realised that
their toy needed to be demonstrated, attributing slow sales to the fact that
nobody had come across a Flyin-Saucer disc before. They would throw and catch
one between them in local stores, fairs, and marketplaces, joking that the
Flyin-Saucer was free but the invisible wire cost $1!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">
By 1949, Pipco were marketing the toy as a gyroscopic airfoil, sold wrapped with
a paper insert that described how to use it and how to order more. The
following year they released their second design (MoDiP’s example), which they
called the L'il Abner's Flyin-Saucer, packaged with a sticker on the top face and
a round card insert featuring the popular satirical comic strip drawn by Alfred
Caplin/Al Capp (refer image below). </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65RaGyQAAHlTvVQzidTpDkTXVxteVrQXYFCllnfLDUDFcZj17EHR9L6U-LTD57jrOnsmyk-HiLVnHfmcJbEtXvJIZHwh3AAq52iuf81NUtJpMlkZqTosxlaOzCAr6SuRF4rtayb4LXQvFFklkTMYFOgp56ibdiPIcuB3oLYUoBnGG1NNF31ihVNin/s971/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="971" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj65RaGyQAAHlTvVQzidTpDkTXVxteVrQXYFCllnfLDUDFcZj17EHR9L6U-LTD57jrOnsmyk-HiLVnHfmcJbEtXvJIZHwh3AAq52iuf81NUtJpMlkZqTosxlaOzCAr6SuRF4rtayb4LXQvFFklkTMYFOgp56ibdiPIcuB3oLYUoBnGG1NNF31ihVNin/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">The sticker
and card insert.<br /></span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Unfortunately, a disagreement resulted
in Capp claiming Pipco had breached their agreement and on threatening to sue
he demanded $5000 in compensation which, ultimately, forced the closure of Pipco
in late 1950. Southern California Plastics sought permission from Morrison to continue
to mould the design for a few more years under their own name, although they
chose to mould it in polyethylene. Morrison then bought and sold some of these new
discs before producing a completely different prototype in 1955 called the Pluto
Platter and released through his new company, American Trends. He sold the rights
to the Wham-O Corporation in 1957 who trademarked the name frisbee in 1959, now
synonymous with flying discs. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoGWEyPAkIJBRRuhdvjimlSqSIiwMfgvTgbgt8LNTPtrCVW9uGjL3aZXJUiwQixzlZPM_UnoaX3XaNPviYnu1yMHwMnbYxH2BoT6HS_cgl2FAGqhAjWYdqWwB2HzPEh3PZHTI_BFz93-flcuUx6YUE1G-twkvLs698xCTh41eI0qRkv10oVuLvLr0/s460/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="460" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZoGWEyPAkIJBRRuhdvjimlSqSIiwMfgvTgbgt8LNTPtrCVW9uGjL3aZXJUiwQixzlZPM_UnoaX3XaNPviYnu1yMHwMnbYxH2BoT6HS_cgl2FAGqhAjWYdqWwB2HzPEh3PZHTI_BFz93-flcuUx6YUE1G-twkvLs698xCTh41eI0qRkv10oVuLvLr0/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">Fred Morrison promoting
his Pluto Platter, 1957.<br />
Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/apr/29/fred-morrison-obituary"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/apr/29/fred-morrison-obituary</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">If you would like to view this
object in the museum, please </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/contact-us"><span style="background: white;">contact us</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Katherine Pell<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">
Collections Officer<br /></span></span><b><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background: white; color: black;">References:<br /></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jftapGDTmYUC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=Pipco+Li%27l+Abner%27s+Flying%27+Saucer&source=bl&ots=_uZiWKbmpV&sig=ACfU3U2eHgVN-2BNNaXUDwe3CZeC_TyFkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJwtPgwJr9AhXVnVwKHV37Atc4ChDoAXoECBgQAw#v=onepage&q=Pipco%20Li'l%20Abner's%20Flying'%20Saucer&f=false"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jftapGDTmYUC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=Pipco+Li%27l+Abner%27s+Flying%27+Saucer&source=bl&ots=_uZiWKbmpV&sig=ACfU3U2eHgVN-2BNNaXUDwe3CZeC_TyFkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJwtPgwJr9AhXVnVwKHV37Atc4ChDoAXoECBgQAw#v=onepage&q=Pipco%20Li'l%20Abner's%20Flying'%20Saucer&f=false<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/05/11/after-30-high-flying-years-the-frisbee-still-soars"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://vault.si.com/vault/1987/05/11/after-30-high-flying-years-the-frisbee-still-soars<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.flatflip.com/downloads/A%20Short%20History%20of%20the%20Frisbee.pdf"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">http://www.flatflip.com/downloads/A%20Short%20History%20of%20the%20Frisbee.pdf<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/flyin-saucers"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/flyin-saucers<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/pluto-platters"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://www.flyingdiscmuseum.com/antiques/pluto-platters<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.marvinsflyingdisccollection.com/antiques.html"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">http://www.marvinsflyingdisccollection.com/antiques.html<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/798/000163309/"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://www.nndb.com/people/798/000163309/<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/apr/29/fred-morrison-obituary"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/apr/29/fred-morrison-obituary</span></a></span></div><p>
<br /></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-50214133931179174292023-03-22T00:30:00.013+00:002023-03-23T08:50:43.245+00:00Margrethe mixing bowl, Jacob Jensen, 1954. <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Given that it
is Nordic Day tomorrow, Thursday 23<sup>rd</sup> March 2023, I thought it would
be apt for this blog to celebrate a lovely piece of Danish design from the
MoDiP collections.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw_rwJHJo1TkdgY7dYSH7mlrMVcjHa_Nvp-HPBlJfXhpCVGO7zCiAjn8RIavKXfm3Hdp3qmGrR7yRKyl6wXG0BdGOG_kdqUbOxl1LGvvpaYMp3TkgZxAIV8CD38Jd0Q7r9jVRftfxXJwFu4oa6pHMqFnmuqlCFhoHirG3bUP7NgilLKFkibsIglNK/s883/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="883" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw_rwJHJo1TkdgY7dYSH7mlrMVcjHa_Nvp-HPBlJfXhpCVGO7zCiAjn8RIavKXfm3Hdp3qmGrR7yRKyl6wXG0BdGOG_kdqUbOxl1LGvvpaYMp3TkgZxAIV8CD38Jd0Q7r9jVRftfxXJwFu4oa6pHMqFnmuqlCFhoHirG3bUP7NgilLKFkibsIglNK/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">AIBDC : 008850 and 008849<br />Image credit: https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A14306</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">The Margrethe mixing bowl was
originally designed by Jacob Jensen in 1954, whilst working at the design
studio of Bernadotte & Bjørn Industridesign A/S, Denmark’s first industrial
design studio. It was founded by Swedish silversmith and industrial and
furniture designer Count Sigvard Bernadotte and Danish architect and designer Acton
Bjørn in 1949. Jensen worked with the company from 1952-1958.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRoYSve04REEBjCFuCH3UbP7Uv3tA43qTrEQZjBzmVoZ_6C8FicTixLSdlGvmHhZd0dIntbkzRnEAmwYHctVtMlPtEweU2H9PqQtFnAWPWEC_HnhIepujy0sX2CoeqgCeIu7lVEvSzHT7H5z2gQwELrsh-w7NvyUp8fCCQC9JjIN-ePmt5zyivLm_/s877/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="877" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicRoYSve04REEBjCFuCH3UbP7Uv3tA43qTrEQZjBzmVoZ_6C8FicTixLSdlGvmHhZd0dIntbkzRnEAmwYHctVtMlPtEweU2H9PqQtFnAWPWEC_HnhIepujy0sX2CoeqgCeIu7lVEvSzHT7H5z2gQwELrsh-w7NvyUp8fCCQC9JjIN-ePmt5zyivLm_/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Left
to right: Bernadotte, Bjorn and Jensen</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;">.<br /> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;">
Image credit: </span><a href="https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/91625/nomu_photo_NMA0055468"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/91625/nomu_photo_<br />NMA0055468</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"> (left) and </span><a href="https://beo.zone/en/jacob-jensen/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://beo.zone/en/jacob-je</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">nsen/</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"> (right).</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Rosti, manufacturers of melamine tableware, first began looking to
add a mixing bowl to their product line in 1947. Over several years they undertook research, asking groups of housewives to test a series of competitors' bowls and rate them for their positive
and negative points. They found that their customers wanted a bowl that had
high sides to enable activities such as stirring and whipping without spillage,
but that also had a pouring lip and a handle. Furthermore, it needed to be <span style="background: white;">lightweight, durable
and robust. The company</span> approached <span style="background: white;">Bernadotte & Bjørn with the design brief,
which was handed over to Jacob Jensen, a newly qualified industrial designer
from the School of Arts and Crafts (Denmark).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ1xPm8RmIF3SjCt7jd-PiTU4dRxcbSswdAtgor8Hod538vLZeXhfz9PrmEpVij9ZdnTpbTismWzrMLTH2tds0hDV6F6phcZICZvRYrwQo4nF7OFlF9vKPBl0ZfwmVBCQGy4So-Z6j03dIJ76vTL5wNRw-FGeshJUaDJlLfCw1nzzai5-YnhzgeNf/s645/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="645" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQ1xPm8RmIF3SjCt7jd-PiTU4dRxcbSswdAtgor8Hod538vLZeXhfz9PrmEpVij9ZdnTpbTismWzrMLTH2tds0hDV6F6phcZICZvRYrwQo4nF7OFlF9vKPBl0ZfwmVBCQGy4So-Z6j03dIJ76vTL5wNRw-FGeshJUaDJlLfCw1nzzai5-YnhzgeNf/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Image credit: </span><a href="https://rosti.design/design/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">https://rosti.design/design/</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Compression moulded in melamine
formaldehyde, the bowl was named by Bernadotte (who was the brother of Queen
Ingrid of Denmark) after his niece who would later become Queen Margrethe II of
Denmark. Launched in time for Christmas 1954, it was made available in three
sizes that could stack inside one another, in the colours red, white, blue,
yellow and green. It proved an instant success and has gone on to become a
design classic with over 25 million sold worldwide to date.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMw7lEq9eidx-okshsDPdp5fHhpEinkivHpn6mBxV719rVAv8Ts7KU2J_b5oK3KvIL2_dZSsvTadRejgHusSXsRAjk1fTEDnF1SlacJwpKgMWJYY8y05GIfqh4ZXtEJ7Ljzj0_sg5_dg7QdVLu6mmYRMS4Rnt9QeuGLNbBOqL4qyR44eZJsfExnFKj/s800/4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="800" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMw7lEq9eidx-okshsDPdp5fHhpEinkivHpn6mBxV719rVAv8Ts7KU2J_b5oK3KvIL2_dZSsvTadRejgHusSXsRAjk1fTEDnF1SlacJwpKgMWJYY8y05GIfqh4ZXtEJ7Ljzj0_sg5_dg7QdVLu6mmYRMS4Rnt9QeuGLNbBOqL4qyR44eZJsfExnFKj/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/pottery-denmark.html"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/pottery-denmark.html</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The rubber anti-slip ring around the
base was added in 1966, and matching lids in polypropylene followed along with
additional bowl sizes and colours. The Margrethe has won numerous awards such
as the ID Classic Prize for designs that have been in production for over 25
years, and it has even appeared on a stamp (refer image above). There are examples
in many different museum collections and it is regularly featured in
exhibitions.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnEKyOm_l2yDPbDVgnqxqpZtdMcGSbkItYOoFxbXe6-icqg5oDj2ipjG7gqQvKtGZ_1GbTenlX7yPJO_UCpFyaofv86mEZzW9636Hxh7hQjAZvtpCtx2sqXPn3_ix_rKiGdchyHS4zazlUxpPqzxeVHfaMO04KyYbXbJG4wGjolCk3umCgYs3J1uC/s1168/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="1168" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnEKyOm_l2yDPbDVgnqxqpZtdMcGSbkItYOoFxbXe6-icqg5oDj2ipjG7gqQvKtGZ_1GbTenlX7yPJO_UCpFyaofv86mEZzW9636Hxh7hQjAZvtpCtx2sqXPn3_ix_rKiGdchyHS4zazlUxpPqzxeVHfaMO04KyYbXbJG4wGjolCk3umCgYs3J1uC/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #040404; line-height: 107%;">On display in the ‘Design: the problem comes
first’ exhibition, V&A, 1983.<br />
</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/DCSC/id/8551/"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/DCSC/id/8551/</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">At MoDiP, we currently have two examples: a </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008850"><span style="background: white;">3 litre capacity bowl in white</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> dated to
the 2000s and a </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-008849"><span style="background: white;">4 litre capacity bowl
in red</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> dated to </span><span style="background: white;">the 1970s. We also </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">have some
other objects designed by </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=person%3A12381"><span style="background: white;">Bernadotte and Bjørn</span></a><span style="background: white;"> such as the Roda Clara can opener and the Taffel picnic set.</span> All of these can be viewed in the
museum <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/contact-us">on request</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WwzsMhwMBDqPN1PAUpShgvXDCM1k_xoymsWLB-Our70gZoS1uRyYm92PciXfbZLRd9W46Fbx314rOSRdil-3vIp-Mj_oYT2EWAmltkzBFEoa7PLf0VUCEm9l6z7iGhmzA5V5eBWsUIpQ4EpAAaVjeQ-6s1krZp1BjxWL_8CVXzYLNOiSzSWLpUn1/s213/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="213" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WwzsMhwMBDqPN1PAUpShgvXDCM1k_xoymsWLB-Our70gZoS1uRyYm92PciXfbZLRd9W46Fbx314rOSRdil-3vIp-Mj_oYT2EWAmltkzBFEoa7PLf0VUCEm9l6z7iGhmzA5V5eBWsUIpQ4EpAAaVjeQ-6s1krZp1BjxWL_8CVXzYLNOiSzSWLpUn1/s1600/6.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">I want an oversized Margrethe bowl to use as a planter too!<br />
Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CAuTgf8FqtW/"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://www.instagram.com/p/CAuTgf8FqtW/</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine Pell<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Collections Officer<span style="background: white;"> </span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-30119607107175357352023-03-15T00:30:00.207+00:002023-03-18T11:02:32.290+00:00Our latest exhibition - Reuse.<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This week we have been busy taking down our last exhibition, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/endurance" target="_blank">Endurance</a>, and installing our new exhibition, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse" target="_blank">Reuse</a>. We have been joined by one of our volunteers, MA Fine Art student Sourabh Sharma, seen in the images below emptying the cases and wrapping objects for their return to storage.<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OoWGM0CqS9JxDN2BZpbMKSApaFLQlZtfX42_ovAbkTrPUXSb8Rhh7U1sbGcVZ00gSH6OWd3VLfBhlHrsYKH98OqdsfKTAfHnaWDq0OiqItuLB8zdKNRQIx4KPu5H9Ktpxa3hpxOq0SuNcmKA2q6lFauaYMM4wwO0q6fJ-xMWjr5ZNJ2jgAdA834A/s718/1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="323" data-original-width="718" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OoWGM0CqS9JxDN2BZpbMKSApaFLQlZtfX42_ovAbkTrPUXSb8Rhh7U1sbGcVZ00gSH6OWd3VLfBhlHrsYKH98OqdsfKTAfHnaWDq0OiqItuLB8zdKNRQIx4KPu5H9Ktpxa3hpxOq0SuNcmKA2q6lFauaYMM4wwO0q6fJ-xMWjr5ZNJ2jgAdA834A/w400-h180/1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Although MoDiP often refers to plastics recycling initiatives through our ongoing interpretation and engagement programmes, the Reuse exhibition was an opportunity to examine industry responses to recent legislation.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 2019, the EU published a directive that aimed to promote circular approaches to manufacturing in an attempt to reduce quantities of generated waste. For similar reasons, in 2022, the UK Government introduced a tax on plastics packaging, and in the same year the UN adopted a resolution to end plastic pollution.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">As consumers, we should take responsibility for the purchases we make and consider the environmental impact of those choices. However, these laws will help to encourage designers and manufacturers to take their share of the responsibility through, for example, using materials effectively and efficiently.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMfx8G_Q3A44kDvUrA7r85pZa2qGn8kehKKiqsg0VRjwhaxM-a0jcHJgRLzFtuHhnudhZy1dp-Zo_LMHywc_EBkzPVMWlXxRKGT-AXfcq8eeBhXEZOANhzAN0ovfAb2tHEjXna3V3c0FiJGtlD4OdnAnawXWBFmqa1Xd-V6UFXISvsTgRdaipy8mQ/s672/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="672" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMfx8G_Q3A44kDvUrA7r85pZa2qGn8kehKKiqsg0VRjwhaxM-a0jcHJgRLzFtuHhnudhZy1dp-Zo_LMHywc_EBkzPVMWlXxRKGT-AXfcq8eeBhXEZOANhzAN0ovfAb2tHEjXna3V3c0FiJGtlD4OdnAnawXWBFmqa1Xd-V6UFXISvsTgRdaipy8mQ/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Pam (left) and Louise (right) installing objects.<br />Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The objects on display will demonstrate ways in which the reuse of raw materials, as well as products, can help to reduce our reliance on single-use plastics. They will also show how products can be created to support recycling at the end of their useful life, and provide a variety of ways that a single recycling resource can be used.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigno1VBufQ2nQ8BeBW_pu1CDzI1WMbcwbEXor-Y0F6_j0ZL7Fc0ZzUskIFXQPeLWmF09qnfp4W3d2q2xej6yF69l2Sy8pIB7-Ig09gHxmBcyudPVcux9Bidbv9z0dKbYM8uQfJrVKfb4d9ZZPQMu6_Zb7fghjgm8BB62xywqIJaYkqPbg5FQ6SZYto/s756/3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigno1VBufQ2nQ8BeBW_pu1CDzI1WMbcwbEXor-Y0F6_j0ZL7Fc0ZzUskIFXQPeLWmF09qnfp4W3d2q2xej6yF69l2Sy8pIB7-Ig09gHxmBcyudPVcux9Bidbv9z0dKbYM8uQfJrVKfb4d9ZZPQMu6_Zb7fghjgm8BB62xywqIJaYkqPbg5FQ6SZYto/s320/3.jpg" width="180" /></a></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span>In light of the subject of this exhibition, we also wanted to re-evaluate the sustainability of our own practices. For example, several years ago we made the decision to </span></span>avoid using foam core board in our exhibitions because it is difficult to recycle, favouring in-house printing of text on paper placed in reusable acrylic mounts. This year we have made the decision to stop using non-recyclable vinyl lettering for our case headings. The image above shows Pam scraping some of this off of one of the glass doors, with the used film being either sent for landfill or incineration through normal waste. To counter this we have chosen to incorporate each case theme within the paper text panels. It may not be as immediate visually but it is certainly more sustainable. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/reuse">Reuse</a> exhibition will officially open on Friday 17th March and will be on display until 8th September 2023.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine Pell<br />Collections Officer</span></div>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-28940545771863533882023-03-08T10:00:00.000+00:002023-03-08T10:00:00.206+00:00Endurance: out at sea<p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the final blog post relating to our current
exhibition, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/endurance">Endurance</a>,
which closes at the end of this week. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #454545; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">Every year, an estimated 236,000 people drown, making
drowning a major public health problem worldwide<a href="https://liveaucbac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ldennis_aub_ac_uk/Documents/Desktop/Endurance%20case%2011%20-%20out%20at%20sea/Out%20at%20Sea.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="background: white; color: #454545; letter-spacing: -0.25pt; line-height: 107%;">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a>.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This figure includes in rivers, pools and at
sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best way to prevent drowning at
sea is to avoid entering the water, some of the ways to do this are featured in
the <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/endurance/out-sea">exhibition</a>.
This is not always possible and so the object I am featuring in this blog post
is the Fibrelight Self-Recovery Ladder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uDQ75FOhxbb4BpbaaIRK8msfMimVlqHPvJErkomdkN1mDagYbNGl0CKbJiHlLwOsujBRidQG4adI56JZDYCfC6Sm3bLL9ChoSUqBTU3in8zwyQ22O7Ig5e_9O5ZBQOSVNeXBjRrmgTtuYpTHmwnXARYhsSJO0ZXhJm-Sh6zu1KrnkrtiRRk1bjTY/s2000/009366_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7uDQ75FOhxbb4BpbaaIRK8msfMimVlqHPvJErkomdkN1mDagYbNGl0CKbJiHlLwOsujBRidQG4adI56JZDYCfC6Sm3bLL9ChoSUqBTU3in8zwyQ22O7Ig5e_9O5ZBQOSVNeXBjRrmgTtuYpTHmwnXARYhsSJO0ZXhJm-Sh6zu1KrnkrtiRRk1bjTY/w400-h300/009366_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Fibrelight Recovery Ladders, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009366">AIBDC : 009366</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6n7rhEad0hI-HzwbsdVvNVzC4h-gqdoEz1-NS5jW3dFWqVQEci7pqmGrP4dNg__W79-hgOh0GHEdVIQFm93j00Om4zmWeQtk1rHKTPKs737lqp6nVrmIUVIRBayWGCJfpMcZ7yYocJXSw5y67xJsW8D9Nz-dOBoW3-IwcN41xO9jtGC23rItpPXd/s2000/009366_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6n7rhEad0hI-HzwbsdVvNVzC4h-gqdoEz1-NS5jW3dFWqVQEci7pqmGrP4dNg__W79-hgOh0GHEdVIQFm93j00Om4zmWeQtk1rHKTPKs737lqp6nVrmIUVIRBayWGCJfpMcZ7yYocJXSw5y67xJsW8D9Nz-dOBoW3-IwcN41xO9jtGC23rItpPXd/w400-h300/009366_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fibrelight Recovery Ladders, </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009366" style="font-family: arial;">AIBDC : 009366</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4aPGorVTWhl9DyJFmvgvWtL8Tesdc-xSNMt32yrW3zz9amsejzjqAezH9Kp0eIHbusijT1dAIe2XACDKPdtDWLsoHNP0_WSMq7Le1OJ4H-htbOu1PG5qzKqte5rP79vMq7idbN2Mhi4jiSe7nmopqYhpeNaD5R-xwVx0QzOrd6PNJynKiG9Q7paY/s2000/009366_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4aPGorVTWhl9DyJFmvgvWtL8Tesdc-xSNMt32yrW3zz9amsejzjqAezH9Kp0eIHbusijT1dAIe2XACDKPdtDWLsoHNP0_WSMq7Le1OJ4H-htbOu1PG5qzKqte5rP79vMq7idbN2Mhi4jiSe7nmopqYhpeNaD5R-xwVx0QzOrd6PNJynKiG9Q7paY/w400-h300/009366_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fibrelight Recovery Ladders, </span><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009366" style="font-family: arial;">AIBDC : 009366</a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;">This ladder is a rescue device designed for <span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;">fishing boats or similar craft </span>with solo
or limited crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rope-style ladder
is rolled up and contained within a bag which would be attached to the side of
the vessel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This bag has a ‘burst-zip’, this
is a mechanism which remains closed when the ladder is not needed, however, as
the cord is pulled down through the middle of the closure, the zip bursts open
and releases the ladder. <span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The adjustable cord allows the ladder to be
pulled from the bag by a user who has fallen overboard, the bottom of the
ladder falls into the water and the casualty can climb back into the vessel
without any further assistance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtP-SpxQFccdAAVByYI47hYk7RMoaVBKwW5ZKfwbF-Pw_AgUB1zKEsCohHYPuOM4klM3VUj5Rk4tMe1WcfFp2WQ-S5GQExvpWhEkNU_FVvqG3TpfDSbMrmjnbGShAB3ukEpv1hlNJ9YbqIdN3w8pee_VU8vC8igsc6LrcPlbwqUUBBSqX6zgf8GeL5/s970/self-recovery-ladder-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtP-SpxQFccdAAVByYI47hYk7RMoaVBKwW5ZKfwbF-Pw_AgUB1zKEsCohHYPuOM4klM3VUj5Rk4tMe1WcfFp2WQ-S5GQExvpWhEkNU_FVvqG3TpfDSbMrmjnbGShAB3ukEpv1hlNJ9YbqIdN3w8pee_VU8vC8igsc6LrcPlbwqUUBBSqX6zgf8GeL5/s320/self-recovery-ladder-03.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ladder in use <a href="https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/">https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzP4VyHHMcSCHlSXY85jpayNU7IlO8V1vpRH_7AYIMzm7zheQhYcn_41e8Xoltvrafm-aMAe8fp2sgL4gKKYz9-8wo15oLsQ8f0qlEWXG7S-NmiPEBlBudMyxsodKLmAgm8ntJv7JAoLQzKEE40QOkene08zEHjjI2SZgtu60uKV5DeONvcIH3E2R8/s768/self-recovery-ladder-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzP4VyHHMcSCHlSXY85jpayNU7IlO8V1vpRH_7AYIMzm7zheQhYcn_41e8Xoltvrafm-aMAe8fp2sgL4gKKYz9-8wo15oLsQ8f0qlEWXG7S-NmiPEBlBudMyxsodKLmAgm8ntJv7JAoLQzKEE40QOkene08zEHjjI2SZgtu60uKV5DeONvcIH3E2R8/s320/self-recovery-ladder-02.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The ladder in use </span><a href="https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/" style="font-family: arial;">https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-xip19xDx8yZbHiZGQQHwpgzyxxOfHMYtAgx0jPASykL14iE6T-TZC7W_nQsox-AUGJTIocL8RLPBjy-UNVkAz4ig6zTiPDo3MV06kfeVf6rgsVylXvHi-8jsjWiZey48K_pVgfhLbLcAtk4ZzTY1cRUiu_lL8H3PUdLa1ul4r1yhRbLximswAWo/s768/self-recovery-ladder-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ-xip19xDx8yZbHiZGQQHwpgzyxxOfHMYtAgx0jPASykL14iE6T-TZC7W_nQsox-AUGJTIocL8RLPBjy-UNVkAz4ig6zTiPDo3MV06kfeVf6rgsVylXvHi-8jsjWiZey48K_pVgfhLbLcAtk4ZzTY1cRUiu_lL8H3PUdLa1ul4r1yhRbLximswAWo/s320/self-recovery-ladder-01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The ladder in use </span><a href="https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/" style="font-family: arial;">https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The ladder has been
designed for use by a single person and can be deployed in seconds. The ladder
has a width of 600mm and is manufactured in half metre lengths from 1-3 metres,
this example being 1 metre long. It has no mechanical moving parts and as such
requires no maintenance other than visual inspections. The rungs are made of
carbon fibre composite other than the bottom rung which is made of stainless
steel in order that the ladder sinks to a level in line with the user's foot. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzR69UDfCCOU3ASSbK9lSQM0p_kH8CddGBl0zoaBPY9iFIw54bepB2IXqbBcdSibbW-uLUVMRwa_-3TyCgnAUj88IsQEPlHNRc8PY5QEMGiNh2mSlgWRsHwakfqL7o2Uuu6uG0O1WgNKSgJ7OECdxrlw8leKEXYp-Y7wc8sHxdWSI59ZSTJ_xlDu1M/s768/self-recovery-ladder-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzR69UDfCCOU3ASSbK9lSQM0p_kH8CddGBl0zoaBPY9iFIw54bepB2IXqbBcdSibbW-uLUVMRwa_-3TyCgnAUj88IsQEPlHNRc8PY5QEMGiNh2mSlgWRsHwakfqL7o2Uuu6uG0O1WgNKSgJ7OECdxrlw8leKEXYp-Y7wc8sHxdWSI59ZSTJ_xlDu1M/s320/self-recovery-ladder-05.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The ladder in use </span><a href="https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/" style="font-family: arial;">https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKQ6Jt832DI3MV9JF4QdqBUZJdTDLr4jhsDRZCXxnkuG7zYnhZGA9UPHj6ZYJm06Tr80SUh3qnbidF2aJ25f3R1COFCTLanmj8rJKY3Taw0_CTfUnrhyQY5NF2HLaty_q2BTthko0QvyOZZw-nImGpjnVxO7meAhehkP5CPq5lnTF7Lyblh9-Vq9e/s768/self-recovery-ladder-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="768" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKQ6Jt832DI3MV9JF4QdqBUZJdTDLr4jhsDRZCXxnkuG7zYnhZGA9UPHj6ZYJm06Tr80SUh3qnbidF2aJ25f3R1COFCTLanmj8rJKY3Taw0_CTfUnrhyQY5NF2HLaty_q2BTthko0QvyOZZw-nImGpjnVxO7meAhehkP5CPq5lnTF7Lyblh9-Vq9e/s320/self-recovery-ladder-06.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The ladder in use </span><a href="https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/" style="font-family: arial;">https://cqc.co.uk/fibrelight/fibrelight-ladders/self-recovery-ladder/</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKQ6Jt832DI3MV9JF4QdqBUZJdTDLr4jhsDRZCXxnkuG7zYnhZGA9UPHj6ZYJm06Tr80SUh3qnbidF2aJ25f3R1COFCTLanmj8rJKY3Taw0_CTfUnrhyQY5NF2HLaty_q2BTthko0QvyOZZw-nImGpjnVxO7meAhehkP5CPq5lnTF7Lyblh9-Vq9e/s768/self-recovery-ladder-06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The patent for the
design of the ladders was applied for in 2007 by Fibrelight Developments
Limited with the inventors listed as Anthony James Patrick Hobbs and David
Allan Taylor. The ladder is produced and distributed by CQC Ltd under contract
from Fibrelight Developments Ltd and a white bagged version is available for
super yachts. With most super yachts being white in colour this version will
fit in more tastefully, but the bright yellow will be visually easier to see
and manoeuvre to once in the water.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Louise Dennis, Curator
of MoDiP</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</div>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-60985407609154422522023-03-01T00:30:00.007+00:002023-03-01T00:30:00.225+00:00Is it ever too cold for ice cream?<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Short answer: no, certainly not in my house! And certainly
not in MoDiP either as we have some great objects linked to this tasty desert
which I would like to share with you here.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-d-3JIXvRKW9la3NqlCcFQ4vsw0K_O62JKmWQX_qHzokOQimY1o1vtPqbr7bDEWvOYIhRlOYcjzDIbywGme8yyuykk4hs7CyBGQmpY0RXMsfq5IzTFwSnQbuETN1AWVckxoAcLquME-_M_P7xehS5D23bj9tQT8hVdDcWEtvChnWVNNXOr4-PVTxe/s905/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="905" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-d-3JIXvRKW9la3NqlCcFQ4vsw0K_O62JKmWQX_qHzokOQimY1o1vtPqbr7bDEWvOYIhRlOYcjzDIbywGme8yyuykk4hs7CyBGQmpY0RXMsfq5IzTFwSnQbuETN1AWVckxoAcLquME-_M_P7xehS5D23bj9tQT8hVdDcWEtvChnWVNNXOr4-PVTxe/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First up is this child’s toy in the shape of a football
(refer image above). What does that have to do with ice cream I hear you ask?
Well, it is a Tonibell Miniball and originally contained the vanilla flavoured
sweet treat. Available in red, white, blue, green, yellow and orange colours
with a removable lid, it sold for one shilling in 1968 and, once consumed, the
plastics packaging could be used as a ball.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtXYWUevanRhJdXQBWprzVbu4PEgEhfzGMP3ng5l0pz7HkJywTefJTcZgJ-OAPIEPMlEGFtfadoPyO87QWEYQp7cIXIZWTtVsFH-QZilxdJStp3e6kwa3bTJtC_chv2uOP9ca1VWLu35EI4CHNrD41EI8xGN0VyOSJNFxyGqJ0Dw08CNua98Ef25-/s720/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxtXYWUevanRhJdXQBWprzVbu4PEgEhfzGMP3ng5l0pz7HkJywTefJTcZgJ-OAPIEPMlEGFtfadoPyO87QWEYQp7cIXIZWTtVsFH-QZilxdJStp3e6kwa3bTJtC_chv2uOP9ca1VWLu35EI4CHNrD41EI8xGN0VyOSJNFxyGqJ0Dw08CNua98Ef25-/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;">Image credit: </span><a href="https://www.tonibell99.co.uk/history"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://www.tonibell99.co.uk/history</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Manufactured for Tonibell, a company founded in 1937 by Toni
Pignatelli (then called Tonis) which made, sold and delivered icecream, the
name change occured in the 1960s, combining the name Toni with the Italian word
Bellissima. As the business expanded a fleet of icecream vans was acquired,
first branded in blue but later pink, that operated throughout the 1960s, 1970s
and 1980s in the Kent, London and Surrey areas. This object was donated to
MoDiP by Abergavenny Museum who were originally gifted the ball by Llanover
School in 1978. It will feature in our next exhibition, Reuse (opens 17<sup>th</sup>
March 2023).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNyioI4VqTLfk_l0z-awbUFBzW2UO1G5tTisGPyqkEkNWQGvadljea1d-wpHpTll6-GEf039iZFF5aLPF2XExhtf4T0NGauD-xYTGnUKCu77Z83E1BoH6kr9OUK7z1M6S_AGpfJrABy1Lrn07aEfmGeKErysQCuEHmxALlI5ooBzD6DO-_fOaVA4T/s1118/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="1118" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNyioI4VqTLfk_l0z-awbUFBzW2UO1G5tTisGPyqkEkNWQGvadljea1d-wpHpTll6-GEf039iZFF5aLPF2XExhtf4T0NGauD-xYTGnUKCu77Z83E1BoH6kr9OUK7z1M6S_AGpfJrABy1Lrn07aEfmGeKErysQCuEHmxALlI5ooBzD6DO-_fOaVA4T/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Next up is a similar tub but this time in the shape of an
orange (refer image above). Once again </span>blow
moulded in polyethylene, it was manufactured by German ice cream maker Scholler.
The skeuomorphic design has an injection moulded, lift-off lid in a slightly
darker shade and the injection gate has been cleverly hidden amongst the
'peel'. We think it dates to the 1990s, but it could be earlier. Apparently,
these were delicious. Yum!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4x4mqEV3mJQENsB9sLydVn98wHQxKu71KnQ1vIHHxtdDBlPdVmOYLD93PgG3zZNDL2NJn2qPU9uGPsYEsC9acj7hcbYoLA60UTEiedQr1sHj3dLy1lSrmMWaWdkQKiG2wwTieH4R0U8cUczEaJfM3GGbu508pv6-asSrfbLIMSxFV9IHCuQgajZd/s218/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="168" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4x4mqEV3mJQENsB9sLydVn98wHQxKu71KnQ1vIHHxtdDBlPdVmOYLD93PgG3zZNDL2NJn2qPU9uGPsYEsC9acj7hcbYoLA60UTEiedQr1sHj3dLy1lSrmMWaWdkQKiG2wwTieH4R0U8cUczEaJfM3GGbu508pv6-asSrfbLIMSxFV9IHCuQgajZd/w247-h320/4.jpg" width="247" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/radiokoeln/photos/bugs-bunny-tweety-dolomiti-flutschfinger-bumbum-oder-lieber-direkt-aus-der-eisdi/4470255356365317/">https://www.facebook.com/radiokoeln/photos/bugs-bunny-<br />tweety-dolomiti-flutschfinger-bumbum-oder-lieber-direkt-aus-der-eisdi/4470255356365317/</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">And what about
eating ice cream at home?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAjQ8Z10V18qNLzsr15OOpMvIIgmsCQPNh2HCl92m1KjtOZ_xGr9KHrPtlh0q8iTFOdPVN7baA3XmvHj4NOzJJHqVfy1LQ_Bhw8y-xge_YCILxOAURlGhFM3I60KvMyTbUbx0SWGlPyBGknvkUgTSkyJ5UmrvUuiUOPthk7XoXkoKQJXbNJ5PB9hR/s1063/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1063" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAjQ8Z10V18qNLzsr15OOpMvIIgmsCQPNh2HCl92m1KjtOZ_xGr9KHrPtlh0q8iTFOdPVN7baA3XmvHj4NOzJJHqVfy1LQ_Bhw8y-xge_YCILxOAURlGhFM3I60KvMyTbUbx0SWGlPyBGknvkUgTSkyJ5UmrvUuiUOPthk7XoXkoKQJXbNJ5PB9hR/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">These oversized
<a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?search=Big%20Love&columbo%5B0%5D=method%3Ainjection%20moulded">Big Love</a> vibrant bowls (refer image above), <span style="background: white;">designed by
Miriam Mirri for Alessi in the 2000s, are always a popular choice for object
inspiration amongst the students at AUB. They are made from injection moulded
acrylic with a stainless-steel removable liner and a long handled, heart shaped
spoon. Believe it or not they are intended for sharing – whoever heard of such
a thing?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEE3j4g8CFvHUjeOF-FYaQ9ecLrQ1vC70BLOzNaqwdROGtMp-iea2kttyBxj_qfc5sKmgsxAza0YK-tie-YWxEXTwoTuInp2LYtmi1LZtDSNqFgGoFQb5Rt_sQcztXWLDnqGQfA9PWQuXvCMqweM4ivJLD3_E3r4Pi5LtVn7oVxekRgFfYStw27i1/s800/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEE3j4g8CFvHUjeOF-FYaQ9ecLrQ1vC70BLOzNaqwdROGtMp-iea2kttyBxj_qfc5sKmgsxAza0YK-tie-YWxEXTwoTuInp2LYtmi1LZtDSNqFgGoFQb5Rt_sQcztXWLDnqGQfA9PWQuXvCMqweM4ivJLD3_E3r4Pi5LtVn7oVxekRgFfYStw27i1/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, this rather
endearing I Scream ice cream scoop, <span style="background: white;">designed by Orange of Darmstadt for Koziol in 1997.
Injection moulded in polystyrene, the transparent handle is filled with static
bubbles and the anthropomorphic figure’s wide opened mouth cleverly acts as the
spoon. Currently on display in the ‘Three Collections’ case outside the museum,
it does seem to generate mixed reactions. Personally, I think it looks like it
is singing, not screaming.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaSc6eUfL2las7go3aHEdGwidm0WsT9OuVfGEdDSjaYsvM6PokiuXEUk8B4_AOgT-d0fuQy8iQCJpbOeCisK4vslb9P-66fxlJXF14JWfTGZpSWXq2xOgLL4i5N-_yGC0-u8yR_f4aBq_I2W5h64W-YlHBptnuWzB76Hs1WrreH3KdAurcVMkaicS/s640/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="482" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaSc6eUfL2las7go3aHEdGwidm0WsT9OuVfGEdDSjaYsvM6PokiuXEUk8B4_AOgT-d0fuQy8iQCJpbOeCisK4vslb9P-66fxlJXF14JWfTGZpSWXq2xOgLL4i5N-_yGC0-u8yR_f4aBq_I2W5h64W-YlHBptnuWzB76Hs1WrreH3KdAurcVMkaicS/s320/7.jpg" width="241" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.traceyfletcherkingblog.com/2015/07/sinus-and-creepy-ice-cream-scoop.html"><span style="line-height: 107%;">http://www.traceyfletcherkingblog.com<br />/2015/07/sinus-and-creepy-ice-cream-scoop.html</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">If you would
like to see any of these objects, please <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/contact-us">contact
us</a>.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine Pell<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Collections Officer </span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-48026698428473627942023-02-22T00:30:00.007+00:002023-02-22T00:30:00.221+00:00Latrine slab, Oxfam, 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My favourite
object from the ‘In a crisis’ case within MoDiP’s current exhibition,
Endurance, is the rather plain looking latrine slab. Easily overlooked, it is actually
a very important structural design solution to the problem of providing toilet
facilities for the humanitarian sector.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEfrOzT3yUXTlTUgF4Z1EV9wyP1WiMvlZ6n0S_TvC5CpLM2Uuj6gzRtd8HH6ec_8VVWvm1L1jpuSuP28fJUxjkfKtFc4Dj5gfwtwXY7RYuSkhc7E094oJ_9ydovHmKwnVTQIcwhDdVnmmojLI3lq3-tg5B08vus2AvL-UReYZPaaS7B7F7r-TS_nt/s793/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="793" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEfrOzT3yUXTlTUgF4Z1EV9wyP1WiMvlZ6n0S_TvC5CpLM2Uuj6gzRtd8HH6ec_8VVWvm1L1jpuSuP28fJUxjkfKtFc4Dj5gfwtwXY7RYuSkhc7E094oJ_9ydovHmKwnVTQIcwhDdVnmmojLI3lq3-tg5B08vus2AvL-UReYZPaaS7B7F7r-TS_nt/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009124"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">AIBDC : 009124<br /></span></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 107%;">
Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">Designed by Oxfam's WASH (Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene) team, circa 2000, in collaboration with manufacturing
partner K.K. Nag Pvt. Ltd, in India, this self-supporting latrine slab was
considered to be revolutionary at the time and has subsequently been adopted by
aid agencies across the world.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix13AUqbPusEw-J6KPq2NY-rMJcBvr7Nt2guLIEQtCZCwNPef2vI4Ij45n9hAiTYtnrV8M0zsTZIDIx1Ezso7W0MAnqE4h0za63YrLoG4xEJd1T4wwoP6DisXnIz9i6fLBnXppO3EhPl-gqJF7dmXU0bXKhcGJG4PfE7pBfMO2bvYApMZQ4zIV3Ff7/s284/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="208" data-original-width="284" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix13AUqbPusEw-J6KPq2NY-rMJcBvr7Nt2guLIEQtCZCwNPef2vI4Ij45n9hAiTYtnrV8M0zsTZIDIx1Ezso7W0MAnqE4h0za63YrLoG4xEJd1T4wwoP6DisXnIz9i6fLBnXppO3EhPl-gqJF7dmXU0bXKhcGJG4PfE7pBfMO2bvYApMZQ4zIV3Ff7/s1600/2.jpg" width="284" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">2005 image of the
latrine slab in use.<br />
Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.oxfamwash.org/en/sanitation/excreta-disposal/EXCRETA%20DISPOSAL%20in%20Emergencies%20Manual%20-%202021-min.pdf"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://www.oxfamwash.org/en/sanitation/excreta-disposal/EXCRETA%20DISPOSAL%20in%20Emergencies%20Manual%20-%202021-min.pdf</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">MoDiP’s example is manufactured by </span><a href="https://dhhumanitarian.co.uk/?en=dunster-latrine-slab"><span style="background: white;">Dunster House</span></a><span style="background: white;"> (Bedford, UK), Oxfam’s current official supplier. It is rotationally
moulded in high density polyethylene (HDPE), thin and lightweight to allow for
efficient stacking in order to reduce shipping costs and ease user handling. It
is also very tough and strong, reinforced so that it can be placed over a
trench or pit without the need for additional support from below.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBv96SmNkfG_ujsmBx6SdXidz6vqlEFAx9CwDIM6ufrTTkL3ae56RA0vTJ2tKn9pXBD6VVf46uBrA0TuEGgDLMzYeVjCYSbtRSIcXnTNQBeYVbgckQkOa738ZzAqbXRlXHNX0ulNvGfUWtBkYjz32jFJ6rdjbToffZUj2m22xy559ZdSjuwZbzXEPh/s400/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBv96SmNkfG_ujsmBx6SdXidz6vqlEFAx9CwDIM6ufrTTkL3ae56RA0vTJ2tKn9pXBD6VVf46uBrA0TuEGgDLMzYeVjCYSbtRSIcXnTNQBeYVbgckQkOa738ZzAqbXRlXHNX0ulNvGfUWtBkYjz32jFJ6rdjbToffZUj2m22xy559ZdSjuwZbzXEPh/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Efficient stacking and lightweight.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Image
credit: </span><a href="https://www.oxfamwash.org/en/innovation"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://www.oxfamwash.org/en/innovation</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It has a key-hole shaped lid with a
small lip that can be opened and closed with the foot, ensuring minimal
contact, engraved with a 'Wash your hands' symbol to promote good hygiene.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTIsdNjyRiBY1dV2wZ9QZ7F2W9mCMSBGSNK6iwqjWGh5yq-RsSFhbCnZJbjM33aH6s72EBTfUaP30_RdLsPLwmRz7ZY3QfIHtQ4IBPK9MRPaBDWZYj3TTHm5ksUnKz_hkeCTDSZyh171KjF4KfHAPoJhp2Ry0-AE3M7CwUWZSZixbV0Bo46P1RcMk/s682/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="682" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTIsdNjyRiBY1dV2wZ9QZ7F2W9mCMSBGSNK6iwqjWGh5yq-RsSFhbCnZJbjM33aH6s72EBTfUaP30_RdLsPLwmRz7ZY3QfIHtQ4IBPK9MRPaBDWZYj3TTHm5ksUnKz_hkeCTDSZyh171KjF4KfHAPoJhp2Ry0-AE3M7CwUWZSZixbV0Bo46P1RcMk/s320/4.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Moulded detail on the key-hole lid.<br /></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: MoDiP</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There are raised, non-slip foot
plates to keep the user elevated from draining fluids and the material is less
permeable to chemicals and moisture with an easy-clean, low maintenance finish.
Ready to use, it is easy to install and can be adapted to incorporate a pour
flush if sufficient quantities of local water are available.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUDYTOZtZHDpkSU-ZVNXrjzLwREflj61yU8ld6j95v7byNUWE3byI3Pw3iyymFp9vw7ItNL1nAsJTBBHLQ2tebWuMg-Spu9DeFLOSEL00YtNbh0b7mDTax_HynMDr1NhCwyLmlv1dM-9DTZYeQLQrwcC5n77ihyWO7-nKaDiQVEVmYjlojPsDZ3py/s567/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="223" data-original-width="567" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUDYTOZtZHDpkSU-ZVNXrjzLwREflj61yU8ld6j95v7byNUWE3byI3Pw3iyymFp9vw7ItNL1nAsJTBBHLQ2tebWuMg-Spu9DeFLOSEL00YtNbh0b7mDTax_HynMDr1NhCwyLmlv1dM-9DTZYeQLQrwcC5n77ihyWO7-nKaDiQVEVmYjlojPsDZ3py/w400-h158/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">Latrine
superstructures need to consider both local materials and cultural preferences.<br />
Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://wedc-knowledge.lboro.ac.uk/resources/booklets/G028-Latrine-superstructures-online.pdf"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;">https://wedc-knowledge.lboro.ac.uk/resources/<br />booklets/G028-Latrine-superstructures-online.pdf</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;"></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Intended as a temporary toilet
during the first phase of an emergency, to be housed within a superstructure
for privacy, security and dignity (refer image above), one slab is recommended
per 50 people, gradually reducing to 20 people per latrine over time.<br /> </span></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Endurance is on display in the
museum until 10<sup>th</sup> March 2023.<br /></span></span><span style="background: white;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">Katherine Pell<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white;">
Collections Officer</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-70169476321153892662023-02-15T00:30:00.009+00:002023-02-15T14:03:59.441+00:00A pair of celluloid heels, part 1.<div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We
recently acquired this lovely pair of celluloid heels (refer image below).</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c6gu0gN5bZu9TlEVYtM5ElDB_8I8kqsnUcsCCXq7Agy3fPyD4-jRZhM1bQnjJPyT8-vM5Y1wa0dDxK70mgQSEf6PJw5qfDe8kPwmXcel5xawv7ePI07FgCQ2pOukRm0_NLHMG_wIpMS7KNGuYu9A6Zeb-g708_snqCi8AMyPtyXW-Nm3CmcjtztX/s450/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="450" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5c6gu0gN5bZu9TlEVYtM5ElDB_8I8kqsnUcsCCXq7Agy3fPyD4-jRZhM1bQnjJPyT8-vM5Y1wa0dDxK70mgQSEf6PJw5qfDe8kPwmXcel5xawv7ePI07FgCQ2pOukRm0_NLHMG_wIpMS7KNGuYu9A6Zeb-g708_snqCi8AMyPtyXW-Nm3CmcjtztX/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Katherine Pell</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">They
consist of a wooden heel that has been covered by a thin layer of black coloured
cellulose nitrate (celluloid), which has then been decorated with paste stones
and metal granulation/picotage. The heels are slightly different in height, and
both have stones missing but this shows us how they were attached originally,
ie. glued into a pre-drilled hole.<br /> </span><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cellulose
nitrate had many uses and MoDiP has a great collection of <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=classification%3A5595&columbo%5B1%5D=material%3A10144&search=">decorative hair combs</a>, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=classification%3A7405&columbo%5B1%5D=material%3A10144&search=">billiard balls and table tennis balls</a> (the material is still used today for
the latter), <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=classification%3A7340&columbo%5B1%5D=material%3A10144&search=">smoking accessories</a>, various <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?search=cellulose+nitrate+token">tokens</a>, <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/collections?columbo%5B0%5D=classification%3A10492&columbo%5B1%5D=material%3A10144&search=">ornamental boxes</a>, and lots of other small housewares. <span style="background: white; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">British Xylonite
Ltd</span> were reportedly manufacturing celluloid covered boot heels in 1896
but surviving examples of the elaborately decorated women’s evening shoe heels
seems to originate predominantly in France and the US. The <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158866">Met Museum</a> reports that ‘plain black
celluloid-covered heels appeared in the late 1910s’, with jewelled versions
becoming all the rage around 1925.<br /> </span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As hemlines became shorter, attention turned to
the feet.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvm8fp4q2yVvadFir8jRaS8ucgFVdli_i9I9GxizyXEK4IEGEeUZzmIgrBFkoNv9pvH_1TFVPEZBFWjRZeMBglBPs3jMBn7Y-WCqD-fc2sh7Jf6aXMVj5ed0gVvuDsK9OMbtYR5hJsIWAxfTCm6PUZV2BNdMdrV6G9jru3cgdxY0hU-G9CzzdkqNJ/s823/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="823" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigvm8fp4q2yVvadFir8jRaS8ucgFVdli_i9I9GxizyXEK4IEGEeUZzmIgrBFkoNv9pvH_1TFVPEZBFWjRZeMBglBPs3jMBn7Y-WCqD-fc2sh7Jf6aXMVj5ed0gVvuDsK9OMbtYR5hJsIWAxfTCm6PUZV2BNdMdrV6G9jru3cgdxY0hU-G9CzzdkqNJ/w400-h295/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">French wooden heel manufacturer
Fernand Weil, Emile Petit & Co.was awarded<br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">a gold medal at the
International Exhibition of Industrial and Decorative Arts in 1925.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">
Image credit: </span><a href="https://www.tourismesaintleu.fr/patrimoine-industriel.htm"><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://www.tourismesaintleu.fr/patrimoine-industriel.htm</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background: white; color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The
advantages of celluloid as a heel covering material were its affordability,
consistent quality and availability, water-resistance and non-scuff qualities, as
intimated in the advert below. Additionally, it could be produced in a variety
of colours and finishes that imitated expensive natural materials such as
tortoiseshell, ivory and mother-of-pearl.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtp2NjZ92zmjWf-z6Q8qkt0B-j1G7wgrDnhzkSB72VJbYMIMyxd2gtDLEbmYIoHwazUCFsjRviyPuaxifdseDtJJcpN_dsEMxhGuRc-sktpKgq91vjv_lU65giLEZ3IU9u4y5RHjgapH3RpGgRoGy2R0q9fWjNiACR-nhFuJuM0alF2vV66OM7OoQF/s729/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="729" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtp2NjZ92zmjWf-z6Q8qkt0B-j1G7wgrDnhzkSB72VJbYMIMyxd2gtDLEbmYIoHwazUCFsjRviyPuaxifdseDtJJcpN_dsEMxhGuRc-sktpKgq91vjv_lU65giLEZ3IU9u4y5RHjgapH3RpGgRoGy2R0q9fWjNiACR-nhFuJuM0alF2vV66OM7OoQF/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Illustration from ‘The Shoe
Buyer’s Manual’ 1933.<br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">
Image credit: Mustafaev, 2018, p.22.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">To make
the heels, first the celluloid sheets would be cut to the required size and shape
– to demonstrate this, the image below is a 1932 patent for an efficient design
to limit waste when covering Louis heels. Next, the individual covers are softened
to make the material workable and when ready, a wooden heel blank would be
clamped in a jack and the celluloid stretched around it and glued into place.
Once cool, the decorative design would be laid out and holes drilled in the
appropriate places for the insertion of paste stones etc.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLzr9i59PYwJ4bc2cNXS3nsc2H8z0FDUsziFTO-al56mzF1caiaFH7kg4WWi2IiNVSl1tq-_PQ__qEK9IPg6BehyddnYfb5RxabCVxsls195Y-uX1feC-TS6DaekvP_hPsrEwjkYUKvVmZJXyfoBh13yfsdaBgWgpG6GQ8ep0yMuDxYMTg3oishYP/s850/4.tif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="579" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLzr9i59PYwJ4bc2cNXS3nsc2H8z0FDUsziFTO-al56mzF1caiaFH7kg4WWi2IiNVSl1tq-_PQ__qEK9IPg6BehyddnYfb5RxabCVxsls195Y-uX1feC-TS6DaekvP_hPsrEwjkYUKvVmZJXyfoBh13yfsdaBgWgpG6GQ8ep0yMuDxYMTg3oishYP/w273-h400/4.tif" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Image credit: </span><a href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/024575959/publication/US1997317A?q=1997317"><blockquote><span style="line-height: 115%;">https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/<br />family/024575959/publication/US1997317A?q=1997317</span></blockquote></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are
some great contemporary reports, courtesy of Nazim Mustafaev’s 2018 book ‘Celluloid
heel’:<br /> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“Jewelled heels, which have been a
Parisian specialty for some time, will become more and more popular. Nothing
can look richer than a black celluloid heel, studded with imitation diamonds. There
is infinite scope here for the decorator.”</i></span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">(Shoe and Leather Reporter, 1921, cited in Mustafaev, 2018, p.47).</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“One great objection there
was to the forerunners in celluloid heels; the possibility of them catching
fire when the fair wearers happened to be toasting their feet, on a winter
evening, before an open grate. This danger did indeed exist in some countries,
although not in France, where we use stoves and central heating, nor in any
part of the United States. Conservative England was the market where the danger
was </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>rife. However, British
ladies may now choose celluloid heels without the slightest fear, for the
substance is not inflammable, and dress materials will blaze up much more
speedily than these new celluloid covered heels from our Parisian manufacturer,
who … has his eye on the British and Colonial markets.”</i></span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">(Shoe and Leather Reporter,
1921, cited in Mustafaev, 2018, p.49).</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>“Black celluloid covered heels are also
in large demand… They are so hard that a person can strike them with a hammer
and they won’t chip or peel. Nor will they burn as will a celluloid collar.”</i></span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">(Boot and Shoe Recorder, 1912, cited in Mustafaev, 2018, p.50).</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></i><span style="font-family: arial;">There
are some amazing examples of these beautiful heels and we would love to acquire
a more colourful pair but, sadly, these are rare to come by and very expensive.
For now, we will have to stare longingly at those belonging to other museums
and in personal collections.</span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VFNPFNxXK5q1v7s7t298vGh7hAlI6tWe89SPrHXItjCM6kXwZT6SHH-KSWJL6h41mdyu9x-iuUyVIcppSGVVhhJKH81NuLuoOC-WWd9KE85hTOJ0I_ERCvNJSDYBSmNQ8_SGu0ULgy6jEfZtHkwSp9f0DZWe_qoM8zTN-FD-fKC8dzRhbdGBcp_V/s591/5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="591" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VFNPFNxXK5q1v7s7t298vGh7hAlI6tWe89SPrHXItjCM6kXwZT6SHH-KSWJL6h41mdyu9x-iuUyVIcppSGVVhhJKH81NuLuoOC-WWd9KE85hTOJ0I_ERCvNJSDYBSmNQ8_SGu0ULgy6jEfZtHkwSp9f0DZWe_qoM8zTN-FD-fKC8dzRhbdGBcp_V/s320/5.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Mustafaev, 2018,
p.86.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMa-KtYybaHBw0TddQidwy-Cm-0xUeeKGJejaxk3YElPJQyI_m-2XFKmFRJBHV6FWPvXpRAxSPbCoQ_SKKVNME5Im4xwim7ef5Qs8Z3LwFiQqIcy-eFl5x5klSlcFfmcaVOcFUSISjVbqzKwZaToU3iI9VysUiQHJFtrxb_Ar88yY4qWAxksFNaKQE/s564/6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="564" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMa-KtYybaHBw0TddQidwy-Cm-0xUeeKGJejaxk3YElPJQyI_m-2XFKmFRJBHV6FWPvXpRAxSPbCoQ_SKKVNME5Im4xwim7ef5Qs8Z3LwFiQqIcy-eFl5x5klSlcFfmcaVOcFUSISjVbqzKwZaToU3iI9VysUiQHJFtrxb_Ar88yY4qWAxksFNaKQE/s320/6.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Mustafaev, 2018,
p.97.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Katherine
Pell<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
Collections Officer<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">MoDiP
would like to extend our thanks to Nazim Mustafaev for sending us a copy of his
book and for allowing us permission to reproduce images in this blog.<br /></span></i><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">References:<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;">Cruse,
J. (2007). <i>The comb: its history and development</i>. London: Robert Hale.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Kaufman,
M. (1963). <i>The first century of plastics</i>. London: Council of the
Plastics Institute.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Mustafaev,
N. (2018). <i>Celluloid heel</i>. Moscow: Shoe Icons.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://eng.shoe-icons.com/files/24.pdf" style="font-family: arial;">https://eng.shoe-icons.com/files/24.pdf</a></div><div style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/024575959/publication/US1997317A?q=1997317">https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/024575959/publication/US1997317A?q=1997317<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158866">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158866<br /></a></span><br /><a href="https://www.tourismesaintleu.fr/patrimoine-industriel.htm"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.tourismesaintleu.fr/patrimoine-industriel.htm</span></a></div><p>
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<span face=""Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>MoDiPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634086198252390659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1689662491938464497.post-45866111843666956512023-02-08T00:30:00.022+00:002023-02-08T00:30:00.224+00:00WaterWheel, Wello, 2022<div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Water is
an essential requirement for all life, but it is estimated that over two
billion people live in areas where there is no access to clean water. Across
the world many women and children travel long distances each day to collect
water for drinking, hygiene and crop irrigation, affecting life chances for
themselves and their families.</span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZOoxfyKeRQqXS4ZdNBF7MoUZm0DhocjdpA7ge_PkBZRbTSUcci7ZVDovzEDaDsVi7-25SIrL2wT1cUNmVsosvhwn93L5zqlM5pvhR5ySaibddf5Pq-wS49FcgFRGuPt693LFjAwxzM42w8NxK8yCeaYO3ibxj8bznkjsftef6M256vq6lCxdp44i/s567/1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZOoxfyKeRQqXS4ZdNBF7MoUZm0DhocjdpA7ge_PkBZRbTSUcci7ZVDovzEDaDsVi7-25SIrL2wT1cUNmVsosvhwn93L5zqlM5pvhR5ySaibddf5Pq-wS49FcgFRGuPt693LFjAwxzM42w8NxK8yCeaYO3ibxj8bznkjsftef6M256vq6lCxdp44i/s320/1.jpg" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009138" target="_blank">AIBDC : 009138<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image
credit: MoDiP</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">MoDiP’s current
exhibition,<span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/exhibitions/endurance">Endurance</a></span><span style="color: #333333;">, </span>looks at the ways in which plastics materials have been used in a
variety of situations and environments to support life, including in areas of
drought. It explores how plastics have been used to <span style="background: white;">ease the burden of carrying clean water long distances, showcasing</span>
the <span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009138">Wello WaterWheel</a></span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span>(refer
image above), the brainchild of Cynthia Koenig. She was
inspired to develop something to help alleviate the difficulties of collecting
and carrying water which she had observed when living and working, for almost
two decades, with communities throughout Central America, Southern Africa and
South and Southeast Asia. She is a ‘firm believer in the potential for business
to alleviate poverty in the developing world’ and has helped launch a range of
ventures, of which the development, manufacture and distribution of the Wello
WaterWheel is one.<br /></span><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">It was the
result of a series of pilot projects across India by a team who engaged with
thousands of potential users, its shape inspired by the matka, an
earthenware pot traditionally used in India for water storage in the home
(refer image below).</span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLlWAZYCnUnWz000aXgdkxpDso_e3xcL-NegPBReFBEk-aA_dBIwDxds1H8nNBBj1EnGShZskG1R0UUaHvzeqYafUlMO04ZHe3NsLWt1mbl_HkwuF0T4RCS5D_TbwK9fXwn3FejqG_1FVPeuGiApTdlb5SlZoEOw_nvgdMfod1v3ng7zg_MyNMvOI/s425/3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="319" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLlWAZYCnUnWz000aXgdkxpDso_e3xcL-NegPBReFBEk-aA_dBIwDxds1H8nNBBj1EnGShZskG1R0UUaHvzeqYafUlMO04ZHe3NsLWt1mbl_HkwuF0T4RCS5D_TbwK9fXwn3FejqG_1FVPeuGiApTdlb5SlZoEOw_nvgdMfod1v3ng7zg_MyNMvOI/s320/3.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Image credit: </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0293/6448/6192/files/PS_0085.png?v=1615027376"><span style="line-height: 107%;">https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0293/<br />6448/6192/files/PS_0085.png?v=1615027376</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The drum,
made from high density polyethylene (HDPE), is rolled on its side, with the
help of a metal handlebar, rather than carried. It has reinforced axels that
protect the outer skin of the WaterWheel from wear and tear and handholds on
either side provide better handling. The balanced shape is designed to increase
performance over rough terrain, and it<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> can be
managed easily by a child. Its 45 litre capacity enables more water to be
transported at once, meaning fewer trips, resulting in more time to spend on
childcare, school work or employment.</span> Produced and distributed within
India, it retails for an affordable price. </span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2ABjaL8FCRV3HFV17iZVVzc9z0kyjJKPP8uZ8yBjX_wvXEHXZkVsuGCw_u4lm9DBSIPad0cQioQN6TfGWueNQR9MHYU0H7pE-5OTahfoq8S9RiGDzmyYKJqrk7SLCNgnvAy9sRWKPjysMftmNgRlPqWPVmvniw-eFKmdsYPC7O9WA9ahmyv4I2Il/s689/2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="689" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2ABjaL8FCRV3HFV17iZVVzc9z0kyjJKPP8uZ8yBjX_wvXEHXZkVsuGCw_u4lm9DBSIPad0cQioQN6TfGWueNQR9MHYU0H7pE-5OTahfoq8S9RiGDzmyYKJqrk7SLCNgnvAy9sRWKPjysMftmNgRlPqWPVmvniw-eFKmdsYPC7O9WA9ahmyv4I2Il/s320/2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: <a href="https://www.csrmandate.org/nilkamal-partners-with-wello-for-its-patent-rolling-water-technology/">https://www.csrmandate.org/nilkamal-partners<br />-with-wello-for-its-patent-rolling-water-technology/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The <a href="https://www.modip.ac.uk/artefact/aibdc-009138">Wello WaterWheel</a> is on display in MoDiP until 10<sup>th</sup> March 2023, and here it is on the left, below, drawn by one of our talented MA Fine Art students who was sketching the museum back in November.</span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtgD9-pYjhvwgXshJfrvYdfc7USnUDbNE2tlDw7-j6yFX7oO_uIqtjx-x_cSRlrV4gwk41obS_6-0kZjHwc9AGq0JsLIxTcMTd8PKaknBj_cQJl1eBZ4f8pqlvflbTgE7CV8LCm1ktX-ioWenuPvS4bys77kq129Wb1aglV3s48HacIjeXIcNhWuH/s1182/Sourabh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1182" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtgD9-pYjhvwgXshJfrvYdfc7USnUDbNE2tlDw7-j6yFX7oO_uIqtjx-x_cSRlrV4gwk41obS_6-0kZjHwc9AGq0JsLIxTcMTd8PKaknBj_cQJl1eBZ4f8pqlvflbTgE7CV8LCm1ktX-ioWenuPvS4bys77kq129Wb1aglV3s48HacIjeXIcNhWuH/s320/Sourabh.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Image credit: Sourabh Sharma, November 2022.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pam Langdown<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Documentation Officer</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><p>
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