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Side view of a cup and saucer showing the elegant handle.

Red cup and saucer

Designer (Person)
Harman Powell, David
Manufacturer
Ranton & Company
Date
1958
Side view of a plate showing the curving edges.

Jelly plate

Designer (Person)
Urquiola, Patricia
Manufacturer
Kartell
Date
2013
Side view of a golf ball showing the sales sticker.

Dunlop 65 golf ball

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Telcon Plastics
Date
1920 - 1939 (circa)
Front view of a radio showing the round body.

Ekco type A22

Designer (Person)
Coates, Wells
Manufacturer
EK Cole
Date
1945
Front view of a chair showing the black legs and red seat.

E Series Chair

Designer (Person)
Day, Robin
Manufacturer
Hille
Date
2014
Side view of a stool showing it open.

Oneshot

Designer (Person)
Jouin, Patrick
Designer (Organisation)
.MGX
Manufacturer
Materialise
Date
2014
Front view of a hat showing the small peak.

1125 Classic Safety helmet

Designer (Person)
Powell, Roger E.
Manufacturer
Centurion Safety Products
Date
2015
Front view of a helmet showing the bowl shape.

Plasfort helmet

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Plasfort
Date
1940 - 1945 (circa)
Side view of a herb infuser showing green stalk and red body.

Chili herb infuser

Designer (Organisation)
Ototo Design
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
2015
Front view of a bag showing the wide, integral handle.

Le Paseo

Designer (Person)
Lacroix, Christian
Manufacturer
Kartell
Date
2015
Front view of a brooch showing the layered sections.

Lea Stein Attila cat brooch

Designer (Person)
Stein, Lea
Manufacturer
Lea Stein
Date
1969 - 1981
Side view of a sample of catalin showing the sawn edge.

Elephant shaped sample, 1 of 2

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

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Images

  • Has images 5360
  • No images 2301

Classification

  • house and garden 2069
  • fashion and costume 977
  • packaging and materials handling 952
  • health, care and grooming 698
  • office and workplace 503
  • toys and games 433
  • promotional material 413
  • travel and holiday 353
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 350
  • audio visual 349
  • plastics and the environment 295
  • plastics samples and industry 262
  • photographic 177
  • smoking 168
  • textiles 152
  • telecommunications 133
  • construction and building services 118

Date

  • 1800-1899 488
  • 1900-1999 5148
  • 2000-date 2059

Material

  • plastic 7661
    • polystyrene 808
    • polypropylene 762
    • polyethylene 734
    • plastic (natural) 677
    • unidentified 612
    • phenol formaldehyde 504
    • polyamide 370
    • urea formaldehyde 322
    • polyvinyl chloride 318
    • acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 289
    • polymethyl methacrylate 279
    • polyester 219
    • cellulose nitrate 214
    • melamine formaldehyde 208
    • polyurethane 147
    • rubber 141
    • recycled 139
    • cellulose acetate 129
    • polycarbonate 117
    • polyethylene terephthalate 108
    • silicone 91
    • biopolymer 64
    • fibre-reinforced plastic 56
    • polylactic acid 35
    • styrene acrylonitrile 32
    • thermoplastic elastomer 32
    • polyacetal 24
    • ethylene vinyl acetate 22
    • casein formaldehyde 19
  • metal 1314
  • animal 749
  • textile 465
  • paper 295
  • glass 245
  • wood 88
  • other 25

Method

  • injection moulded 2609
  • compression moulded 959
  • extruded 428
  • cut 384
  • unknown 279
  • blow moulded 276
  • pressed 259
  • polished 229
  • thermoformed 200
  • shaved 199
  • stitched 190
  • filed 169
  • cast 129
  • woven 112
  • spun 106
  • calendered 92
  • knitted 82
  • fabricated 78
  • hand finished 63
  • injection blow moulded 63
  • foamed 61
  • moulded 53
  • carved 50
  • hollowed out 47
  • printed 47
  • vacuum formed 46
  • handmade 42
  • painted 31
  • heat welded 25
  • laminated 25
  • welded 21
  • 3d printed 17
  • turned 16
  • rotational moulded 15
  • engraved 11
  • insert moulded 11
  • machined 11
  • bonded 9
  • radio frequency welded 9
  • drilled 8
  • machine cut 6
  • flocked 6
  • extrusion blow moulded 6
  • etched 6
  • high frequency welded 5
  • laser cut 5
  • lathe cut 5
  • resin transfer moulded 5
  • folded 4
  • injection stretch blow moulded 4
  • plated 4
  • die cast 3
  • stained 3
  • hand machined 2
  • typed 2
  • routed 2
  • home made 2
  • heated 2
  • melt blown 2
  • hand knitted 2
  • dip moulded 2
  • crocheted 2
  • chipped 2
  • braided 2
  • batch dyed 2
  • ground 2
  • reaction injection moulded 1
  • vapour deposition 1
  • twincut 1
  • tumble polished 1
  • tricot 1
  • thermal bonded 1
  • shredded 1
  • rotocast 1
  • knotted 1
  • pierced 1
  • needle punched 1
  • laser etched 1
  • hand laid 1
  • gas assisted injection moulded 1
  • forged 1
  • electrodeposition 1
  • dipped 1
  • blown film extruded 1
  • wound 1

Person

  • U 4904
  • R 123
  • B 117
  • M 78
  • S 69
  • C 58
  • H 57
  • P 56
  • G 55
  • W 52
  • L 48
  • D 42
  • K 29
  • J 27
  • A 25
  • F 21
  • E 20
  • N 19
  • O 19
  • V 18
  • T 17
  • Y 9
  • Q 7

Organisation

  • U 2454
  • B 645
  • S 484
  • M 443
  • C 424
  • P 406
  • T 401
  • A 300
  • R 283
  • G 266
  • E 210
  • D 202
  • L 200
  • H 197
  • K 194
  • W 171
  • F 152
  • N 148
  • I 128
  • J 118
  • O 97
  • V 90
  • Z 41
  • Y 27
  • Q 24
  • # 11

Country

  • uk 1859
  • unknown 1077
  • china 484
  • usa 204
  • italy 180
  • germany 142
  • france 123
  • japan 105
  • hong kong 77
  • taiwan 72
  • sweden 57
  • denmark 36
  • thailand 30
  • switzerland 27
  • the netherlands 27
  • spain 23
  • belgium 21
  • australia 19
  • indonesia 18
  • korea 17
  • mexico 15
  • west germany 15
  • africa 12
  • austria 12
  • brazil 10
  • czech republic 10
  • finland 10
  • india 10
  • singapore 10
  • canada 9
  • portugal 9
  • greece 8
  • south africa 8
  • ireland 6
  • malaysia 6
  • israel 5
  • sri lanka 5
  • vietnam 5
  • cambodia 4
  • poland 4
  • holland 3
  • new zealand 3
  • philippines 3
  • romania 3
  • tunisia 3
  • turkey 3
  • yugoslavia 3
  • united arab emirates 2
  • russia 2
  • pakistan 2
  • luxembourg 2
  • lithuania 2
  • czechoslovakia 2
  • bangladesh 2
  • barbados 1
  • chile 1
  • ghana 1
  • honduras 1
  • hungary 1
  • kenya 1
  • malaya 1
  • malta 1
  • norway 1
  • slovenia 1
  • trinidad and tobago 1
  • zanzibar 1

Colour

  • black 1563
  • white 1461
  • blue 1097
  • brown 1096
  • green 941
  • red 849
  • multi-coloured 676
  • yellow 632
  • cream 609
  • colourless 508
  • silver 490
  • grey 416
  • orange 404
  • pink 347
  • gold 173
  • purple 130
  • colour print 32
  • black and white print 8

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