January 2017

In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in...

Did you know that all of our past exhibitions are available online? National identity: Sweden, United Kingdom, Italy MoDiP recently acquired a collection of Swedish design from the mid-20th century. Prompted by the clear stylistic character of the objects we began to think about the identifiable...

This year we have three Student Creatives working with MoDiP. Last but not least we will ask Adrian Finn to introduce himself and his project: I am a third year Architecture student at AUB, and have been given the opportunity to promote the Museum of Design in Plastics. My project with MoDiP seeks...

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

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

This year we have three Student Creatives working with MoDiP, we have asked them to introduce themselves. Our second student is Rebecca Smith: I am currently in my second year studying Architecture at the Arts University Bournemouth and think this opportunity with MoDiP to be a student creative is a...

In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in...

Did you know that all of our past exhibitions are available online? Threads: plastics wearing well The word threads has been a slang term for clothing since the 1920s. It also describes the extraordinary variety of textile fibres from which our clothing is made. From the development of the earliest...

This year we have three Student Creatives working with MoDiP. Over the next three weeks we will get them to introduce themsleves to you. First Dorine Bessièr: I am an MA Commercial Photography student specialising in still life. Having studied photography, art and drawing for several years in Paris...

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