collection high-lights

Newly acquired by MoDiP as part of the Plastics Historical Collection, is this lovely spice box or masala dabba. A masala dabba is used for the short-term storage of the most commonly used spices in Indian cuisine. These containers enable the cook to have their favourite spices to hand without...

With Easter fast approaching, I was particularly pleased to find this little gem amongst objects recently acquired as part of the collection of the Plastics Historical Society. Small and perfectly formed, this small green egg contains two simple bases which push into the upturned half egg shells, to...

In 1928 Wallace H. Carothers, an organic chemistry lecturer at Harvard University, joined DuPont, a chemical manufacturing company, to lead a research team identifying potential commercial uses for different polymers. After several years of experimentation, the chemists produced a material that...

Our Project aim: 3D print and construct a Zoetrope, see our last blog post for our initial plans (http://museumofdesigninplastics.blogspot.com/2019/01/student-creative-a…) fig. 1 - A Zoetrope MoDiP – font of all plastic inspiration The collection at MoDiP has allowed us to see...

MoDiP is proud to be able to contribute to TheGallery, AUB, exhibition Dazzle & The Art of Defence . Following AUB’s collaborative contribution to Dazzle: Disguise and Disruption in War and Art, curated by James Taylor and held at the St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery in Lymington, this major new...

The British Restaurant scheme evolved from the Londoners’ Meals Service, which had been providing emergency feeding centres for people in London. This included people who had been bombed out of their homes, people who were unable to prepare meals due to interruptions in the supply of gas...