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Jars Ceramics Tourron mug in Avocado, dessert plate in Orange, David Mellor Pride flatware, Libeco Indiana linen napkin
Manufacturer: Bodum, Denmark
Material: Beechwood
Design: Richard Nissen (Mills) C.Jørgensen (Tray)
Seventies
Technological advances during World War II brought a new generation of plastics to consumers. New "wonder materials" like Melamine, vinyl and polyethylene fit the relaxed lifestyles of the 1950s. Plastic products were:
• Functional but elegant
• Easy to clean and unbreakable
• Bright and colorful
• Imitative of more expensive materials
• Synthetic and mass produced and thus symbolic of progress.
DoITPoMS, University of Cambridge
Oven-to-tableware ceramics have a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and therefore a high resistance to thermal shock, which makes them suitable for use at a wide range of temperatures.
System
Miscellaneous
Composition
Not specified
Reaction
Processing
Applications
Sample preparation
Thin section
Technique
Transmitted polarised light microscopy, with sensitive tint plate
Contributor
Dr K M Knowles
Organisation
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Unable to find get a good fire shot in time to post by 52weeks2015 week14 theme; Fire deadline.... but found this lovely table while at dinner on Martha's Vineyard.
Designer Eva Sjödin on MYNDIG: "The irregular shapes of the plates and bowls in the MYNDIG series are inspired by origami, or paper folding. When I was designing the series, I started by folding paper into a variety of different shapes, expressions and functions. Pleats and folds then became the basis for MYNDIG, a series that I think radiates both sharpness and softness - and that I hope retains the feeling of lightness present in the paper models."