Fantastic plastic : product design + consumer culture

Mossman, S. T. I. (Susan T. I.) (Author).

Summary: "Fantastic Plastic provides a fascinating look at how designs using plastics can be considered works of art, as well as objects of our everyday lives. Within Fantastic Plastic the material is explored, from the high end of furniture and product design, to the throwaway, disposable world of condoms and plastic bags. Fantastic Plastic shows how product design has developed and considers plastics' usability, technology and appearance. From the trademarked names of Spandex, Teflon, Nylon, Rayon, Formica and Tupperware, this book follows plastic through its iconic incarnations and reflects on how their function and reputation have changed over their lifetime."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9781906155407
ISBN: 1906155402
Physical Description: print
185, [4] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.
Publisher: London, UK : Black Dog Pub., c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Statement of responsibility from cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [188-189])
Formatted Contents Note:	Emerging consumer markets -- What are plastics? -- Natural plastics - known since antiquity -- Semi-synthetic plastics and the nineteenth century -- Synthetic plastics and the twentieth century -- Towards colour -- The plastics explosion -- Beyond the 1930s -- Form in plastic -- Design 1940s-present -- New plastics -- Fantastic plastic? -- The future was plastic -- Plastic sources.