Fantastic Plastic
by Mossman, SusanFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-09-02
Publisher(s): Black Dog Pub Ltd
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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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 6 |
| Emerging consumer markets | p. 15 |
| What are plastics? | p. 33 |
| Natural plastics - known since antiquity | p. 41 |
| Semi-synthetic plastics and the nineteenth century | p. 55 |
| Synthetic plastics and the twentieth century | p. 75 |
| Towards colour | p. 91 |
| The plastics explosion | p. 97 |
| Beyond the 1930s | p. 135 |
| Form in plastic | p. 149 |
| Design 1940s-present | p. 155 |
| New plastics | p. 165 |
| Fantastic plastic? | p. 179 |
| The future was plastic | p. 183 |
| Plastic sources | p. 187 |
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