dish
- Museum number
- 2014,8024.539.a-d
- Description
-
Set of stacking dishes with lid, melamine, mould-made, in three colours, moss green, white and yellow (a-c), with yellow lid (d).
- Production date
-
1964 (designed)
-
1964-1971 (produced)
- Dimensions
-
Diameter: 12.50 centimetres (dish)
-
Diameter: 12.40 centimetres (lid)
-
Height: 5.80 centimetres (dish)
-
Height: 1.50 centimetres (lid)
-
Height: 17.80 centimetres (total when stacked)
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- Made by the firm of Articoli Plastici Elettrici in Cologno Monzese, Milan, the Vignelli's stacking dinnerware was one of the most successful products of their design studio. This set of stacking dishes is part of a range of tableware named 'Compact' that was both lightweight and space-saving to store. The range won the Compasso d'Oro prize in 1964, see https://www.adi-design.org/compasso-d-oro.html
In 1971, production moved to America where it was made by Heller Inc, New York.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2014
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased by donor from Margaret Howell, Wigmore Street, London in April 2013.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2014,8024.539.a-d
