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В 1960 г. лучшим пластмассовым изделием пятидесятых, как утверждают некоторые - в том числе уважаемые - шведские источники, было признано ведро. Да, простое бытовое ведро! А его автор, шведский дизайнер Карл-Арне Брегер, получил прозвище «тот парень с ведром». На самом деле это ведро не так наивно, как кажется на первый взгляд. Бергер спроектировал его в 1955 г., когда работал в компании «Gustavsberg», с 1945 г. занимавшейся освоением нового для себя материала, пластмассы. До этого дизайнер создал несколько изделий, но они не принесли ему такой славы, как это ведро. Во-первых, в отличие от традиционных круглых ведер квадратное ведро Брегера занимало меньше места: за счет своей формы оно лучше вписывалось в углы и позволяло оптимизировать пространство. Во-вторых, выливать воду из ведра такой формы было гораздо проще и быстрее, чем из круглого. Годом позднее Роберто Менги спроектирует ведро с носиком, которое получит «Золотой циркуль», но и он не откажется от традиционной формы. Продолжение следует. ——— The best plastic product of the 1950s was a bucket. Yes, an ordinary household bucket. According to several Swedish sources, including some reputable ones, that was the distinction awarded in 1960 to a design by Carl-Arne Breger. Thanks to this piece the Swedish designer even earned himself the nickname “that guy with the bucket.” But this bucket was far more ingenious than it might appear at first glance. Breger designed it in 1955, while working at Gustavsberg, a Swedish manufacturer that had begun experimenting with plastics in 1945. He had already created several products, but none would bring him anything like the recognition he received for this humble bucket. What made it so special? First, it was square rather than round. Unlike conventional buckets, Breger's design fitted neatly into corners, took up less space, and made storage more efficient. Second, its shape made pouring water considerably easier and faster than with a traditional round bucket. A year later, Italian designer Roberto Menghi would create a bucket with a pouring spout that went on to win the prestigious Compasso d'Oro award. Yet even Menghi retained the familiar round shape. Breger, meanwhile, had challenged the very geometry of an everyday object that most people had never thought to question. To be continued… (photos: digitaltmuseum.se, collection.nationalmuseum.se, magasin10.se, se.readly.com, kvallsstunden.se)

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