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Mass production

Mass production

Social & Cultural

The production of large amounts of standardized products through the use of machine-assembly production methods and equipment.

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American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company project (Exterior perspective of model D101)

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company pro...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1915–1917

Self-Aligning Ball Bearing

Self-Aligning Ball Bearing

Sven Wingquist

1907

Table lamp

Table lamp

Carl Jakob Jucker

1923–1924

Post-it® Note

Post-it® Note

Art Fry

c. 1977

Campbell's Soup Cans

Campbell's Soup Cans

Andy Warhol

1962

Bicycle Wheel

Bicycle Wheel

Marcel Duchamp

New York, 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913)

Flat-Bottomed Paper Bag

Flat-Bottomed Paper Bag

Charles B. Stilwell

Designed 1870s-1880s

Harlequin Printed Fabric

S.M. Hexter Company

c. 1955

Bowls

Bowls

Rosenthal Porzellan A.G., Selb, Germany

Unknown

Tumblers

Tumblers

Earl S. Tupper

1954

Prisma Tumblers

Prisma Tumblers

Kaj Franck

1967

Nizo S 30 Super-8 Camera

Nizo S 30 Super-8 Camera

Robert Oberheim

1970

Spring-Band Blunt Scissors

George Ygfors

1974

Tanaqvil Flatware

Tanaqvil Flatware

Magnus Stephensen

1955

Servus Flatware

Servus Flatware

Sigurd Persson

1953-55

Highlight Flatware

Highlight Flatware

Russel Wright

1951

Fjord Flatware

Fjord Flatware

Jens H. Quistgaard

1953

mono-Ring Flatware

mono-Ring Flatware

Peter Raacke

1966

Polystrip Flexible Cable

Polystrip Flexible Cable

A. L. Pugh

1957

Vase

Vase

Elsa Fischer-Treyden

1966

Casserole with Handle

Casserole with Handle

Rosenthal Porzellan A.G., Selb, Germany

Unknown

Allegro armchair

Allegro armchair

Basil Spence

1949

Teapot

Teapot

Peter Behrens

c. 1901

Spirale Ashtray (7690)

Spirale Ashtray (7690)

Achille Castiglioni

1970

Dry Mocha Spoon (94180/9)

Dry Mocha Spoon (94180/9)

Achille Castiglioni

1981

Coffee Table

Alvar Aalto

1946–1947

Pitcher and Creamer

Pitcher and Creamer

Earl S. Tupper

1946

Ice Tups Popsicle Mold

Ice Tups Popsicle Mold

Earl S. Tupper

1955

Cubitainer Recessed Plug and Closure Containers

Thomas W. Winstead

1955

Disposable Foldable Razor

Giorgio Berretti

1975

Disposable Foldable Razor

Giorgio Berretti

1975

Tavoletto

Alberto Salvati

1967

Battery Jar

Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY

1920s

Air Flow Desk Fan

Air Flow Desk Fan

G. Byrn Company, Copenhagen

c. 1965

Ericofon Telephone

Ericofon Telephone

L.M. Ericsson Telephone Company, Sweden

1949–1959

Coiffeur/Set (model HLD 3/31)

Reinhold Weiss

1972

Combi Electric Shaver

Gerd Alfred Müller

1957

Lemon Squeezer

Lemon Squeezer

Gino Colombini

1958

Serving Bowl

Serving Bowl

Kenneth Brozen

1963

Drinking Cups

Drinking Cups

Earl S. Tupper

1946

Stacking Tableware (model TC 100)

Nick Roericht

1959

Spring-Band Pliers

Spring-Band Pliers

George Ygfors

1974

Spring-Band Pruning Scissors

George Ygfors

1974

Table Clock

Table Clock

Marianne Brandt

c.1932

Pack 2 Moped

Pack 2 Moped

Leopoldo Tartarini

1979

Stool (model B37)

Stool (model B37)

Marcel Breuer

1932

Border Riff #3 Sheer Fabric

Border Riff #3 Sheer Fabric

Ross Littell

c. 1948

Cubo Ashtrays

Cubo Ashtrays

Bruno Munari

1957

Design 2 Flatware

Don Wallance

1956

Infradito Nail Varnish Container

Infradito Nail Varnish Container

Maurizio Ficcadenti

1994

Bowl

Walter Zeischegg

1967

Pitcher

Pitcher

Koen De Winter

1976

Tea Infuser

Tea Infuser

Christian Dell

c. 1924

Strainer Funnel

Strainer Funnel

Rosenthal Porzellan A.G., Selb, Germany

Unknown

Mortar and Pestle

Mortar and Pestle

Rosenthal Porzellan A.G., Selb, Germany

Unknown

Landlok Erosion Mat

Landlok Erosion Mat

Synthetic Industries, Chattanooga, TN

1990

Sound-Level Indicator (model SL-120)

Sound-Level Indicator (model SL-120)

Henning Andreasen

1978

Lambda Chair

Lambda Chair

Richard Sapper

1959

Blow Inflatable Armchair

Jonathan De Pas

1967

Telephone (model F78)

Henning Andreasen

1977

Telephone (model F78)

Telephone (model F78)

Henning Andreasen

1977

Telephone (model F78)

Henning Andreasen

1977

Telephone (model F78)

Henning Andreasen

1977

Rain Drapery Fabric

Alexander Girard

1953

Rain (furnishing fabric)

Alexander Girard

1953

Poker Table

Poker Table

Joe Colombo

1968

Nesting Tables (model 4905-6-7/5)

Giotto Stoppino

1966

Drapery fabric (461)

Drapery fabric (461)

Konwiser Inc., New York, NY

Before 1955

Disposable Foldable Razor

Giorgio Berretti

1975

Disposable Foldable Razors

Disposable Foldable Razors

Giorgio Berretti

1975

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company project, (Plan oblique of unspecified model)

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company pro...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1915–1917

Square Plastic System Demountable Storage Cubes

Joe Colombo

1970

Spacer Fabric for Athletic Shoes

Synthetic Industries, Chattanooga, TN

1986

Dymaxion House, project (Perspective)

Dymaxion House, project (Perspective)

R. Buckminster Fuller

1930

Is Stool

Is Stool

Marco Ferreri

1993

Triennale Flatware

Triennale Flatware

Bertel Gardberg

1957

Roof Prism Binoculars

Nikon (Nippon Kogaku K.K.), Tokyo

1977

Leggera Side Chair (model 646)

Gio Ponti

1951

Braun Multipress Juice Separator/Lemon Squeezer (model MP...

Jürgen Greubel

1970

Beocenter 7000 Radio-Turntable-Cassette Combination

Beocenter 7000 Radio-Turntable-Cassette Combination

Jacob Jensen

1979

PS 2 Stereo Turntable

PS 2 Stereo Turntable

Dieter Rams

1963

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company, project, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Isometric plan of model J400

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company, pr...

Frank Lloyd Wright

c. 1915-17

Pyramat Erosion Mat

Pyramat Erosion Mat

Synthetic Industries, Chattanooga, TN

1992

The Rocks, Seating from The Multiples Series

The Rocks, Seating from The Multiples Series

Piero Gilardi

1967