Images from the new retrospective exhibition by UK design duo Industrial Facility at the Design Museum in London. Running alongside the exhibition is a selection of items designer Sam Hecht has amassed that cost ‘Under a Fiver' - cheap everyday items that act as a touch point and source of inspiration for his own work. In this sense Hecht is another designer that reminds me of Sori Yanagi who wrote a serious of classic essays on everyday anonymously designed objects and their importance. I am also hoping that the coffee pot above (designed for Muji - as is the telephone, toilet brush and wine bottle opener) will be available in the new MUJI store opening in the New York Times building this coming Friday.
Here are some of the "Under a Fiver" (aka under £5 / $10) items from the show and an essay by Hecht.
PS: to be fair some of the work here. notably the USB enabled Ten Key Calculator, is designed by a Industrial Facility member Ippei Matsumoto who is originally from Japan and the majority of these designs are for the Japanese market or Japan based companies. A couple of the great exceptions to the rule are the cutlery set and the knife for Taylor's Eye Witness that are both produced in my home town of Sheffield.
“An object is no more important than the thing that it rests on or the room that it sits in.” Sam Hecht, Industrial Facility
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