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Design Classic – Egg carton (1911)

Student
Lecturer/s
Course/s

BA Design Warm-Up – Foundation Course

Year

2021

semester

Design classic – Egg carton (1911)

 

The egg box was developed in 1911 by the canadien journalist Joseph Coyle, in order to arbitrate in a dispute between a farmer and a hotelier. As time went by it became an industry product and his original shape got forgotten. Today, except from the normal and known egg box there exist also many designer- egg boxes, like for example the one of the design student Gil Rodriguez from Portugal: the Hex-Egg-On.

Der Eierkarton wurde 1911 vom kanadischen Journalisten Joseph Coyle erfunden, um einen Streit wegen zerbrochener Eier zwischen einem Bauern und einem Hotelbesitzer zu schlichten. Im laufe der Zeit entwickelte er sich zum Industrieprodukt und seine urspruengliche form gerat in vergessenheit. Heute gibt es neben dem bekannten Eierkarton, auch einige Designer-Eierkartone wie jener des portugesischen designstudent Gil Rodriguez – den Hex-Egg-On.

La scatola per le uova è stata prodotta per la prima volta nel 1911 dal giornalista canadese Joseph Coyle, per evitare un continuo litigio fra un contadino e un albergatore. Col passare del tempo la scatola per le uova si è trasformata in un prodotto industriale e la sua forma originale venne dimenticata. Oggi, a parte alle scatole conosciute esistono anche quelle prodotte da designer come il portoghese Gil Rodriguez: il Hex-Egg-On