AGA Rangemaster

Design Archive: AGA Rangemaster Group plc.

Estd: The origins of the founding companies in the AGA Rangemaster Group can be traced back to 1709.

Locations: Coalbrookdale, Telford and Royal Leamington Spa (Group HQ).

The AGA Rangemaster Group have a combined history of over 300 years, beginning with industrialist Abraham Darby who, in 1707 was granted by royal letter patent allowing the sole use and benefit of his innovative method of “casting iron bellied pots and other iron bellied ware in sand only without loam or clay”. Nowadays they are best known for the design and manufacture of classic high quality cookers, cooking ranges and cookware.

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Matchbooks #0107

The collector: Krista Charles, art stylist, Albuquerque, NM, US.

The collection: Matchbooks.

The story behind the collection...

For each matchbook I find where the location of the business would be in Google Maps and on the inside cover of the matchbook I make a pencil sketch of whatever is now shown at this location. On average each drawing takes about two hours to complete, so I typically spend more time at these digital locations than I might if I traveled there in person.

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Soviet Posters #0106

The collector: Dante, US.

The collection: Soviet Posters.

The story behind the collection...

As a child I was always collecting something. I collected anything from the fad collectables of Pogs and Crazy BOnes to old bottles and postage stamps. I found my first 'wild' bottle in a marsh along the Delaware River near my old home in Bristol, Pennsylvania with my father. Since then I have always enjoyed the thrill of the hunt, whether it be at flea markets or out in the dirt of an old dump.

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Jaguar

Design Archive: Jaguar

Est. 1922

Locations: Coventry, Gaydon & Birmingham (UK)

Jaguar is a successful British luxury car manufacturer with a long and illustrious heritage dating back to the early beginnings of the automotive industry. It has an extensive historic vehicle collection and archive at The Jaguar Heritage Museum which is run by the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust and is located at the site of the former Jaguar factory in Browns Lane, Coventry

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Vintage Lighters #0105

The collector: Eldon Baldon, Baltimore, US.

The collection: Vintage lighters.

The story behind the collection...

I’ve been collecting vintage cigarette lighters for over twenty years. Though I’ve lived in Baltimore for most of my adult life, I grew up in rural Maryland where my fascination with vintage lighters began.

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Electrical & Telegraph Insulators #0104

The collector: Shaun Kotlarsky, Graphic Designer, Detroit suburbs, Michigan, US.

The collection: Electrical and telegraph insulators.

The story behind the collection...

I collect electrical and telegraph insulators. Some of my areas of speciality are: Hemingray made insulators and glassware, classic porcelain insulators, colourful glass and porcelain insulators and Italian insulators. If I like it I collect it.

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