All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic

Not for these times

Nick Holdsworth / August 2, 2021

PLASTIC: Hagiography of the inventor of the world’s first plastic, pushing the message that it «is the material of dreams».

All Things Bakelite: The Age of Plastic, Bakelite, Hugh Karraker, John Maher, Kodak, plastic, Shellac

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