Melamin tebul we yu de yuz de mek yu ebul fɔ liv na yu dɛk we yu nɔ de wɔri bɔt fɔ pwɛl yu fayn fayn china. Fɛn ɔut aw dɛn prɛktikal tin ya bin bi impɔtant fɔ it ɛvride insay di 1950 dɛm ɛn afta dat.
Leanne Potts na jɔnalist we dɔn win awdhɔ ɛn we dɔn de kɔba dizayn ɛn haus fɔ tati ia. I na ɛkspɛkt pan ɔltin frɔm we i pik wan rum in kɔlɔ palet to fɔ gro heirloom tomato to di ɔrijin fɔ mɔdanism insay intɛriɔ dizayn. In wok dɔn apia na HGTV, Parade, BHG, Travul Chanɛl ɛn Bob Vila.
Makus Rivs na pɔsin we gɛt ɛkspiriɛns fɔ rayt buk, pɔblisha, ɛn fɔ chɛk di tru tin dɛn. I bigin fɔ rayt ripɔt fɔ di magazin we dɛn kɔl The Source. In wok dɔn de na di Nyu Yɔk Tayms, Plɛybɔy, Di Washinton Post ɛn Rolling Stone, ɛn ɔda buk dɛn. In buk, Sɔmbɔdi Skrim: Di Riz ɔf Rap Myuzik insay di Blak Pawa Aftashɔk, bin nominate fɔ wan Zora Nil Hurston Awod. I na adjɔnt fakulti mɛmba na Nyu Yɔk Yunivasiti, usay i de tich fɔ rayt ɛn fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn. Makus bin gɛt in bachelor digri frɔm Rutgers Yunivasiti na Nyu Brunswik, Nyu Jɛsi.
Insay Amɛrika afta di wɔ, di tipik midul-klas neba bin gɛt patio dina, bɔku pikin dɛn, ɛn leisurely get-togethers usay yu nɔ go drim fɔ go dina wit fayn china ɛn ebi ebi damask tebul klos. Bifo dat, di tin dɛn we dɛn bin lɛk fɔ yuz da tɛm de na plastic kɔtlɛri, mɔ di wan dɛn we dɛn mek wit melamin.
Dɔktɔ Ana Rut Gatling, we na ɛstɛt prɔfɛsɔ fɔ intɛriɔ dizayn na Ɔban Yunivasiti we de tich wan kɔs bɔt di istri bɔt intɛriɔ dizayn, bin tɔk se: “Mɛlamin rili fayn fɔ dis ɛvride layf.”
Melamin na wan plastic resin we wan Jaman kemist Justus von Liebig bin mek insay di 1830s. Bɔt bikɔs di tin dɛn we dɛn bin de yuz bin dia fɔ mek ɛn Vɔn Libig nɔ bin ɛva disayd wetin fɔ du wit di tin we i mek, i bin de slip fɔ wan ɔndrɛd ia. Insay di ia 1930, di tin dɛn we dɛn bin dɔn mek wit tɛknɔlɔji bin mek i nɔ bin dia fɔ mek melamin, so di wan dɛn we de mek di tin dɛn bin bigin fɔ tink bɔt wetin fɔ mek wit am, ɛn leta dɛn kam fɔ no se dɛn kin ɔt dis kayn plastic we gɛt tɛmosɛt ɛn mol am fɔ mek i bi tin dɛn fɔ it we dɛn nɔ go pe fɔ, we dɛn kin mek bɔku bɔku wan.
Insay di fɔs tɛm, di Amɛrikan Saynamid we de na Nyu Jɛsi na bin wan pan di big big wan dɛn we de mek ɛn sheb melamin paoda to di plastic industri. Dɛn bin rejista dɛn melamin plastic ɔnda di tredmak “Melmac”. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin yuz dis tin bak fɔ mek wach kes, stov handel ɛn fɔnicha handel, dɛn kin yuz am mɔ fɔ mek tebul tin dɛn.
Dɛn bin de yuz melamin tebul tin dɛn bɔku bɔku wan insay Wɔl Wɔ Tu ɛn dɛn bin de mek am bɔku bɔku wan fɔ sojaman dɛn, skul dɛn, ɛn ɔspitul dɛn. Bikɔs mɛtal ɛn ɔda tin dɛn nɔ bɔku, dɛn kin tek nyu plastic as di tin dɛn we dɛn go yuz tumara bambay. Nɔ lɛk ɔda fɔs fɔs plastic dɛn lɛk Bakelite, melamine na kemikal stebul ɛn i kin te fɔ bia fɔ was ɛn ɔt ɔltɛm.
Afta di wɔ, bɔku bɔku tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek tebul we dɛn kɔl melamin bin kam insay bɔku bɔku os dɛn. Gatlin bin tɔk se: “Insay di ia 1940, tri big big melamin plant dɛn bin de, bɔt bay di ia 1950, bɔku bɔku plant dɛn bin de.” Sɔm pan di brand dɛn we pipul dɛn lɛk fɔ kuk we dɛn kɔl melamin na Branchell, Texas Ware, Lenox Ware, Prolon, Mar-crest, Boontonware, ɛn Raffia Ware. .
As bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn na Amɛrika bin de muf go na di eria dɛn we de nia di siti afta di ikɔmik bɔm afta di wɔ, dɛn bin bay sɛt dɛn we dɛn mek wit melamin dina fɔ fit dɛn nyu os ɛn layf we dɛn de liv. Fɔ liv na patio dɔn bi nyu tin we pipul dɛn lɛk, ɛn famili dɛn nid plastic tin dɛn we nɔ dia we dɛn kin kɛr go na do. Insay di tɛm we di pikin dɛn bin de bɔku, melamin na bin di bɛst tin fɔ yuz da tɛm de. Gatlin bin tɔk se: “Di it dɛn rili nɔ kɔmɔn ɛn yu nɔ nid fɔ tek tɛm.” “Yu kin trowe dɛn!”
Advatayzmɛnt frɔm da tɛm de bin de tɔk bɔt Mɛlmak kuk we na majik plastic fɔ “liv we nɔ gɛt wan wɔri insay di klas tradishɔn.” Wan ɔda advatayzmɛnt fɔ Branchell in Kɔlɔ-Flayt layn frɔm di 1950 dɛn bin tɔk se tin dɛn we dɛn kin kuk “gɛt garanti se dɛn nɔ go chip, krak ɔ brok.” Di kɔlɔ dɛn we pipul dɛn lɛk na pink, blu, turquoise, mint, yɔlɔ ɛn wayt, wit vibrant jɔyometrik shep dɛn we gɛt flawa ɔ atɔmik stayl.
Gatlin bin tɔk se: “Di prɔsperiti we bin de insay di 1950s nɔ bin tan lɛk ɛni ɔda tɛn ia.” Di optimism fɔ di tɛm de sho insay di vibrant kɔlɔ ɛn shep dɛn fɔ dɛn it ya, i tɔk. Gatlin bin tɔk se: “Melamin tebul tin dɛn gɛt ɔl dɛn signature mid-century geometric shep dɛn, lɛk slɛnd bol dɛn ɛn nit smɔl kɔp handel dɛn, we mek i spɛshal.” Dɛn kin ɛnkɔrej pipul dɛn we de bay fɔ miks ɛn mach di kɔlɔ dɛn fɔ mek dɛn gɛt kriaytiv ɛn stayl to di dɛkɔreshɔn. ɛnjɔy.
Di bɛst pat na dat di Melmac rili afɔdabul: wan sɛt we gɛt 4 pipul dɛn bin de kɔst lɛk $15 insay di 1950s ɛn lɛk $175 naw. Gatlin bin tɔk se: “Dɛn nɔ valyu. “Yu kin gri wit di tin dɛn we de apin ɛn rili sho yu pɔsin bikɔs yu gɛt di opshɔn fɔ chenj dɛn afta sɔm ia ɛn gɛt nyu kɔlɔ dɛn.”
Di we aw dɛn mek di melamin tebul tin dɛn bak rili wɔndaful. American Cyanamid bin haya industrial disayna Rɔsɛl Rayt, we bin briŋ mɔdanism to di Amɛrikan tebul wit in American Modern layn fɔ tebul we frɔm Steubenville Pottery Company, fɔ wok in majik wit plastic tebul. Rayt bin disayn di Melmac layn fɔ tebul fɔ di Nɔtan Plastik Kɔmni, we win wan Miusiɔm fɔ Mɔdan At awɔd fɔ gud dizayn insay 1953. Di kɔleshiɔn we dɛn kɔl “Os” na bin wan pan di kɔleshiɔn dɛn we Melmac bin lɛk pas ɔl insay di 1950 dɛm.
Insay di ia 1970, dɛn nɔ bin lɛk di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ was dish ɛn maykrowev na Amɛrikan kichin, ɛn dɛn nɔ bin lɛk di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kuk we dɛn kɔl melamin. Di wɔnda plastic we bin de insay di 1950s nɔ bin sef fɔ yuz insay ɔl tu di tin dɛn we dɛn kin kuk ɛn dɛn dɔn tek Corelle in ples as di bɛtɛ tin we dɛn kin pik fɔ kuk ɛvride.
Bɔt insay di fɔs 2000 dɛm, melamin bin gɛt wan rinaysmɛnt wit di mid-sɛnchɔri mɔdan fɔnicha dɛm. Di ɔrijinal 1950s siriɔs bin bi kɔlektor in tin dɛn ɛn dɛn mek wan nyu layn fɔ melamin tebul we dɛn mek.
Teknik chenj dɛn we dɛn mek to di fɔmula ɛn di we aw dɛn mek am na di melamin de mek i sef na dishwasher ɛn gi am nyu layf. Na di sem tɛm, di intres we de gro pan sastaynabiliti dɔn mek melamin na pɔpul ɔltɛrnativ to dispɔzabl plet dɛn we kin dɔn na landfil afta dɛn dɔn yuz am wan tɛm.
Bɔt di US Food and Drug Administration bin tɔk se melamin stil nɔ fayn fɔ mek dɛn ɔt am na maykrowev, ɛn dis dɔn mek i nɔ de kam bak igen, i ol ɛn i nɔ de igen.
“In dis ej we pipul dɛn kin izi fɔ yuz, we difrɛn frɔm di 1950s difinishɔn fɔ kɔvinant, dat ol melamin dina we dɛn nɔ kin yuz ɛvride,” na so Gatlin tɔk. Trit durable 1950s dinaware wit di sem kia we yu go trit wan antik. Insay di 21st sɛntinari, plastic plet dɛn kin bi valyu tin dɛn fɔ gɛda, ɛn antik melamin kin bi fayn china.