Sunglasses
Sunglasses
1994 (made)
1994 (made)
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| Place of origin |
These sunglasses were part of a larger collection of sunglasses designed by Boontje in 1994 for one of his graduation projects at the Royal College of Art.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sunglasses (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Resin and metal |
| Brief description | Sunglasses, resin lenses on metal headband, Tord Boontje, Netherlands or Great Britain, 1994 |
| Physical description | Futuristic sunglasses, blue resin lenses on metallic headband that encircles head. Glasses made without a nose bridge. |
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| Object history | Registered File number 1995/771, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Future Street Style uk/2045 [1994]' (includes the T-shirt T.383-1995, the skirt T.408-1995, the trousers T.409-1995, the necklace T.411-1995, the bracelet T.419-1995 and the shoes T.421-1995). |
| Summary | These sunglasses were part of a larger collection of sunglasses designed by Boontje in 1994 for one of his graduation projects at the Royal College of Art. |
| Bibliographic reference | Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties
Not described in the exhibition publication. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.424-1995 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2008 |
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