Not on display

Brownie Vecta camera

Camera
ca. 1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kodak, Eastman Kodak Company (manufactured)
Grange, Kenneth (designer)
Place of origin
England (made)

Brownie Vecta camera, plastic body with nickel-plated fittings

Object details

Categories
Product Design
Design Council Award Winner
Photographs
Household Objects
Plastic
Object type
Camera
TitleBrownie Vecta camera
Materials and techniques
Plastic and nickel
Plastic
Nickel
Brief description
English; c.1964; Brownie Vecta, designed by Kenneth Grange and manufactured by Kodak.
Physical description
Brownie Vecta camera, plastic body with nickel-plated fittings
Dimensions
  • Box width: 8.5cm
  • Box height: 12.3cm
  • Box depth: 8.2
  • Camera depth: 7.5cm
  • Camera height: 10.8cm
  • Camera width: 8cm
Credit line
Given by the Council of Industrial Design
Object history
Historical significance: Winner of Design Centre Award in 1964.
Bibliographic reference
Crowther, Lily. Award Winning British Design 1957-1988. London: V&A Publishing, 2012. p.55
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.124-1965

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372035/brownie-vecta-camera-camera-grange-kenneth/
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