Geoff Martin b. 1925

  • Designer
Martin designed the injection-moulded plastic milk crate for the Dairy Farmers Co-operative in the 1950s (date uncertain). Martin is an engineer and worked with the plastics manufacturer Nally to produce the crate. A similar crate was designed by J. Houston Rehrig of Pasadena, California and patented in the USA in 1966.
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Name
Geoff Martin
Gender
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  • Designer
Birth date
1925

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References [<ExternalResource: "A tall order for humble milk crate amuses its inventor." (Geoff Martin interview). Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 2014, pp.2-3, illustrated.>]