Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 12 objects that are related to Soap, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015.

Perspective view of grilled metal dish, with horizontal straps, held on sides by two blue supports.

Drawing, Design for a Metal Wall Mounted Soap Dish, September 6, 1934
graphite, blue crayon on tracing paper.
Gift of Industrial Designers Society of America.
2000-11-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Grilled metal bottom held on two sides by tubular orange supports.

Drawing, Design for Metal Soap Dish, September 6, 1934
graphite, orange-red crayon on tracing paper.
Gift of Industrial Designers Society of America.
2000-11-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Recto: The present photograph features both an image and mirror image of the object, a hot-and-cold-single-spout water faucet with a center soap dish designed for mounting on a back splash behind a sink basin.

Verso: Notes in Jensen's handwriting in ink specify 1929 - [indecipherable].........Int[ernational]. Nickel Co. (type is standard today)

It has not been determined whether the present object was designed by Jensen.

Photograph, Album: Faucet, 1929–40
7.2 x 15.3 cm (2 7/8 x 6 in.).
Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen.
1956-47-84-e

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Dish (Germany), 1986
porcelain.
Gift of Lufthansa German Airlines.
1988-37-6

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Booklet, Laungerol Liquid Soap

Booklet, Laungerol Liquid Soap
Gift of Martha Lamarque Sarno in memory of Eduardo Abril Lamarque.
1997-165-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

1993-151-32a, Box interior - Beginning at the top of the box lid and continuing almost to the bottom of the box's back section, a quotation from Kurt Vonnegut's novel, "Slaughterhouse Five," is imprinted in white sans-serif type. The source of the quotation appears on one line at the end.

1993-151-32b, Box liner - Wrapped around the left side and lower back interior sections, and creased at their intersection, is an orange Day-Glo-type cardboard
insert. Imprinting on the side section is parallel to the left edge (the viewer turns the object to read): just next to the left edge, confused? in a hand-drawn-styled bold lower case font; directly underneath, centered, an arrow, pointing downward; just before the crease, in the same style font, but fine, So are we. That's why we're providing this. A curved arrow points in the direction of the narrative imprinted on the back section, headed, in capitals, UR-Guide, Mapping Key and Semiotic Analysis/ of Your Equal-Religious-Opportunity, 100% Recyclable X-Gift. Line illustrations of the box contents, accompanied by brief descriptions, comprise the remainder of the design.

1993-151-32c, Flower squirter - A ruffle-edged fabric flower, with petals shading from bright to pale blue and stamens of brown plastic, is attached to a squirter. The red tip at one end of the tubing, inserted in the center of the flower, becomes the pistil; at the other end is a red bulb, which when squeezed, spurts water.

1993-151-32d, Toilet water - A plastic bottle with a black stopper contains water tinted a pale orange. A white label, pasted inside, in imprinted across the center in sans-serif black capitals, Optimism, followed by M&Co in lower case, near the bottom edge.

1993-151-32e, Soap - A cake of soap, beige and curve-edged, like the case containing it, is incised in the center, Truth, in capitals.

1993-151-32f, Soap case - A silver-colored metallic case, with curved edges like those of the soap within, is imprinted across the center Basta Nostalgia, in white sans-serif cepitals. M&Co 1991 appears, centered, just above the bottom edge of the case.

1993-151-32g, Dirt pillow - A plastic bag of soil serves to protect the box contents from damage during shipment.

1993-151-32h, Filler - Beige, crinkled paper filler is placed between and around the objects.

1993-151-32i, Gift card - Of the same material as the box liner, the card is imprinted just below the top edge Make it new. Cheers from M&Co.

Perfume, Soap, Optimism Box, 1991
offset lithography.
Gift of Tibor Kalman/ M & Co..
1993-151-32-a/j

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 9 images of this object.

On single sheet of paper: 14 color drawings of soap bars of well-known brands (e.g. Camay, Lux, Palmolive, Ivory,etc.) -- at left side, each soap is packaged in its wrapper; at right side, soap bar is shown without wrapper.

Drawing, Button Design: Well Known Soaps for Wash Dresses
brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
Bequest of Marion Weeber Welsh.
2006-2-139

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Cleaning cabinet display

Drawing, Cleaning cabinet display
watercolor, graphite.
Gift of Alfons Bach.
1993-108-219

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Dustpan And Broom, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015

Dustpan And Broom, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015
acrylic, nickel, natural fibers.
Courtesy of Daniel Emma.
s-e-1745-a,b

There are 3 images of this object.

Sponge, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015

Sponge, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015
foam.
Courtesy of Daniel Emma.
s-e-1828

There are 3 images of this object.

Scrubber, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015

Scrubber, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015
acrylic, polished aluminum, foam.
Courtesy of Daniel Emma.
s-e-1827

There are 3 images of this object.

Cleaning Powder Container, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015

Cleaning Powder Container, from Squeaky Clean series, 2015
acrylic, polished aluminum.
Courtesy of Daniel Emma.
s-e-1821

There are 3 images of this object.