This bandage - in a shape designed to be useful in more than one configuration - was covered with language-free instructions for use. From the amazing (and amazingly wide-ranging) “Ideo Selects
” exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt.
. To be candid - I love the Cooper-Hewitt - but I’m not sure why - as part of the Smithsonian, a publicly funded museum, it charges admission. But one suspects this is more a legislative/executive branch decision - the Smithsonian museum system, alas, not described in the constitution as a coequal branch (but it might be an improvement).
For our readers concerned with disaster preparedness, there are (at least) four other items in the Ideo show that are worth a look, and in at least one case, of substantial historical significance:
Via Henry Dreyfuss - this is a mockup for Symbol Sourcebook - if not the first, one of the first attempts to create systematic language-independent signage:
A prototype for a children’s building set called “Build the Town” designed by Ladislav Sutnar - in 1941, he wasn’t able, alas, to find a manufacturer. We think that this design might be ideal for building “sand-table” models for disaster planning:
Finally, two classic flashlights - one early - Cooper-Hewitt and Ideo date the Bright Star (yellow body) to 1990 - on this point I’ll disagree - I remember them as far back as the early 1970’s - and some of the models had a circuit tester built into the butt - making them popular with electricians and telephone installers:
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We have a Vernaid bandage as shown above with all the drawings on. Can you let us know when it was used. Was it during World War II? Our grandfather served on HMS Suffolk and it is in his belongings.
Many thanks, Debbie
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