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Description: | This small bookcase, known as the ?Penguin Donkey?, was made by the firm Isokon in London. The original version, designed in 1939, was made to contain the recently issued Penguin paperbacks. The donkey?s ?panniers? are exactly the right size to hold the books, and magazines could be slotted into the central gap. Production was halted because of the onset of World War 2 with only a small number having been made, all of which were sold quickly. In1963 Isokon had the donkey re-designed by Ernest Race and re-issued it as the Donkey Mark II, which is the version you see here. The firm Isokon was founded in London by Jack Prichard who lived at the famous modernist flats in Lawn Road, Hampstead. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Geffrye Museum | Rights holder: | Geffrye Museum | Subjects: | London at War Art and Design Home and Family | Temporal: | 1963 | Source: | Geffrye Museum | Creator: | Race, Ernest | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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