Since its inception in 1950, Tupperware has been helping chefs and preserving dinners around the globe. The lidded, plastic containers are so popular and well-designed that, Tupperware was awarded the National Design Award in Corporate Achievement by the Smithsonian"s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and, in 2004, PBS premiered the documentary Tupperware!, which chronicles the history and life of the $1.2 billion a year company. The many styles of Tupperware are even housed in the permanent collections of fine art museums around the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the Musée d"Art Moderne, Paris. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Design Museum of Ghent, Belgium, Tupperware: Transparent is the complete catalogue raisonné of 45 years of Tupperware in Europe. Woven through the extensive illustrations is the story of Tupperware pioneers Earl Tupper (aha!) and Brownie Wise, a discussion about the origins of the well-known Tupperware party, notable Tupperware collectables, and the history of development of the famous Tupperware design. And, best of all, Tupperware:Transparent comes in an exclusive Tupperware edition, thus ensuring that the book will be protected for years to come. Plastic came back into fashion around 1992-93 as a cutting-edge, colorful material used by younger designers with at-the-bow companies like Alessi and Authentics, tremendously influenced by Tupperware. As a steadfast advocate of plastics, Tupperware has not stopped using plastics since its foundation in the 40s, through the pop years, and even when the material was neglected between 1973 and 1992. -Murray Moss In the heyday of home shopping and door-to-door selling, you couldn"t slip out of your house without bumping into an Avon Lady, getting cornered by a neighborly zealot singing the praises of Shaklee vitamins, or being invited to the major social event of the season--a Tupperware party. --Vic Sussman U.S. News & World Report, September 17, 2002. Extraordinary design for everyday living. --Tupperware motto Essays by Moniek Bucquoye, Peter Scholliers, Peter Zec, et al. Boxed, 7.5 x 10.75 in./192 pgs / 950 color.