'While I’ve heard of people buying a monochromatic set, or maybe two complementary shades, the real move is to go full-spectrum, as my mom did in the late 1970s,' awalkerinLA writes
Heller’s rainbow tableware created a dazzling display in 1970s department stores.
In 1964, the Italian-born New Yorker Massimo Vignelli designed a tableware set made from melamine, the molded thermoset plastic that had risen in popularity after its use in military-issued mess kits during World War II proved it to be virtually indestructible. Vignelli’s pieces embodied both precision and playfulness, and they did indeed tolerate total abuse, but they also excelled at a task most housewares companies hadn’t nailed: stackability.
A 1978 product brochure demonstrates the Hellerware stackability. Photo: Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers, Vignelli Center for Design Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Although the Italian version — which was named Max, as was Heller’s reproduction, but is more commonly called Hellerware — was only available in an avocado green and mustardy yellow, the palette introduced to American tables was more kaleidoscopic, represented by rainbow branding on the box.
Many years later, long after Heller had discontinued the line, I was interviewing Vignelli and told him this story, lamenting that I hadn’t spirited the plates away from my parents before they were dispatched to Goodwill. He chuckled, his eyebrows knitting with amusement as he told me they were still somewhat easy to find.
In 1977 American Express sent out a promotional mailer for the Rainbow dinnerware. Photo: Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers, Vignelli Center for Design Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY When my second helping of Hellerware plates arrived at my house, I remember setting them down in the kitchen one by one as I unraveled their bubble wrap.
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