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Preservation of Plastics German Democratic Plastics in Design: A Research Project on Material, Technology, and Conservation Fernsehgerät FS Alex, 1957. Horst Giehse, Jürgen Peters, designers. VEB Stern Radio Berlin, producer. Photo: ©Die Neue Sammlung–The Design Museum, A. Laurenzo. The preservation of plastic objects poses a difficult challenge for conservators. Research into conservation of plastic objects, which only emerged in the 1990s, has been primarily focused on the identification...