I grew up in the ’80s and had tupperware everywhere, and a brief look through my parents’ cupboards will reveal a tupperware time machine much like the rings in an old tree. Primary blue, red, and orange — those where the elementary school years. Pastels were later on. Other versions came after I graduated. But it is all still there, and my daughter is using the same dinky plastic cups I used in my day. And I can still remember when my mother hosted those tupperware parties, and I had to shuffle off to some back room while grown ups secretly haggled over plastic. The currency of the ’80s was not in oil or junk bonds, it was in plastic push-down lids, butter trays, and kool-aid pitchers.
This summer, however, I was driving around my small town going to some garage sales and a woman was selling tupperware in her garage. I kind of looked around and thought to myself: “Do they still sell this stuff?” I didn’t know.
Well, to my surprise Tupperware is more than alive, and this year it won a Red Dot Design Award for kitchen products. And this Allegra serving bowl set shows why they won it. It looks great, and I even tried finding a place to purchase it on the internet, but it must not be in production yet.
And to top that off, Tupperware also took home the Red Dot Design Team of the year award joining the ranks of BMW, Apple, LG, Bose, Nokia, and Siemens among others. I’m impressed. You can find out more about this innovative product line and the Red Dot Awards here. Congratulations to Tupperware, and I will be waiting for this serving bowl set to go on sale.
