1Gants en caoutchouc / Sculptures sur savon / Placards d'avion / Antivols de moto
Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé comment les objets de votre quotidien étaient créés ? De leur entrée dans l'usine, leur mise en vente sur le marché, vous saurez tout sur les couteaux à mastic, les portails de garage, les cures dents ou la bière.
2Cornes à poudre / Moules faits à la main / Pierogi / Chambres à air
Animal horns are cleaned, heated, shaped and polished before being fitted with plugs and pouring spouts for use as traditional powder horns. Craftspeople produce precision moulds for decorative glassware; rounds of dough are folded around savoury fillings to make pierogies; and rubber tubing is extruded, joined, fitted with valves and vulcanized into tire inner tubes.
3Lacets / Répliques de cadres anciens / Orchidées / Moyeux de roue de monocycle
Thousands of threads are guided through specialised machinery to create complex lace patterns. Ornamental profiles are reproduced, joined and finished as replicas of antique picture frames; orchids are propagated and cultivated under carefully controlled greenhouse conditions; and metal blanks are machined and drilled into hubs for unicycle wheels.
4Disques durs externes / Crevettes surgelées / Boîtes de riz / Serviettes en papier
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5Thé / Pinacles / Fleurs artificielles / Jantes en aluminium
Fresh tea leaves are picked, withered, rolled, oxidized and dried to develop their flavour and aroma. Decorative roof finials are shaped and finished to withstand the weather; fabric petals and leaves are cut, coloured and assembled into artificial flowers; and molten alloy is cast, machined and coated to produce lightweight vehicle wheels.
6Gélules / Jeux sur ressort pour enfants / Pancakes surgelés / Caoutchouc nature
De nouveaux objets de la vie de tous les jours sont passés au microscope : gélules, jeux sur ressort pour enfants, pancakes surgelés et caoutchouc naturel.
7Parapluies en papier / Charbon/Sièges d'avion / Urnes de crémation
Slender bamboo pieces are joined into folding frames and covered with decorated paper to make traditional umbrellas. Coal is excavated, transported, crushed and sorted; lightweight frames, padding and upholstery are assembled and tested as aircraft seats; and carefully shaped vessels are finished and decorated as cremation urns.
8Canoës en aluminium / Bols en bois / Camionnettes avec accès handicapés / Marimbas
Sheets of aluminum are formed and joined around supporting ribs to create lightweight canoes. Angled wooden staves are glued into hollow forms and turned into bowls; vans receive lowered floors, ramps and other accessibility equipment; and carefully selected wooden bars are cut, tuned and mounted above resonators to produce marimbas.
9Sièges d'Indy cars / Fleurs de papier / Générateurs de secours
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10Prothèses du genou personnalisées / Ressorts à lames / Essence de lavande / Rivets et outils de rivetage
Medical scans and computer models guide the production of customized knee-replacement components designed for an individual patient. Steel strips are cut, heat-treated and curved into vehicle leaf springs; harvested lavender is steam-distilled to extract its essential oil; and metal blanks are formed into rivets alongside the tools used to install them.
11Poêles en fonte / Avions ultralégers / Dameuses / Elastiques
Molten iron is poured into moulds, cleaned and finished before the heavy castings are assembled into wood-burning stoves. Lightweight structural components are joined into ultralight aircraft; tracked chassis, hydraulic systems and grooming equipment are combined into machines that maintain snow-covered trails; and cured rubber tubes are sliced into individual rubber bands.
12Fauteuils de coiffeurs / Pompes à eaux usées / Abris de bateaux / Filtres à diesels
Steel frames, hydraulic lifting mechanisms, padding and upholstery are assembled into adjustable barber chairs. Motors and impellers are enclosed in corrosion-resistant housings to create sewage pumps; marine fabric is measured and sewn to fit folding frames for Bimini boat tops; and porous filter elements are enclosed in steel housings to remove soot from diesel exhaust.
13Pneus de voiture / Soie / Conservation d'œuvres d'art / Bouteilles de plongée
Different rubber compounds are mixed and assembled with reinforcing fabric, steel belts and tread before being moulded and vulcanized into car tires. Fine filaments are unwound from silkworm cocoons and combined into thread; conservators clean, stabilize and repair ageing works of art; and high-pressure metal cylinders are formed, heat-treated and tested to produce scuba tanks.