Tuesday, September 11, 2007

i shop therfore i am



As designers we need inspiration…and there’s no better place to get it than the shops or bookstores at art galleries. I’m thinking about our excursion to Goma earlier this year where I’m sure I enjoyed the store as much as the gallery…well, neaarrrrrrrllly...it sure was a close second! Admittedly we’ve got to be discerning about which gallery. One of my all time faves is the legendary MoMA. You can almost always be sure they use great design for everything from the paper bags they wrap your purchase in to the catalogue art books, the posters, the nick-nacks, the furniture.

I found these few cutting edge designs at their website…their photo printed PVC tote bag featuring graphically abstracted photos of the recently designed museum…an art book from a collection and a re-make of a Frank Gehry 1972 sturdy cardboard stool with lacquered sides which has a beautiful flowing organic shape and yet is as simple and classically mimimal as design can get. Sure a lot of these “objects d’art” are for sale but it’s a great resource, often an education and always major food for the designer’s soul…


Go to www.moma.org and have a look…

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