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This
exhibition features nearly 120 simple objects, from Post-It® notes to paper clips, Band-Aids to Bic pens. We use items like these
every day, but chances are we will not pay them much attention.
While modest in size and price, these objects are indispensable
masterpieces of design, deserving of our admiration.
The Museum
of Modern Art currently has close to 3,800 design objects in its
collection, ranging from a helicopter to a microchip and including
not only precious silverware and furnishings, but also hundreds
of objects from the daily lives of people around the world. Among
the very first design objects acquired by the Museum, in 1934, was
a group of more than one hundred simple industrial objects, such
as springs and calipers, that had been shown in the exhibition Machine
Art that year. Some of these are on display in Humble Masterpieces,
along with other acquisitions made as recently as this year.
Organized by Paola Antonelli, Curator, Department
of Architecture and Design.
Pictured
above:
Unknown designer. 111. X-shaped
Rubber Bands. c. 1995. Synthetic rubber. Manufacturer: Mahakit
Rubber Co. Ltd., Thailand. Gift of the supplier, Laufer AC, Germany
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