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MoMA presents “Pirouette: Turning Points in Design”

From January 26 to October 18, 2025, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) presents the exhibition “Pirouette: Turning Points in Design”

Source: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Image: Ed Hawkins. Warming Stripes 1850-2023. 2018-ongoing. © Ed Hawkins

The exhibition will include a wide range of objects, drawn largely from MoMA’s collection, that have had a deep impact, whether on the design field or on the world at large—including furniture, electronics, symbols, information design, and more—spanning from the 1930s to today. Some of these objects are universally recognizable, while others might be known only to a smaller audience of fans and experts. Some have transformed behaviors, provoked departures from previous typologies and stereotypes, or embodied innovation in materials, form, or function. They have offered unconventional solutions to conventional problems, or designed brand new, constructive problems that lead to new and more evolved studies and solutions. Seen together, the objects in the exhibition highlight how design helps people bring about change, or adapt to it. Pirouette: Turning Points in Design is organized by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, and Director, Research and Development, with Maya Ellerkmann, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design.

“Every object has a story. Some objects, moreover, make history—or change it,” said Antonelli. “Design can help us steer the course in positive directions by making us aware of, and helping us correct, negative behaviors. It can also invent novel behaviors that embody new goals, sustainability and justice among them. In this exhibition, we will highlight a sample group of these significant objects, one by one.”

Objects included in Pirouette will demonstrate how designers have utilized experimentation, imagination, rigorous research, and sometimes playfulness to shape and redefine human behaviors and experiences. Some of the objects in the exhibition, such as Tejo Remy’s “You Can’t Lay Down Your Memory” Chest of Drawers (1991), Don Pettit’s Coffee Cup for Astronauts (2008), or Sabine Marcelis’s Candy Cube (2014), are experiments that never found or even looked for a wide market, but nonetheless have had a strong influence on other designers. Others, like the Apple Macintosh 128K (1983), the Sony Walkman (1979), Art Fry and Spencer Silver’s Post-it Note (1977), or Sara Blakely’s Spanx (2000), began as revolutionary experiments, achieved wide distribution, and went on to redefine the way we live. Some newer objects hopefully will go on to achieve similar influence, like Gabriel Fontana’s Multiform game and set of sports uniforms (2019) that promote openness and a new kind of team spirit.

The Oklahoma skyscraper’s crypto-enthusiast owners had attempted to auction the tower after reneging on an agreement to sell it to a local company that restores historic buildings

The Oklahoma skyscraper’s crypto-enthusiast owners had attempted to auction the tower after reneging on an agreement to sell it to a local company that restores historic buildings