You’d think that the Museum of Modern Art’s online shop (MOMA) would be all tasteful leather desk accessories and reprints of Old Masters, right?
Not so!
Clockwise from top left:
- Curved glasses in a rainbow of colours. Maybe not the best thing for your restorative orange juice on New Year’s Day morning, but a cheery sight in the winter kitchen.
- The essential wall clock for peeking around corners at fridge-raiding roommates and mischievous children — the Spy Clock is a convex glass mirror with sleek metal hands that tell you how long you’ve been obsessing about what other people are doing in the house, instead of minding your own business.
- How could a Color Spectrum umbrella not perk up a dreary wet day?
- So, Broadway’s on strike, and you can’t afford a weekend in New York anyway, even if the shows are flowing? No worries — MUJI’s New York in a Bag has it covered, with all the important architecural icons made in miniature of sustainable wood.
- And finally — my personal favourite — a cuddly Pig Finger Puppet that can double as a fridge magnet if you feel the need to pretend that you don’t really play with soft toys… (Six bucks for a flying pig! Who could resist?)
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January 1st, 2008 at 11:33 am
You know what a fan I am of Pink Floyd…I might have to get that “Pig on the Wing”. Just to say I have one.
January 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I’d forgotten about your Pink Floyd obsession, but who wouldn’t crave a flying pig?
You know something? You were my Top Commenter for 2007 (okay, well, for the half of the year that I was tracking such things, anyway).
So you win the grand prize (gasp!) of a $20 Target.com gift card — sadly, they don’t seem to have Pigs on the Wing to offer you, but perhaps some other pig-related item would bring you a smile through 2008… this stunning coffee mug, perhaps?
I’ll drop you an email with the gift card details…
January 1st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Jen, is it just me, or do those curved glasses seem like they might just slip right through one’s hands? I’m a messy drinker as it is, those might impair my abilities to keep couch and rug clean every more.
The coffee mug though? I think I need that. Just…because. It’s….just….stunning. * weg *
January 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Hmm… you know, Claudia, those curved glasses looked just fine on New Year’s Eve…
January 1st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Well, a lot of people must be buying them.