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Pirouette: Turning Points in Design

Pirouette: Turning Points in Design was an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York that ran from January to November 2025. According to the museum, "the objects in Pirouette highlight the role of designers at their most inventive ... and demonstrate the power of design to translate human experience into tangible forms and envision a better future." The exhibition featured "widely recognized design icons and those known to more niche audiences, highlighting pivotal moments in design history."

Overview
Pirouette: Turning Points in Design opened January 26, 2025 The exhibition was curated by Paola Antonelli with assistance from Maya Ellerkmann, and included many familiar and iconic designs such as BiC Cristal pens, Post-it notes, M&Ms candy, and Susan Kare's early-1980s hand-drawn artwork for the original Mac OS icons. the Doctors Without Borders middle upper arm circumference measuring device ( MUAC "Bracelet of Life"), Sabine Marcelis's Candy Cube, bubble-gum pink cube-shaped furniture made from polished, translucent cast resin, as well as the first 176 emojis devised by Shigetaka Kurita for NTT DoCoMo in the late 1990s. More familiar works of 2D graphic design included the 1975 NASA worm logo by Bruce Blackburn and , and the ubiquitous I Love New York| logo – displayed together with Milton Glaser's original 1976 "back of a taxi" concept sketch for the iconic design. for Droog (1991) The variety of objects presented ranged from an original 1960s Sacco bean bag chair designed by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and , to the omnipresent, mass-produced, and anonymously designed injection moulded plastic monoblock garden chair; from the creations of familiar names like Charles and Ray Eames or Virgil Abloh, to familiar objects by less well-know creators like Art Fry and Spencer Silver, Sara Blakely, Jerry Manock, or the ; from industrially manufactured products like a 1980s Sony Walkman portable cassette player, to bespoke, handcrafted, and experimental curiosities such as a chest of drawers by titled ''You Can't Lay Down Your Memory'', Model G by Chuck Harrison (1962) Participants included Alice Rawsthorn (Q for Quotidian), (U for Universal), Susan Kare (I for Icon), Norman Teague (C for Chair), Andrés Jaque (K for Kitchen), Brandon Blackwood (L for Luxury), and Caterina Fake (Y for Yesterday). == Reception and criticism ==
Reception and criticism
'' wind-powered deminer by Massoud Hassani (2011) In reference to the inclusion of political provocations like the Gay Pride flag and a "giant, dandelion-like anti-landmine device", Architectural Record observed that "in a climate where even the most anodyne appeals for inclusion and peace suddenly seem so aberrant, Antonelli's game feels like a surprisingly brave one." The review also remarked that "putting the everyday, the ephemeral, and the commercial under the intellectual spotlight" shows to what extent MoMA and its curator are willing to go in order to "broaden the purview of the institution – and presumably its audience". ==Notes==
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