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Highlighting furniture, electronics, symbols, and information
WORLD-CLASS ART PIROUETTE: problem-solving redefine interactions and industries. Some
design, the exhibition traces how innovation and imaginative

featured objects, like the Apple Macintosh 128K, Sony
TURNING POINTS IN DESIGN
Walkman, and Post-it Notes, revolutionized everyday life,
while others, such as Tejo Remy’s You Can’t Lay Down
Your Memory and Gabriel Fontana’s Multiform, challenge
conventions and inspire new ways of engaging with the
MoMA presents Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, an
world.
exhibition exploring design as a transformative force
Through case studies such as Milton Glaser’s I Love NY logo,
shaping human behavior, creativity, and culture. This
born from a scrap of paper yet shaping the city’s identity,
collection, spanning the 20th century to today, features over
alongside Ed Hawkins’s climate visualizations and Christien
100 groundbreaking objects, from universally recognized
Meinderstma’s flax research, Pirouette illustrates how
icons to lesser-known experimental pieces that influenced
design adapts to challenges and steers societal change.
design thinking.

Shigetaka Kurita. Emoji. 1998-1999. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. ©
2024 NTT DOCOMO

Milton Glaser. I Love NY concept sketch. 1976. The Museum of Modern Art,
New York. © 2024 NYS Dept. of Economic Development

Installation view of Pirouette: Turning Points in Design, on view at The
Museum of Modern Art, New York from January 26 through October 18, 2025.
Photo: Jonathan Dorado

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