Tasty Design Treats for the Fall
What's new at the MoMA design store.
MoMA's design store just unveiled its new collection for the fall [2], and it's pretty great--elegant and wide ranging.
Here's a selection of our favorite offerings, all of which would fit together pretty well in a room with a black-and-white theme:
This desk [2] and chair [3] might look slightly familiar. That's because it's based on a famous Bauhaus designs [4] by Thonet [5], which Muji then stripped down and modernized:

Tassilo von Grolman's Filiio Teapot [6] has been reintroduced, on its 25-year anniversary. The tea stays hot thanks to a standard tealight:

Hauke Murken and Sven Hansen equipped these salt and pepper shakers [7] with wheels, so that they can be easily passed across a big table:

This wavy trivet [8], designed by Lluis Clotet for Alessi, looks pointlessly fancy, but it's actually functional: The crinkles diffuse heat, and minimize the points of contact with the table:

Another modern take on an icon: Cedric Ragot's redesign [9] of the classic carriage clock:

Singgih Kartono's Magno Wooden Radio [10] is hand-made in Indonesia, from sustainably-grown pine and mahogany:

Hard to find anything similar: A modern humidifier [11], designed by Matti Walker:

Perhaps the most storied design in the bunch: Joset Harwig's Bauhaus chess set [12] from 1923. True to Bauhaus ideals, the pieces themselves were designed to show exactly how the piece moves--thus, the step in the Knight, the cross for the Bishop, the cube for the Rook, and the sphere for the Queen. A part of the MoMA's permanent collection, you used to only be able to find them at auction, for insane prices:

Ariel Rojo's Pig Lamp [13] is meant to make furly CFL's actually look good--the bulb is the pig's tail:

In Japan, charcoal is a traditional air freshener. This one [14], designed by Kiyoshi Nishio, is made of bamboo charcoal and clay, with a honeycomb structure designed to maximize surface area, to better absorb odors:

[Images courtesy of MoMA]
