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Clockwise, from top left: Dante Giacosa. 500f city car. Designed 1957 (this example 1968). Steel with fabric top, 52 × 52 × 116 7/8" (132.1 × 132.1 × 296.9 cm). Manufacturer: Fiat S.p.A., Turin, Italy. Gift of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Heritage; Lina Bo Bardi. Poltrona Bowl chair. 1951. Steel and fabric, 21 5/8 × 33 1/16 × 33 1/16" (55 × 84 × 84 cm). Committee on Architecture and Design Funds; Irwin Gershen, Gershen-Newark. Shrimp Cleaner. 1954. Plastic and metal, 8 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3/4" (21.6 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm). Manufacturer: Plastic Dispensers Inc., Newark, NJ. Department purchase; Peter Schlumbohm. Chemex Coffee Maker. 1941. Pyrex glass, wood, and leather, 9 1/2 x 6 1/8" (24.2 x 15.5 cm). Manufacturer: Chemex Corp., New York, NY. Gift of Lewis & Conger

The Value of Good Design

Feb 10–Jun 15, 2019

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh (British, 1868–1928) and Margaret Macdonald (British, 1865–1933). Design for a Fireplace Wall, interior elevation of drawing room at 3 Lilybank Terrace, Glasgow. 1901. Pencil and watercolor on paper. 11 1/2 × 10 3/4″ (29.2 × 27.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Joseph H. Heil, by exchange, 2009

Shaping Modernity 1880–1980

Mar 28, 2012–Sep 8, 2013

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Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (Austrian, 1897–2000). Frankfurt Kitchen from the Ginnheim- Höhenblick Housing Estate, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 1926–27. Installation view of Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, September 15, 2010–May 2, 2011. 8′9″ × 12′10″ × 6′10″ (266.7 × 391.2 × 208.3 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Joan R. Brewster in memory of her husband George W. W. Brewster, by exchange and the Architecture & Design Purchase Fund, 2009. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar

Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen

Sep 15, 2010–May 2, 2011

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Charles Eames and Ray Eames. Full Scale Model of Chaise Longue (La Chaise). 1948. Hard rubber foam, plastic, wood, and metal, 32 1/2 × 59 × 24 1/4″ (82.5 × 149.8 × 87 cm). The Museum of Modern Art. Gift of the designer

What Was Good Design? MoMA’s Message, 1944–56

May 6, 2009–Jan 10, 2011

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Ellsworth Kelly. Yellow from the series Line Form Color. 1951. Colored Paper. 7 1/2 × 8″ (19 × 20.3 cm). Gift of the artist and purchased with funds provided by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Hedges, IV, Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr. and Committee on Drawings Funds. © 2008 Ellsworth Kelly

Artist’s Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus

Dec 11, 2008–Feb 23, 2009

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Recent Acquisitions

Dec 21, 1960–Feb 5, 1961

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New Design Trends

Mar 25–Jun 1, 1952

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100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)

Sep 16, 1947–Jan 25, 1948

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The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York

Art in Progress: 15th Anniversary Exhibitions: Design for Use

May 24–Oct 22, 1944

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Useful Objects Under $10

Dec 2, 1941–Jan 4, 1942

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