Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) – “This Is for Everyone: Design Experiments for the Common Good”

 

Design Experiments for the Common Good was a mix of many different designs that touched many different parts of human life. I walked into the exhibit not expecting too much but was pleasantly surprised. A couple of my favorite pieces were the Google Maps Pin, the Biowall, Imaginary Beings, and the IEC Power Symbol. The Google Maps Pin was created by Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen and the icon is a digital image file. I love minimal art so this drew my eye. It being about 4 feet tall didn’t hurt either. I loved reading the backstory of how it was specifically created to be recognizable and functional. The Biowall a fiberglass structure was created by Rachel Wingfield and Mathias Gmachl to promote modular building systems based on structures found in nature. My absolute favorite piece was the IEC Power Symbol created by the IEC Subcommittee 3C because of its clean design. The backstory was very interesting as well, the icon came from the combination of an open circuit and a closed circuit which was originally used as a standby signal and then converted to the power symbol. I learned that designs can not only be pleasing to the eye but helpful as well. The thought put into these pieces to provide something beautiful and useful really jumps out at you.