Department Highlights: The MoMA Partnership

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Written By Allan Chochinov

Since 2014, MFA Products of Design has been thrilled to have an incredible partnership with the Museum of Modern Art. Each year, the students are challenged to design products for possible inclusion in MoMA’s Wholesale Catalog, and every year, products make it through all the way to the catalog and store shelves! We’ve done our best to document some of the highlights over the years, but here’s a roundup of some of the special moments. We are unbelievably grateful to MoMA for this relationship, and we can’t wait to see what the students will come up with next!

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New MoMA Product: Modern Geometry Jewelry Stand by Nihaarika Arora ‘23
New MoMA Product: Modern Geometry Jewelry Stand by Nihaarika Arora ‘23

Products of Design alum Nihaarika Arora ‘23 is now in the MoMA Design Store!

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New MoMA Product: An Interview with Designer-Alum Monica Albornoz
New MoMA Product: An Interview with Designer-Alum Monica Albornoz

We chatted with Monica Albornoz, MFA PoD ’23, to learn about the process behind her De Stijl Tumbling Tower as well as her time at PoD.

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New MoMA Product: An Interview with Designer-Alum Giancarlo Cipri
New MoMA Product: An Interview with Designer-Alum Giancarlo Cipri

We sat down for a chat with Giancarlo Cipri, MFA PoD ’22, to learn more about the design behind his Perpetual Sliding Calendar, now available at the MoMA Design Store.

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Panisa Khunprasert is in the windows of MoMA!
Panisa Khunprasert is in the windows of MoMA!

Huge congratulations to Class of 2016 alum Panisa Khunprasert, who is featured in both downtown and midtown windows of the Museum of Modern Art Gift Design Stores! Panisa’s relationship with MoMA began with MFA Products of Design’s annual collaboration with MoMA Wholesale, and the partnership has blossomed ever since. (Panisa’s coasters were the very first product produced as part of that partnership back6 years ago!) Check out some of the snapshots below.

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2 New Student-Designed Products Debut in the Spring 2020 MoMA Catalog!
2 New Student-Designed Products Debut in the Spring 2020 MoMA Catalog!

We are so proud to share that the two latest products from our partnership with MoMA have debuted in Museum of Modern Art Catalog—and are now for sale in their museum store as well as gift and museum shops around the world! Congratulations to Julia and Micah!

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PoD Alum Oscar de la Hera Gomez Awarded for MoMA Partnered Product
PoD Alum Oscar de la Hera Gomez Awarded for MoMA Partnered Product

Alum Oscar de la Hera Gomez (class of 2016) has recently won several awards for his Ambi Chopsticks & Holders, designed for MFA Products of Design’s collaboration with the MoMA Design Store.

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Student-Designed Products Launch at the MoMA Design Store!
Student-Designed Products Launch at the MoMA Design Store!

We are extraordinarily proud that for the entire month of April, the two New York-based MoMA Design Stores are dedicating their windows and in-store displays to the collaboration with MFA Products of Design department! For the launch of 6 new products, an Opening Reception was held in midtown Manhattan last Thursday night. Check out photos below of the packed house, guests, and featured products designed by Products of Design students!

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Josh Corn's Multi-ccino Mug in the New York Times!
Josh Corn's Multi-ccino Mug in the New York Times!

Florence Fabricant (herself!) wrote up an item in the New York Times about Josh Corn's Multi-ccino Mug in the New York Times this week—one of 6 MFA Products of Design objects that will be celebrated during the month of April in both MoMA retail stores! (The department is also designing the window displays for both the midtown and SoHO stores.) Congratulations Josh!

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New MoMA Catalog Devotes Entire Spread to Products of Design!
New MoMA Catalog Devotes Entire Spread to Products of Design!

We are beyond honored to be featured in the brand new MoMA Wholesale Catalog in the form of an entire spread devoted to the projects produced as a result of MoMA's 4-year-long collaboration with SVA's Products of Design program. (Last year one of our students' projects was featured on the cover!)

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4 New MoMA Products Will Debut in 2018!
4 New MoMA Products Will Debut in 2018!

Visual Arts Press has just published a feature on the 5 next products to be manufactured and sold by the Museum of Modern Arts Wholesale Division. Now in its 4th year of the partnership, the MFA Products of Design students design products for inclusion in the museums revered catalog—now 6 in all!—selling all over the world. Enjoy these spreads from VAP! In addition to Products of Design graduates Panisa Khumpresert and Oscar de la Hera Gomez, new products debuting next month have been designed by Class of 2017 Alexa Fourney, Josh Corn, and Oscar Pipson!

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Just In: Products of Design Student Project Makes the Cover of MoMA Catalog!
Just In: Products of Design Student Project Makes the Cover of MoMA Catalog!

Huge congratulations to Panisa Khunprasert, who's just-released Geo Stacking Coasters are now featured on the cover of the 2017 MoMA Wholesale Catalog! From the catalog: "These sets of colorful silicone stacking coasters feature varying geometric faceted edges that create visual and tactile appeal. Designed for MoMA’s collaboration with the MFA Products of Design program at the School of Visual Arts, they are playful, decorative and functional. 

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Illusion Spinner: The First MoMA Partnership Product Debuts!
Illusion Spinner: The First MoMA Partnership Product Debuts!

Beginning new phase of Products of Design's ongoing partnership with the Museum of Modern Art to design products for the museum's Wholesale Catalog, the first commercial product has just been released!: The Illusion Spinner, designed  by Class of 2016 alum Oscar de la Hera Gomez.

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MoMA Partnered Project #2 Kickoff: Rare & Well Done
MoMA Partnered Project #2 Kickoff: Rare & Well Done

MoMA is back for a second season! Gabrielle Zola (Business Development Manager, MoMA Retail), and Chay Costello (Associate Director of Merchandising at MoMA) came to the MFA Products of Design department last week to kick off the second partnered project with the Museum of Modern Art—this time around the topic of food. Students can't wait to...well, dig in to the project, and we are grateful that MoMA is has chosen to partner with the departmen. This time, students who will be creating products for MoMA's wholesale catalog!

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Brand New MoMA Product: Landscape Candle Holders
Brand New MoMA Product: Landscape Candle Holders

The latest product to come out of PoD’s partnership with MoMA is this set of Landscape Candle Holders—designed by Class of 2021 alum Zhenxuan Wang.

Department Highlights: The MoMA Partnership
Department Highlights: The MoMA Partnership

Since 2014, MFA Products of Design has been thrilled to have an incredible partnership with the Museum of Modern Art. Each year, the students are challenged to design products for possible inclusion in MoMA’s Wholesale Catalog, and every year, products make it through all the way to the catalog and store shelves! We’ve done our best to document some of the highlights over the years, but here’s a roundup of some of the special moments. We are unbelievably grateful to MoMA for this relationship, and we can’t wait to see what the students will come up with next!

Brand New MoMA Product Launches: "Fenestra" Bookends by Alumna Eugenia Ramos Alonso!
Brand New MoMA Product Launches: "Fenestra" Bookends by Alumna Eugenia Ramos Alonso!

Hot on the heals of the recently-released Roller Coasters, the latest product to come out of MFA Products of Design’s ongoing partnership with MoMA are Class of 2019 Eugenia Ramos Alonso’s “Fenestra” Bookends. Check them out on the MoMA Store website!

Allan Chochinov
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