It's amazing how art controls so many aspects of our lives. Artists sometimes create things just to be gazed at and some artists have a different way of working. Functionality also comes into play when creating a work of art. Some artists create designs with purpose to be used as more than beauty and in the MoMA we see many different examples of this.
As soon as I walked in, the first one I noticed was called "Design for an Overpopulated Planet" by Anthony Dunne (2009). It was a group of odd green tubes and shapes that explored what it would be like to have to live off things that weren't exactly looked at as edible, such as grass. Using this equipment, we could live off of resources like animals do. The one that really caught my attention was worn over the face with 2 tubes coming down with a mouth piece and a long tube worn over your back, with a handle. Though they were cool to look at, I'm not sure the world is ready for this low functional art exhibit.
Next was the "X-IT Emergency Escape Ladder" by Aldo DiBelardino, Ezio DiBelardino and Andrew Ive (1997). Unlike the first design, this could actually be useful in our modern day world. It was an aluminum and fabric, a ladder that could be used to escape out the window in case of an emergency. Better safe than sorry!
Last, was the "Puma Bike" from the Puma Tribanded Collection (2004). This could potentially be really useful for someone who normally uses a bike as mode for transportation. This bike actually folds into a handheld bike you can carry; extremely functionally especially for someone living in a small apartment aka most of New York City!
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