Paola Antonelli

What do Post-Its, Spanx, Telfar’s Shopping Bag, and the Accessible Icon symbol have in common? Their revolutionary design.

An exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art features pieces of interactive design -- pieces which strongly resemble, and in some cases simply are, video games. 

The “@” symbol has recently been admitted to the Museum of Modern Art’s architecture and design collection. We’ll talk to MoMA’s Paola Antonelli , curator in the Department of Architecture and Design, about the acquisition.

We look at the intersection of science and design. Paola Antonelli is curator of a new exhibit at MoMA, “Design and the Elastic Mind.” Chris Lasch of design firm Aranda/Lasch is one of the designers participating in the exhibit.

Slideshow: Design and the Elastic Mind

Paola Antonelli, a design curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, appreciates the classic design of this staple of your medicine cabinet.

Paola Antonelli explains the origins of everybody's favorite ear cleaner.

Curator Paola Antonelli remembers how the tiny, energetic Superball made havoc in classrooms and workplaces.

Design curator Paola Antonelli on the fall of Apple's Newton handheld computer, the rise of the Palm, and what makes a great "personal digital assistant" tick.

Paola Antonelli is a curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and a noted authority on design. The exhibitions she has developed include "Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design," "Workspheres," and "Safe: Design Takes on Risk," which will open ...

Somewhere, right now, at a picnic or on a playing field, someone is pulling out a plate-sized plastic disk to toss around. Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, tells us about how the Frisbee came about and how it has endured.

Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, finds sublime design in a rubber-soled wonder — the sneaker.

Kurt Andersen and Paola Antonelli look at the how materials shape the way artists and designers work.

Paola Antonelli is a curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She has curated several MOMA exhibitions including Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design ...

MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli explains the perfect form and use of the ice cream cone. 

MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli looks at the delivery device for possibly the most socially acceptable drug — caffeine — and tells us why the disposal plastic coffee cup lid is here to stay.

MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli has a few thoughts on an elegant little machine that helps us hold it all together — the zipper. 

Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, collects her thoughts on the indispensable yellow sticky Post-it note.

On January 1^st, twelve countries officially adopted a single form of currency. MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli tells us what she thinks of the new Euro.

Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, finds sublime design in a rubber-soled wonder: the sneaker.