As mentioned in this morning’s Morning Coffee, and in what might only be explained as a tribute to the Pop Art sensibility of reclaiming everyday objects, the @ symbol is the newest “acquisition” of the Architecture and Design collection at the MoMA.
Senior Curator, Paola Antonelli, has written this piece explaining the history of @, its evolution over the past fourteen centuries, and its function as an element of modern life and design.
Most amusing of all, browse the comments to see one reader’s proposal that MoMA also “acquire” coffee, and another reader’s assertion that they have already followed the museum’s lead, telling fellow commenters, “I can now proudly announce that I have successfully added the letter ‘e’ and the number ‘6’ to my personal collection and, to celebrate these exciting acquisitions, I will be using these typographic symbols quite frequently.”
