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The MoMA Design Store.

Founded in 1929, New York City's world-renowned Museum of Modern Art is home to many of the most important and best-known works of art created over the past century. Best of all, a trip to the gift shop is like a day at the museum.

The MoMA Design Store, laid out with the same meticulousness as its parent institution, offers innovative and whimsical design objects that reflect the vitality, complexity, and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art. Offered are a generous range of pieces noted for their design, quality and beauty. Many items whisper "future wedding gifts."

Here's a listing of some items direct from the shelves of the MoMA Design Store. Shop for a little bit of culture, in retrospective style.

New York Coffee Cup.
The founder of an environmentally-minded design group called Exceptionlab converted the iconic New York coffee cup from disposable to permanent, from paper to ceramic. Manufactured of lead-free earthenware, the 10-ounce cups are microwave and dishwasher safe.

Price: $24. (set of two)
Price: $44. (set of four)

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Lucky Panhandler's Purse.
NYC artist George Skelcher was inspired to create the pop-styled purse after seeing the city's homeless using crushed Greek-motif coffee cups to panhandle for change. Well-constructed of durable, printed leather, the neat and clever little change purse closes with a sturdy brass zipper, measures 4" tall, 4" across at top, and 2" deep.

Price: $29.

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Armchair Architect.
An innovative, interactive kit that makes you the architect of the most breathtaking buildings in the world. The build-it-yourself, illuminated skyscraper kit includes a pocket guide filled with fun information about four extraordinary towers. You'll be amazed by the stories behind the world's tallest, most amazing skyscrapers: their design, construction, architects, specifications and much more. There are 4 skyscrapers in all: Empire State Building, Transamerica Pyramid, Petronas Towers, Bank of China. Along with the pocket guide are 64 interlocking cards. Using the easy-to-follow instructions, you connect the cards and build a 2-foot tower that not only displays the skyscrapers, but works as an attractive lamp.

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