Swedish Design, Ball-Bearing

From: The Museum of Modern Art Original Limited Edition: 21 Exhibition: The Museum of Modern Art Grand Reopening Material: Printed vinyl Dimensions: 35" x 96" (88.9cm x 243.84cm) Hanging Hardware Included Summary A ball-bearing can do many things. It can keep your lazy susan revolving. It can help your tires turn. Taken out of context and displayed at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, a well-designed bearing can even become art. We have 21 banners featuring the world's first self-aligning ball-bearing by Swedish engineer Sven Wingquist. Description In the 1920s and 1930s, the so-called "machine age", industrial designers were becoming more and more interested in the intersection of form and function. Consumers were also more aware of design, and sought products that looked good and worked well. Swedish designer, Sven Wingquist (1876-1953) had adopted this philosophy decades earlier, even taking it so far as to create machine parts that functioned at a high level while being pleasin