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Art-Inspired Merchandise: From Cindy Sherman Pool Float to Duchamp Toilet Sticker

other · 2026-05-04

Artribune's Valentina Tanni curates nine art-inspired objects for summer 2019. Cindy Sherman's distorted selfie from Facetune becomes a smartphone-shaped pool float, The Oops Phone Float, sold at MoMA's store for $179.95, with proceeds supporting Friends of + POOL's NYC river pool. Toilet Paper #17 Collector's Edition by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari includes a deck of 54 poker cards featuring magazine images, available from Damiani Editore for €40. Third Drawer Down produces a silk sleep mask printed with Louise Bourgeois's eyes, priced at $30. Parachute Coffee delivers fresh coffee in parachute-shaped packaging, starting at $15. Tate's shop sells a wooden Gilbert & George table toy inspired by The Singing Sculpture (1969) for £20. French studio Atypyk offers a sticker replicating Marcel Duchamp's signature from his 1917 ready-made Fountain for €15. Suck UK sells a cat bowl with a hyperrealistic fish painted on the bottom for €18. Uncommon Goods offers a Storm Cloud desk sculpture that predicts weather via crystallizing liquid for €22. Doiy Design produces an iridescent beetle puzzle for €16.95.

Key facts

  • Cindy Sherman created The Oops Phone Float, a smartphone-shaped pool float printed with a distorted selfie from Facetune.
  • The float is sold at MoMA's store for $179.95.
  • Proceeds support Friends of + POOL, a nonprofit building a purified river pool in New York.
  • Toilet Paper #17 Collector's Edition includes a deck of 54 poker cards, priced at €40 from Damiani Editore.
  • Third Drawer Down's silk sleep mask features Louise Bourgeois's eyes, priced at $30.
  • Parachute Coffee delivers fresh coffee in parachute-shaped packaging, starting at $15.
  • Tate's shop sells a Gilbert & George wooden table toy inspired by The Singing Sculpture (1969) for £20.
  • Atypyk's sticker replicates Marcel Duchamp's signature from his 1917 Fountain for €15.

Entities

Artists

  • Cindy Sherman
  • Maurizio Cattelan
  • Pierpaolo Ferrari
  • Louise Bourgeois
  • Gilbert & George
  • Marcel Duchamp
  • Valentina Tanni

Institutions

  • MoMA
  • Metro Pictures Gallery
  • Friends of + POOL
  • Damiani Editore
  • Third Drawer Down
  • Parachute Coffee
  • Tate
  • Atypyk
  • Suck UK
  • Uncommon Goods
  • Doiy Design
  • Artribune

Locations

  • New York
  • United States
  • Australia
  • France
  • United Kingdom

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