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