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MoMA adds Hoberman Sphere to its Permanent CollectionThe Hoberman Sphere, created in 1991, and in production as a toy since 1995, is considered by many to be an icon of contemporary product design. The ‘design classic’ title is now official; the Museum of Modern Art will soon be adding the Hoberman Sphere to its Permanent Collection. Additionally, the Hoberman Sphere is being shown in the MoMA exhibition ‘Action! Design Over Time’. The exhibition investigates the dimension of time in human-made objects, products and interfaces, with the aim of providing a deeper understanding of contemporary design. Action! is curated by Paola Antonelli, also curator of the 2009 exhibition Design and the Elastic Mind, which Hoberman’s Emergent Surface sculpture was commissioned for. Exhibition opens February 5th. For more info visit MoMA.com
Innovative Hoberman façade transforms POLA's new Tokyo headquarters
October 2009 marked the opening of Japanese cosmetics manufacturer POLA's new headquarters in the Ginza district. Hoberman Associates collaborated with architects Yasuda Atelier and Nikken Sekkei to develop an adaptive shading system for the building's façade. Learn more and view images of the project in our portfolio. The new POLA building includes a gallery space, the POLA Museum Annex, which is hosting an exhibition of Hoberman work. Titled 'Living Form. The Transformable Work of Chuck Hoberman', the show is a retrospective of some of the designs created by Hoberman in the past 20 years. Images and video of the exhibition can be viewed here.