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We're Re-Designing the Design Museum.

We're Changing the World.

Design = Change. Join us in making a difference.

Do you believe in the power of design to solve problems, transform lives, and make the world a better place? Contributions to MODA from individuals, corporations, and foundations make up over half of our annual budget. We've had a big impact in 2017 and we're still at it! Your support in any amount will help us continue to develop and share powerful exhibitions and inspiring educational programming for all ages that demonstrate how design changes everything.

 

Here Are Four Ways MODA is Making a Difference 

Kids

Kids

Over 5,000 kids are learning to use design to address real-world challenges in our trailblazing camps, classes, and on field trips to MODA.

 

Help Kids Design for the Future
Everyone

Everyone

We bring to life three cutting-edge exhibits per year to spotlight how design makes a difference in the world, empowering visitors to try on designer mindsets and use them once they leave the museum.

Support Our Exhibitions
Atlanta

Atlanta

We partner with schools, design firms, and corporations to build a strong community that believes in the power of design and wants to use it to make our city a better place.

Make a Gift to our Design Community
Designers

Designers

Our Design Conversations are giving Atlanta's design community access to 12 industry thought leaders per year. And in return, those thought leaders are falling in love with Atlanta's design scene.

Support Design Conversations
 

You Can Help Us Change the World

Giving is Easy

MODA accepts gifts in the form of cash, credit card, or stock. Recurring monthly, quarterly or annual gifts are also accepted.

  • You can make a gift of any size online by clicking here.
  • Mail a check to Museum of Design Atlanta, 1315 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30309.
  • Or, contact Laura Flusche, lflusche@museumofdesign.org or 404.979.6455, to arrange a gift or to give stock.
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Want a peek inside? Keep up with us on social.

Stand out in the crowd when you design bespoke accessories that can be 3D printed. 
Join us for a class in which you'll learn how to to use a simple CAD program to design something that can be 3D printed. We'll also talk about 3D printing and its impact on design and how 3D printers work.

After your class, we'll print the accessory you design and you can pick it up a few weeks later!

This class will be held on Sunday, February 24 at 2pm. Register by clicking the link in our bio. Seats in this class are limited.  #3dprinting #3dprinted #3d #3dprinter #design #3dmodel #diy #maker #designer #geek #makers #makersgonnamake #moredesignatl#modatl
We're installing our new exhibition, Passione Italiana: The Art of Espresso, right now! And we're getting really excited as we see beautiful espresso machines like this one come out of crates.

This is the Mirage Triplette by Kees van der Westen and it's a barista's dream come true.

Come by and check it out when this gorgeous exhibition opens on February 24! Mark your calendars!  #espresso #coffee #vanderwesten #barista #thetrendybarista #carsandcoffee #coffeewithsytyle #mirage #coffeetime #coffeeshop #coffeegram #coffeelover #coffeeaddict #caffeine #coffeebreak #coffeelife #coffeelove #coffeeshots #coffeeholic #instacoffee #coffeelovers #baristalife #coffeeculture #moredesignatl #modatl
One of the great things that Lana Rigsby and her firm @rigsbyhull do is to help the Union of Concerned Scientists spread the word about how science can create a health planet and safer world.

Come hear Lana talk about her work in a Design Conversation titled Connecting the Dots—Art. Architecture. Books. Through vivid stories and projects from her 38-year career, Lana Rigsby makes a passionate case for elegant, classical design that “sees the world as whole”. February 21, 7pm. Grab a ticket by clicking the link in our bio.  #design #branding #creative #illustration #typography #designer #graphicdesigner #graphic #designinspiration #inspiration #marketing #graphics #creativity #brand #brandidentity #modatl #moredesignatl
Happy Valentine's Day!⠀
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50 years ago, designer Ettore Sottsass teamed up British designer Perry King and Olivetti to create the Valentine typewriter!⠀
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A year later, a photographer snapped a photo of Richard Burton arriving at Heathrow with a Valentine portable on one arm and Elizabeth Taylor on the other. Wow.⠀
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Sottsass, founder of the Memphis Group, wanted design to be exciting and sensual and he achieved that with the pop aesthetic of the Valentine typewriter.⠀
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Happy Birthday to the Valentine and Happy Valentine's Day to MODA friends and family everywhere!⠀
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 #typewriter #vintage #design #analog #valentine #valentinesday # #ettoresottsass #italy #memphis #modern #memphisdesign #modernism #memphisgroup #moredesignatl #modatl
Recognize this? It's the top of One Atlantic Center, the building designed by Philip Johnson for Atlanta as a southeastern headquarters for IBM.

And this is a painting of the building by Lana Rigsby of @rigsbyhull. In our Design Conversation on February 21, she'll  be talking about how she got her start as a designer; her work across the disciplines of art, architecture, and design; and (yep!) taco trucks.

How does all that fit together? Join us and find out.  Click the link in our bio for more info and tickets.

#designconversation #moredesignatl #modatl # #architecture #drawing #architect #design #archilovers #architecturalsketch #designlovers #archdaily  #branding #creative #illustration #typography #designer #graphicdesigner #logo #graphic #designinspiration #inspiration #marketing #logodesign #creativity #photography #brandidentity
The new exhibition that we're opening on February 24 features a Co.Lab with a crowd-sourced storytelling project designed by @orangesparkleball and their sister non-profit @sparkcorps. 
When you visit MODA, you'll get a chance to write or draw your story in a used book and put it on the wall in our Co.Lab gallery. Check out contributions to the project at @what_isyourstory.

We need your help now because we need enough books to fill our walls when we open the doors next week. So, please join us on Wednesday evening, February 13, at @secondselfbeer to get creative with used books and #sharpies. 
The event is free, but please register by clicking the link in our bio so we know how many of you awesome storytellers to expect!  #story #art #designer #creative #wholiveswhodieswhotellsyourstory #storytelling  #journaling #inspiration #writing #moredesignatl #modatl  #atl #weloveatl #atlanta #discoveratl #chooseatl
On Saturday we said goodbye to Design for Good: Architecture for Everyone.

Now we'll be closed for installation for two weeks. But you're going to want to visit when we re-open on February 24 with Passione Italiana: The Art of Espresso.

It's full of espresso machines like this one, Il Concorso (also called Diamante or Diamond - guess why!) which was designed for La Pavoni by Bruno Munari and Enzo Mari as part of a design competition organized by the magazines Domus, Casabella, and Stile Industria.

It's a beauty!

Learn more about this exhibition by clicking the link in our bio!  #coffee #espresso #cafe #caffe #bezzera #lavazza #extrashot #rancilio #coffeetime #coffeeshop #barista #coffeegram #coffeelover #coffeeaddict #coffeebreak #coffeelife #coffeelove #coffeeshots #instacoffee #coffeelovers #baristalife #coffeeculture
Kids are great designers! 
Some of our summer design camps for kids are already filling up! Grab a place for your young designer, innovator, engineer, or architect while there's still room!

Click the link in our bio to check out all the great stuff that kids will be doing at campMODA this summer.

#lego #robotics  #legostagram #legos #kids #stem #steam #camp #summer #stemcamp #girlswhocode #idtechcamps #girlsinstem #design #socialchange #coding #makeanimpact #summeriscoming #womenengineers
Join us at Second Self Beer on the evening of February 13 and become part of the What Is Your Story project!⠀
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In January, Orange Sparkle Ball and Spark Corps debuted a crowd-sourced design project called What is Your Story at the Toronto Design Festival. Now we’re bringing that project to MODA and we want you to be part of it!⠀
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Join us at Second Self Brewery on the evening of February 13 and inscribe your story in a used book. We’ll be putting your work on view at MODA during our upcoming exhibition, Passione Italiana: The Art of Espresso where visitors will be invited to respond to your story by writing you a postcard (though your identity will remain anonymous).⠀
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Participation in the What Is Your Story activity is free, but we hope you’ll support our friends at Second Self by buying one of their great beers and enjoying it while you work.⠀
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Please register in advance by clicking the link in our bio.⠀
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How do you Guac the Vote in Texas? Find out when you join us for Lana Rigsby's Design Conversation on Thursday, February 21!⠀
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During 2016’s US presidential race, Latinos for Trump founder Marco Gutierrez referenced his Mexican heritage saying, “My culture is a very dominant one … it's causing problems. If you don’t do something about it you could have taco trucks on every corner.” The barb spurred Lana's company, Rigsby Hull, to get busy turning Houston taco trucks into voter registration booths. Why? Texas has low turnout at the polls—dead last among the 50 states—and fewer than a quarter of eligible Texas Latinos even register to vote. ⠀
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Rigsby Hull's project, done in partnership with Mi Familia Vota, went viral. Registrations poured in. Ultimately, nearly 324,000 new voters registered—breaking Texas and Harris County records—with Hispanic surnames leading the increase by a wide margin. ⠀
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NPR News wrote that taco trucks “now straddle the worlds of political symbol and internet meme”. What better way to fuel a democracy?⠀
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Want to hear more about Lana Rigsby's work? Click the link in our bio to grab your ticket!
OMG. We’re in love with these words of wisdom from @wadehillthompson, founder of @sonandsons, right here in the ATL!
“Stories tell us of what we already knew and forgot, and remind us of what we haven’t yet imagined.” – Anne L. Watson, author

We all know that the brands that win are the brands that tell a great story. But who helps them do that? And what makes a great corporate story? Join us as we explore those questions with @lana.rigsby of @rigsbyhull in a Design Conversation on February 21. 
Houston-based Rigsby Hull writes and designs communications that help organizations of all kinds express their unique stories. Lana will be talking about the company's work with clients like AIGA, the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, Dell, Mohawk Paper, Sappi, LIVESTRONG, Walter P Moore, the American Heart Association, and the Union of Concerned Scientists!

Grab a ticket for her talk by clicking the link in our bio.

MODA partners with @theportfoliocenter to bring nationally-renowned designers to Atlanta each month to present a Design Converation.  #design #graphicdesign #designinspiration #aigadesign #designstudio #designer #typography #acreativevisual #dell #storytelling # #branding #creative #illustration #graphicdesigner #illustrator #graphic #brandidentity #designconversation #moredesignatl #modatl

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