100 Objects from Century of the Child

Giacomo Balla. Child’s wardrobe. 1918 Childlike figures composed of geometric forms flank the sides of this wardrobe. The piece was from a series of experimental interiors and toys for children created by Balla at the height of his involvement with Italian Futurism, an early-twentieth-century movement that emphasized concepts such as speed and industry, it also followed the birth of his second daughter, Elica (“propellor” in Italian), in 1914. Balla viewed design for children as an important part of the Futurist mission to reconstruct society, seeing their youthful energy was a natural match for expressions of the frenetic tempo of modern life. Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

Giacomo Balla. Child’s wardrobe. 1918

Childlike figures composed of geometric forms flank the sides of this wardrobe. The piece was from a series of experimental interiors and toys for children created by Balla at the height of his involvement with Italian Futurism, an early-twentieth-century movement that emphasized concepts such as speed and industry, it also followed the birth of his second daughter, Elica (“propellor” in Italian), in 1914. Balla viewed design for children as an important part of the Futurist mission to reconstruct society, seeing their youthful energy was a natural match for expressions of the frenetic tempo of modern life.

Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

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Get your daily dose of design from the MoMA exhibition Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000. During each of the 100 days of the exhibition we will showcase an object featured in the show.

To find out more about Century of the Child visit MoMA.org/centuryofthechild.

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