For Immediate Release: August 16, 2010
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Holiday Shopping 2010: News Release
Holiday Gifts Inspired by the World’s Great Designers
WASHINGTON, D.C.— It is hard to wrap up Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in holiday paper and give the design-lover in your life the ultimate holiday gift. Fortunately, the National Building Museum's award-winning Museum Shop features a wide selection of gifts inspired by architecture and classic designs from all over the world. From home design elements and jewelry to building kits and books, you’ll find gifts that combine function and beauty for every person on your list. You can browse the Museum Shop for innovative gifts during regular Museum hours or shop online for unique presents anytime at www.nbmshop.org.
If you’re searching for something to satiate your design-lover’s building instinct, our LEGO® Architecture Kits will let them recreate icons of American architecture with everyone’s favorite childhood building blocks. Build structures like the White House, the Empire State Building, and Fallingwater, brick-by-tiny-toy-brick. The kits were designed by LEGO certified professional Adam Reed Tucker, whose work is on display in the Museum’s exhibition LEGO® Architecture: Towering Ambition.
For the modern design enthusiast on your list, the chic, clean lines of the Little Architecture Jewelry Collection, created by Andrea Panico of Pico Design, draw inspiration from modern architecture and sculpture from Spain, Japan, and Mexico. As refined and stunning as the original structures by architects like Tadao Ando and Luis Barragán, these sleek jewelry creations will fit with the wardrobe of any fashionable woman. Andrea Panico’s unique designs are available only through the Museum’s online shop, www.nbmshop.org.
The modern cities of the world are testaments to the success of urban designers like Pierre L’Enfant and Daniel Burnham. The City Plates Collection by notNeutral features beautifully stylized aerial urban layouts inspired by the world’s great cities. Pick up the grid-and-circle D.C. design or take your pick from multiple other cities like Berlin, Mumbai, Cairo, and Chicago.
Characterized by simple forms with bursts of primary colors, the Bauhaus style influenced many disciplines in the 20th century including art, architecture, graphic design, interior design, and industrial design. The graceful Bauhaus mobile, developed in cooperation with Flensted Mobiles and the Bauhaus Museum, features the bright primary colors and simple geometric shapes of the Bauhaus style. The 12” x 26” mobile, which comes with everything necessary for hanging, will add a splash of modernity to any room.
Future designers and architects need to cultivate their talents at a young age. The Capitol Blocks set from Haba allows budding architects to construct their own Capitol building. Using domes and arches, children can recreate the style and grandeur of the original building with ease. Combined with other Haba kits, your future designers can use their imaginations to create innovative buildings and monuments. Who knows—the buildings your child designs today could help form the skylines of the future.
The National Building Museum Shop—voted the "Best Museum Shop in DC" by The Washington Post as well as the National Geographic Traveler's blog, Intelligent Travel—has a range of unique gifts, housewares, and books. Members receive discounts and special shopping privileges. The Museum Shop is open Monday to Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Shop online anytime at www.nbmshop.org.
Download the 2010 Holiday Shopping Image Sheet for available images and pricing information.
For more information, please contact the Marketing and Communications Department, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458.
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