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MoMA adds @ to its collection

Commonly used for email addresses and now on Twitter, the @ has found its cultural significance recognized by the modern art museum.

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As a piece of design work it’s elegant, useful, long-lasting but always finding new life.

It’s the @ symbol, which we use all the time in e-mail, and most recently on Twitter.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York thinks so highly little ole’ @ that it’s adding it to its permanent collection.

Guest: Paola Antonelli, MoMA

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