The slogan for A + R is "Global Design. Edited," and that about sums it up. This Venice shop carries the sort of well-designed, utilitarian, fun-to-use items that you'd find in the Museum of Modern Art gift shop. Visual puns abound, such as JumpFromPaper's "2-D" purses, which are really 3-D; the acrylic Dropp Bowl looks like that Harold Edgerton stop-motion photo Milkdrop Coronet. Mugs and folding chairs come in Pantone colors. Hector Serrano's colorful "Air Heads" animal-shaped balloons... More »
