One of the strengths of the Museum of Modern Art in New York is its ability to transfer ideas and experiences from the galleries to the web. Among the accomplishments, and perhaps the finest, in this vein is Design and the Elastic Mind. In short, the exhibit is about the reciprocal relationship between science and design in the contemporary world. How adjustments in human behavior are understood by science, and made to useful objects through the design process. Many of the objects that feature on the web are not on view on site. The web portion itself is a free flowing exhibition, allowing us to bounce back and forth through topics, people and place and create our own trajectory through Design and the Elastic Mind.

Check out digital ping pong after the jump, one of our favorites from the exhibition.

We have reported before about the Takashi Murakami exhibition at the Moma in Los Angeles, that is still going on until February 2008. For the occasion Louis Vuitton opened a temporary pop-up store in the museum and is selling a few items, only available at that store. The most interesting items are the coin case and the shopping bag, both coming in the classic Monogram design and with special Murakami artwork.
In case you do not have the chance to pass by the museum until February, then you can now also purchase the items at Cliff Edge.

We recently came across a German label, Volksmarke, and their series of bags attracted our attention. Created by designer Luisella Stroebele, the brand lives and breaths the city of Berlin.
Their range of bags in different sizes is produced by Bagjack Berlin, which stands for high quality (we have presented their Beinghunted as well as Porter collaborations earlier) and they feature iconic photos of Berlin. The collection is available online and is also featured in the MoMA design store in NYC.
Check out more styles after the jump.