Skip to main content

The Manual may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site.

Top 10 Picks From the MoMA Design Store

The Manual selects its top 10 picks from the MoMA Design Store’s latest in cool gadgets, slick furniture and handy kitchen tools from your home.

All in One Kitchen Tool Set
Take the hassle and the clutter out of having eight different kitchen utensils with this handy Bin Akebono-designed All in One Kitchen Tool Set, which combines a bottle cap opener, egg separator, cheese grater, funnel, a lemon juicer, a spice grater, an egg masher, a lid grip for loosening stubborn jar tops, and a 1 1/4 measuring cup.
$40 at momastore.org

Recommended Videos

Yellow Submarino Organizer
Hector Serrano designed this bathroom organizer to pack a playful punch in your bathroom. Constructed of porcelain with a rubberized paint finish, this organizer has a soap dispenser and toothbrush caddy, plus two compartments where you can store whatever you want.
$70 at momastore.org

Lumio Book Lamp
When it’s shut, this lamp looks like a nondescript book that you can hide on your shelf. Open it up and its pages illuminate, forming a cool sculpture.
$160 at momastore.org

Albers Desk
This desk may cost a fortune, but its designed by one of the 20th-century’s greatest artists. The desk evokes the clean lines of the Bauhaus artist’s paintings, and even has an adjustable side wing, just in case you need more space.
$5,000 at momastore.org

Wind Up Accordion Lantern
Whether used while on a camping trip, or during a summer barbecue, this lantern also doubles as a flashlight for up to four hours. And you can also power it up without electricity, thanks to its hand crank.
$28 at momastore.org

Zipp Wireless Speaker
This wireless speakers projects 360 degrees of sound for up to four hours and comes with wool covers just in case you change your mood.
$449 at momastore.org

Kebo Bottle Opener
The Kebo Bottle Opener frees up your other hand to do whatever you want because its sleek design only needs one to pop open a bottle.
$25 at momastore.org

3 Doodler
You might think that this is a kid’s toy at first glance, but trust us, you’ll have hours of fun drawing in the air and making colorful 3D creations with this gadget, that melts filament so that you can create whatever your imagination desires.
$99 at momastore.org

 Thank You Bag
Lauren Dicioccio took the iconic Thank You bag and turned it into a reusable, environmentally friendly sack that you can use for groceries or toting around your lunch.
$35 at momastore.org

11+ Blue Tooth Speaker Set
This pair of speakers packs a punch, lasting up to 20 hours. Their angled base allows the sound to be aimed in a certain direction, or you can attach them back to back, for one speaker.
$85 at momastore.org

Ann Binlot
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Ann Binlot is a New York-based freelance writer who contributes to publications like The Economist, Wallpaper*, Monocle…
The Lego Disney Princess Advent Calendar is $20 at Walmart
The Lego Disney Princess Advent Calendar on a white background.

Christmas is fast approaching! Fathers who want to start getting into the holiday spirit with their daughters may want to purchase the Lego Disney Princess Advent Calendar, which is currently on sale from Walmart with a $25 discount that slashes its price to just $20 from $45 originally. We're not sure how long you've got to get this fun Advent calendar for less than half-price though, so if you want to take advantage of this amazing bargain from Lego deals, and you want to get it in time before December arrives, we highly recommend pushing through with the transaction today.

Why you should buy the Lego Disney Princess Advent Calendar
The Lego Disney Princess Advent Calendar, just like any other Advent calendar, counts the days to Christmas from December 1. However, this one features a Lego character or a Lego build from various Disney Princess movies for each day, including Elsa from Frozen, Tiana from The Princess and the Frog, and Ariel from The Little Mermaid. You'll also open Elsa's ice palace, Ariel's undersea palace, and a Christmas tree, among many others. Of course, you won't know what you and your daughter will get until you open the box for each day of the Lego Disney Princess Advent Calendar.

Read more
A ‘Challengers’ star will headline Steven Spielberg’s next film
The film is an original action movie that apparently has elements of science fiction.
Josh O'Connor in Challengers

Few directors are bigger name brands than Steven Spielberg, and even at this late point in his career, plenty of people still pay incredibly close attention to every new film he puts out. Variety is is reporting that, for his next film, the legendary director has cast Josh O'Connor in the lead role.

Plot details about the upcoming film are still being kept under wraps, but the studio has described it as a "new original event film." Spielberg is directing it from a script by David Koepp, who has previously worked with the director on Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The screenplay is apparently based on a story idea from Spielberg and is supposed to include sci-fi elements.

Read more
Apple’s next prestige series is a remake of a Hollywood classic
The minieseries is adapted from a film that has already been remade once.
Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men

Apple TV+ has had a run of hugely successful prestige TV series, and it looks like it's hoping to add another to the mix. Variety is reporting that the streamer is adapting Cape Fear to the smalls screen, and that Oscar-winner Javier Bardem is set to take on one of the lead roles.

According to the official logline: “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.”

Read more