This Christmas is the 22nd anniversary of the Peter Norton Christmas Project, a series of limited-edition artworks once only available to those on the software pioneer's personal Nice list (see a 2005 NYT writeup for more info). Commissioned to make contemporary art more accessible, the artists' creations were unavailable to the general public until this year when Norton donated the remainder of his ungifted presents to MoMA's Design Store, with proceeds benefiting PS1. Works over the years have taken on the form of everything from condoms to music boxes, with three editions focusing on food and drink.

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"Waste Not," Song Dong, 2005.

Currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is the installation "Waste Not" by the Beijing-based artist Song Dong. A collaboration conceived of with his mother, Zhao Xiangyuan (1938-2009), the installation consists of the complete contents of her home, amassed over fifty years, including the wooden frame of her house. Song's mother, typical of the generation that lived through the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 70s, abided by the Chinese concept of wu jin qi yong, or "waste not." The installation, ranging from bottles and pots to blankets, egg containers, books, shoes, and styrofoam, forms a cityscape built out of the contents and baggage of the past.

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The MoMA Design Store's latest collection, Destination Seoul, features exclusive lifestyle products from Korean designers. Included in the collection are a Bird and Cloud Salt and Pepper Shakers ($38); a Sandwich Sponge ($10), a sponge designed and packaged to resemble a piece of bread; the Spoon and Chopsticks Napkin Set ($3), featuring place markings for resting chopsticks and spoons; and Egg Salt and Pepper Shakers ($25) that nest together to form the shape of an egg.

There are also some more dorky items, like a Bibimbap Cell Phone Charm ($12), Doughnut, Ice Cream, and Fruit Earrings ($12), and Korean Meal Business Card Holder ($25).

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