In Brief: Paola Antonelli on the @, EmDashes Collects Symbol Sonnets

  • Earlier this year, the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Architecture and Design acquired @, the now ubiquitous symbol whose creation is credited to American engineer, e-mail pioneer, and accidental designer Ray Tomlinson. “It is a momentous, elating acquisition that makes us all proud,” said Paola Antonelli back in March. The MoMA senior curator recently elaborated on the @ as a guest on Studio 360, the nationally-syndicated weekly radio show hosted by the contagiously curious Kurt Andersen.
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