Tibor Kalman's paper weight
I walked into Tibor's office at M&Co. at 157 West 57th Street to talk about a design job he had hired me for. Sitting on his desk was this magnificent little object. It was ingenious. Tibor had rumpled up a legal-size piece of paper and had it made into a weighted sculpture. It was, literally, a paper weight. It was beautifully crafted. So simple. So brilliant. The world was more interesting when Tibor was in it.
Traci Churchill
Roswell, Georgia
July 1, 2024
Moving postcard announcement from way back when.
Legal-size Paperweight, 1984. Manufacturer: M&Co. Labs. Medium: Vinyl and lead. Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 4 1/2" (8.6 x 8.9 x 11.4 cm). MoMA Architecture and Design collection.
Photo of Michael Bierut's book, Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist, 1998.
