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Whether you know it or not, you speak with objects every day. You put the coffee machine on and tell it to make the beverage you want, your cell phone rings and it lets you who's calling and you treat your computer as a gateway to the online world. Essentially, you are interacting and communicating with the objects around you in a way that goes way beyond their obvious function. That relationship is the subject of a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City called "Talk to Me."

Earlier this year the Museum of Modern Art acquired the "@" symbol as part of its permanent collection. MoMA design curator, Paola Antonelli, tells the story of how it came to be so ubiquitous. Produced by Kim Gittleson.

The “@” symbol has recently been admitted to the Museum of Modern Art’s architecture and design collection. We’ll talk to MoMA’s Paola Antonelli , curator in the Department of Architecture and Design, about the acquisition.

We look at the intersection of science and design. Paola Antonelli is curator of a new exhibit at MoMA, “Design and the Elastic Mind.” Chris Lasch of design firm Aranda/Lasch is one of the designers participating in the exhibit.

Slideshow: Design and the Elastic Mind

The Italian icon of mid-century transport is back in the States, zipping around in irresistible candy colors. Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art, has her own soft spot for the scooter. Produced by Angela Frucci.

Paola Antonelli, a design curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, appreciates the classic design of this staple of your medicine cabinet.

Paola Antonelli explains the origins of everybody's favorite ear cleaner.