Round Museum

Dr. Seuss has nothing on this purple burst of beauty. Like fireworks on the Fourth of July the giant allium shoots flowers in all directions at once.

03.24.20

If plinking is your hobby, then a giant jug 'o spent shells is probably your kind of collection. After all, blasting a few rounds at beer bottles or old Buicks like the A-Team is bound to yield a few Rounds of casings. Why not bottle them up? Seems like the perfect companion for your giant pickle jar o' pennies.

03.23.20

What's in a name, that which we call an orange? So, the Sumo is a bit bigger with a quirky nobby knot on top, and it took 30 years to develop the best combination of a Kiyomi and a Ponkan with delicious results. And by any other name would taste as sweet.

03.22.20

As comedian George Carlin noted, your house is just a place for your stuff and if you didn't have so much of it, you wouldn't need a house. And yet, there are plenty of places tempting you to add stuff to your collection. Buried somewhere deep in the jumble of antique store stuff, amidst the stacks and knick knacks and paddy whacks is a Round treasure with your name on it. And the names of 195 countries, too.

03.21.20

With the COVID-19 viral pandemic gripping the world, the practices being preached are: wash your hands, maintain social distance, stay home. And none of these involve toilet paper hoarding. The unfortunate sign of these times is red and Round. The symbol for biohazard (a microorganism, virus or toxin) was created in 1966 with four circles to signify the chain of infection -- the agent that causes infection, the host that is infected, the source where it originated, and the means of transmission. And none of these circles symbolize toilet paper.

03.20.20

If your collection of shoes is spilling out from your closet and under your bed, this radial rack may be just thing to get you organized. Take it home with you. It's just sitting here on the sidewalk, unattended. Soon your precious soles will be populating this tree.

03.19.20

We can watch the Earth’s predictable rotation in the steady swaying of the pendulum Round. This Foucault pendulum marks past and future minutes at the Franklin Institute. But is time circular?

Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA

03.18.20

The Lollipop Guild is representing right here in the New Orleans airport, this candy shop has the signs out. For travelers coming from anywhere in the world, whether Philadelphia or Paris or The Emerald City, there's a sweet treat waiting to welcome you.

03.16.20

We live in a world awash in sound effects to alert us of things - rings, chimes, bleeps, bloops, whistles, buzzers, bombs, squawks - you name it. Hearing is sometimes better than seeing. Auditory triggers are designed to break through all the other noise to get your attention. And at the same time this gong blends in so discreetly.

03.15.20

From the numbers on the calendar, it looks like Pi Day. From the clock in the box, it definitely looks like it's time for some pie. But then again, when isn't it? The 1 o'clock slice looks delicious, but the 5 o'clock slice is downright sinful.

03.14.20