Photo by Alan G. Brake.
This is sure to send a wave through the design community: Moss, the influential design store and gallery located in New York's SoHo, has been seized by the State of New York for nonpayment of taxes—foreshadowed in Murray Moss's essay Design Hates a Depression, as pointed out by the Architect's Newspaper early this morning, who discovered the shop closed with a tax compliance notice on the door. They've done their due diligence and canvassed a few sources, including Moss hiimself, who, on the prospect that the store will go bankrupt, has to say: "100% NOT TRUE! Will send letter to you shortly...but we're not going anywhere...!"
Read the full article at the Architect's Newspaper, where they've promised to post the letter from Moss as soon as they receive it.
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