The Brooklyn Studio Turning Kitchen Tools Into Art — Fredericks & Mae’s Confetti Collection at MoMA
What if your cutting board was something you actually wanted to leave on the counter?
Not hide in a cabinet, not tuck away after use — but genuinely display, the way you’d display something beautiful.
That’s the idea behind Fredericks & Mae’s Confetti collection. And it’s currently available at the MoMA Design Store. Which tells you everything you need to know about where this sits on the design-to-functional-object spectrum.
Who Is Fredericks & Mae?
Gabriel (Gabe) Cohen and Jolie Signorile began their design partnership as seniors at Oberlin College, where they landed in design studios next to each other, collaborated on their senior thesis, and have made the partnership a professional venture since 2007.
They connected over a mutual love of materials and would make things together as a way of hanging out. Their ever-growing studio creates joy-sparking homewares that marry practicality with pizzazz.
Starting with handmade goods sold wholesale to select shops and galleries, the brand is now also available through their own e-commerce site and a brick-and-mortar store in Brooklyn, NY. They describe themselves as a “design studio reveling in the art of the gift” — and the Confetti collection is a perfect expression of exactly that.
The brand’s philosophy is simple but hard to pull off: they are committed to bringing objects into the world that prompt wide eyes, inexplicable delight, and full body chills. Ambitious words for a cutting board. But when you see one in person, you kind of get it.
The Confetti Collection — What’s in It
The Confetti collection started with the cutting board and has since expanded into a full kitchen lineup. The three pieces now available at the MoMA Design Store are:
🔪 Confetti Kitchen Knife — Chef, Bread, and Paring (+ Knife Magnet)
Knife Magnet sold separately
The Confetti Kitchen Knife brings that same wildly colorful confetti handle to a full set of serious kitchen knives. Available as a Chef Knife (14″ — your everyday workhorse), Bread Knife (15″ — serrated for clean slicing), and Paring Knife (7.5″ — for precision work).
Each knife features a German steel blade — the same standard used in professional kitchen knives — paired with a food-safe PE plastic handle in the signature confetti pattern. Dishwasher-safe.
The matching Knife Magnet (12″ wall mount) keeps all three knives within reach and turns your wall into a little gallery moment. Sold separately, but the combination is the full vision.
Details:
- Blade: German Steel
- Handle: Food-safe PE Plastic
- Dishwasher-safe ✓
- Designed: 2023
- Available: Chef / Bread / Paring + Knife Magnet
🛒 Shop Confetti Kitchen Knife at MoMA Design Store ↗
🧀 Confetti Cheese Knife Set — Set of 3
$45 for the set
Designed by Jolie Signorile specifically for the cheese board moment, this set of three covers every cheese situation you’ll encounter.
A pointed knife for hard cheeses (Parmigiano Reggiano, Manchego — the ones that need a little force), a curved spreader for soft cheeses (Brie, Camembert — the spreadable ones), and a broad blade for everything in between. Three knives, three jobs, one cohesive look.
Steel blades, food-safe plastic handles, dishwasher-safe. Comes in a gift-ready box. The Confetti Cutting Board is sold separately — but together, they’re the cheese board setup people stop and ask about.
Details:
- Material: Steel blade, food-safe plastic handle
- Includes: Pointed / Curved spreader / Broad blade
- Comes in gift box (0.5h × 7w × 11″d)
- Dishwasher-safe ✓
- Designed: 2020 by Jolie Signorile
🛒 Shop Confetti Cheese Knife Set at MoMA Design Store ↗
🪓 Confetti Cutting Board — Small & Large
If you were to ask any moderately online aspiring homemaker to name the “status cutting board,” they’d almost certainly describe the confetti colored wares by Fredericks and Mae. Crafted from recycled food-grade plastic, the cutting boards have graced the counters and Instagram feeds of countless cooks both professional and aspiring.
The Confetti Cutting Board comes in two sizes:
Small (8w × 6″d) — perfect for cheese, garlic, shallots, herbs, anything you prep in small quantities on the side. Great for everyday use.
Large (11w × 16″d) — your full prep station. Big enough for vegetables, bread, anything that needs real working space.
Both are made from professional-grade, food-safe plastic — the same material standard used in commercial kitchens. Dishwasher-safe, durable, and designed to look good doing it. The confetti pattern runs all the way through the material, so it doesn’t fade or wear off with use.
Details:
- Material: Food-safe plastic, powder-coated metal
- Sizes: Small (8×6″) / Large (11×16″)
- Dishwasher-safe ✓
- Designed: 2020 by Jolie Signorile
🛒 Shop Confetti Cutting Board at MoMA Design Store ↗
Why MoMA? And What That Actually Means
The MoMA Design Store isn’t a gift shop in the traditional sense.
Every product sold there is curator-approved — meaning it goes through the same consideration that MoMA applies to the objects in its permanent collection. The question isn’t just “does it work?” but “does it represent good design thinking?”
The Confetti collection being available at MoMA is essentially the design world’s equivalent of a stamp of approval. It’s not just a pretty cutting board. It’s a piece of considered, intentional design that happens to also be incredibly functional.
The Full Picture
If you’re building out a kitchen that looks as intentional as it is functional — or looking for a gift that will genuinely surprise someone — the Confetti collection is worth knowing about.
Start with the cutting board. Add the cheese knife set for a cheese board that becomes a conversation. Mount the knife magnet on the wall and suddenly your kitchen wall is doing something beautiful.
That’s the Fredericks & Mae way. Useful objects that refuse to be boring. 😊