Daniella Ohad

With the rising culture of the tastemakers, largely fueled by the social media, the auction houses have entered the arena of defining and redefining those proponents, leaders in matters of style and taste. In the fall, Sotheby’s will present ‘Living in a Material World’, an auction dedicated to cutting edge design, with a focus on […]

​When you walk in Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, along East 52nd Street look up when you get almost to the East River. On the north side of the street, 424 East 52nd Street, stands a skyscraper called Southgate (below). Up until now, only the very few knew that it was in this building that the

Let’s celebrate Santiago Calatrava’s 66th birthday today. The NYC-based architect, artist, and structural engineer has created railway stations, stadiums, bridges, and museums across the globe, all bearing his signature complex sculptural forms that look like skeletons. Like Edgar Krug, the fictional architect in Paul Scheerbart’s seminal novel The Gray Cloth (1914), who travelled the world,

I am pleased to announce that registration to the fall edition of my program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlight (opens on October 3rd) at the New York School of Interior Design is open now. This season, I will host friends and colleagues who will share their expertise on various aspects of the collectible design market.

One of the objects presented in the new Sottsass exhibition at Met Breuer, a small, red, jeweled object of an enormous impact, that was considered by the late designer as a mark of the turning point in his career, and I am talking about the Valentine portable typewriter. An icon of sixties design, it is

Historians can change the fact of history. While the Farnworth House, which Miesvan der Rohe designed outside of Chicago for Dr. Edith Farnsworth has long achieved the status of an architectural icon, extensively photographed, and documented, its counterpart, the McCormick House is hardly known outsider of the circle of modernism enthusiasts. Now, that Heritage Architecture

The name of Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass Jr. (1917–2007) is so inserted in the pantheon of modern design, that he is considered by many as one of the greatest figures in its history. His work is complex and intellectual, yet can be understood on various levels. One of the aspects that mostly fascinating

Thank you, Natalia Torija, the guest speaker in this morning concluding class of my course Collecting Design at the New York School of Interior Design. Devoted to the architecture of George Nakashima, she gave a wonderful, informal, and informative presentation based on her master thesis “George Nakashima, the Architect,” which she submitted for the Master

I have to thank my friend Marianne Livnat, a passionate crafts enthusiast, collector, and patron for recommending the new exhibition ‘Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection,’ at the Met. Because I did not find the image selected for its promotion intriguing enough to make my way to the exhibition, which I ultimately found surprisingly interesting,

Often, my students comment and question the similarity between Japanese and Danish design. Now that the Designmuseum Danmark is showing an exhibition ‘Learning from Japan,’ the mystery is thoroughly examined in the light of years during which Japan has been a significant source of inspiration for Danish crafts and design, and its lasting effect. It