Daniella Ohad

We all remember well the Floating Piers on Lake Iseo in Italy, which Christo and Jeanne-Claude unveiled last June, an enormous pier covered with fabric and transformed the lake while uplifting our spirits. This event has become the point of departure for an exhibition held at the 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, entitled “Grand Projects: […]

What I find mostly breathtaking about Wendell Castle, beyond his superb talent and unparalleled control over his discipline, beyond his sweetest personality and genuine, real character, is the way he has never repeated himself, always inventing, always renewing, never going back, but departing over and over again, each chapter is built upon the previous, each comes

Design and travel magazines in print, we know, have been facing monumental challenges with the introduction of the digital publishing industry, and with readers seeking free contents. Yet, the printed design magazine has been in the process of reinventing itself, and its publishers are constantly in search for the new mold which will bring it

It has been long, too long, since we have seen an exhibition devoted to Gio Ponti (1891-1979), often referred to as the Dean of Italian Design, a Renaissance man who drew from the Italian past in creating the modern and the future. At times, it seems that Ponti’s strong presence in the marketplace has overshadowed any

So many before him had tried to create one-piece plastic chair, Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames, just to name two, but it was Verner Panton, the Basel-based Danish designer who was the first to succeed. After nine years of experimentation, his stacking, cantilever Panton Chair was finally unveiled in 1967, just in the right moment

Let’s celebrate Charles Eames birthday. The most charismatic figure of the American design of the mid-century years was born on June 17, 1907. Forging a lifelong partnership with his wife Ray – he was an architect by training and she was a painter and sculptor – the two came to forge a spectacular career as

I am stunned by the number of anniversaries related to the world of design and architecture celebrated in 2017. Last week I wrote about Frank Lloyd Wright and today, about Christian Dior. While he established his La Maison Dior in 1946, his breakthrough, his fame did not come until February 12, 1947, with his first

There are many layers to the Brooklyn Museum exhibition ‘Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern,’ as you typically find in any well-curated show. It comes to offer a new look at how the renowned artist proclaimed her progressive, independent lifestyle through a self-crafted public persona, mainly her dresses and the way she was captured through the lenses

When you are that connected to the most advanced global community of entrepreneurs, to social-media influencers, and to leaders in the world of design, as my friend, design entrepreneur Adriana Kertzer, then you do everything in the most cachet, refreshing spin. Just the way it should be done, today. When purchasing their country house, Olivebridge

Designers of the 60s and 70s sought to move away from traditional seating and dwelling orders, and to reinvent living environments, seating landscapes, and integrated pieces that would challenge the way people have lived for centuries. Among those revolutionaries were Verner Panton, Joe Colombo, and Ettore Sottsass. Pierre Paulin was no different, and he did