Daniella Ohad

I am pleased to announce that the first screening of the film Collecting Paul Evans is scheduled for May 14th in a special event hosted by Rago Auctions. It is the fourth in the series Collecting Design, created in conjunction with the course I teach at the New York School of Interior Design ‘Collecting Design: […]

The legacy of Antoni Gaudí has come to shape the notion of tourism in Barcelona for years. Now, a new site, Casa Vicens, a former private home, which will be open for the first time as a museum in the fall, has come to capture the attention of design and architecture lovers worldwide. With its

Congratulating Valerio Capo and Sam Pratt, founders of Gallery FUMI for opening a new space on Hay Hill, Mayfair, a two-story, bright, and spacious temple of the contemporary design that the gallery has represented for the past nine years. FUMI has made its name with discovering international artists creating design which is provocative, intriguing, and

In the upcoming Collecting Design Fair, which opens in New York next week as a part of NYCxDESIGN, Swiss, Paris-based designer Mattia Bonetti will be recognized as this year’s Collective Influence, the one living designer who is honored for an outstanding impact, and whose work is being showcased in a curated presentation that comes to

Of the 50 states of America, one was responsible for the development of the modern design culture which swept this country in the years following WWII. One state was the influencer, where the taste for the modern was formulated and produced, the cradle of industrial furniture, banks, household goods, restaurants; while its automobile industry took

​For the kickoff event this morning, I have decided to invite a special guest speaker, someone who is conversant with the new way of thinking in the age of social media, someone who is inspiring and knowledgable, someone who has the ability to stimulate audience to think differently. I have invited my colleague Adriana Kertzer

Thank you, One Vandam, Sean Murphy Turner, and Britt and Damian from Studio BD for hosting the kick off of my program ‘Design and Decorative Arts in NYC’ in the breathtaking penthouse A of One Vandam, at the heart of SoHo. I cannot think of a better place to host a program that illuminates the

When my longtime student Virginia Bayer told me that her grandmother, Marguerita Mergentime was an influential and passionate textile designer, active in interwar New York, I immediately went to the literature to look her up. I could not find her in the encyclopedic volume Women Designers in the USA by Pat Kirkham, nor in any

I am getting excited about the upcoming design week in NY, which comes to offer the best of the best in design, and one could find in the various fairs objects that may be seen only once in our lifetime. One of these rare gems will be presented at the new TEFAF New York, which

Another exhibition in celebrating Ettore Sottsass’ centennial will be opening in conjunction with the Venice Art Biennale next month. Highlighting the ceramics that the Italian designer/architect created between 1955 and 1969, my friend and colleague interior designer and collector Charles Zana will be curating a dialogue between two giants, foremost talents of mid-century Italian design,