Daniella Ohad

The theme of class today in the course the History of the Modern Interior, at the New York School of Interior Design, is one of my favorite to teach. Entitled ‘The American Home during the Age of Mad Men,’ it investigates the home during nearly two crucial decades, from the end of WWII in 1945 […]

This morning, I had the honor to host, at the course Collecting Design which I teach at the New York School of Interior Design the charismatic Renaud Vuaillat in a fascinating and animated discussion on collectible contemporary design made in France, and on the program that he has initiated at his Twenty First Gallery in

I clearly remember the first time I have seen the work of Korean artist/designer Byung Hoon Choi, because his language, which is so well rooted in Zen Buddhism, had appealed to me as a yoga practitioner from the very beginning. His minimalist furniture and objects are typically made of clay, granite, and stones, and his imagery

​There is only one architect, who, with a single building which he designed in the early 30s, has become the most admired 20th-century architect today, a myth. A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum comes to reveal the story behind the legend called Pierre Chareau. The exquisite show which was designed by Diller Scofidio +

The name Marguerita Mergentime (1894-1941) is still foreign to most design historians, but not for long, as the New-York-based textile designer who was active in the interwar years, creating linens, towels, and china, will be the subject of a monograph published next year. Her stylish apartment, which she shared with her husband Charles at the

With a program that comes to allow contemporary designers and artists to interpret the architectural fabric of Rome, its heritage, and the memory associated with the city, Giustini/Stagetti Galleria O Roma has opened an exhibition of work by Paolo Canevari. In three seats in wood and two vessels in ceramics, Canevari brings to life one

It is rarely that an architectural icon on that level is available on the market for sale. One of the most famous and seminal houses in Los Angeles and perhaps in the world, known as the Bailey House, or Case Study House #21, is offered for sale through Sotheby’s. Designed by Pierre Koenig as a

I have to admit that I was not aware of the Japanese word ‘Kiku’ until yesterday, when we visited at the exquisite exhibition ‘Kiku: The Art of the Japanese Garden’ at the New York Botanical Garden. ‘Kiku,’ you learn at this show, which has taken years to create, is the Japanese word for Chrysanthemum, the

Laffanour Galerie Downtown, the Parisian gallery presents an exhibition devoted to glass sculptures by Robert Wilson, the Watermill-based renowned artist and stage designer. We learn that since the 1994, Wilson has been engaged with creating glass, each unique, each is shaped differently, each abstract, each architectural. Through a closed collaboration with SIRVA (Centre International de

eThis is a thank-you note to artist/designer Sebastian Errazuriz for hosting my class at his amazing studio in Brooklyn this morning. Errazuriz, who has become an integral part of the NYC’s design world since moving here ten years ago, epitomizes the new role of the designer of the 21st century. With conceptual, provocative, and daring