Daniella Ohad

Congratulating Costanzo and the family of Canfora for celebrating 70th anniversary of my favorite sandals, which have allowed me to dress stylish and comfortable in the past twenty-something summers. Canfora was born in 1946 in Capri, just as WWII came to its end, and Europe’s royals, artists, intellectuals, and actors had rediscovered the Italian island […]

​Every design lover has their own ‘Bauhausie.’  Mine has always been Hungarian visionary László Moholy-Nagy, the Bauhaus teacher who created interdisciplinary work before the term was invented, and who pioneered the marriage of art and science.  Thus I could not have been happier to learn that the Guggenheim opens a retrospective “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present,” this

So hard to say good-bye to the Four Seasons Restaurant, but I want to congratulate Julian Niccolini, legendary restauranteur, and owner of the iconic restaurant for finalizing on 280 Park Avenue, as its upcoming new home, where the restaurant will be moving from its original Seagram Building (above). Known as the world’s most beautiful restaurant,

Above: the quintessential modernist staircase by Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye (1930). Staircase of the Martin May House in Chicago (1941), by Samuel Marx A curvaceous staircase, designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, Salon 94, New York. Staircase by I.M. Pei at the Museum for Contemporary Art in Luxembourg Staircase by Isay Weinfeld Spiral Staircase by Wharton

The design auction season in New York is approaching, and the three major houses offer a wide array of material, which I will be covering in the next two weeks. Sotheby’s is offering a rare collection of furniture, designed by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Casa Encantada. These pieces allow a glimpse into one of the most

I could not have thought of a better way to celebrate George Nakashima’s 111th birthday than driving to the Nakashima studio in New Hope, Pennsylvania, so this is exactly what I have done today. Visiting Mira, Soomi, John, and everyone at the Studio is always a great pleasure and an aesthetic experience that I have

Congratulations, the brilliant and visionary designer Bruce Mau, recipient of the 2016 National Design Award for ‘Design Mind.’ It has been a great year for Mau who was also recognized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art as a recipient of its Collab Award which was marked by a wonderful exhibition ‘Work on What You Love:

My new ‘discovery,’ the chic Twenty First Gallery, founded by Renaud Vuaillat, is situated in a charming Chelsea townhouse that seems at first as a private residence. In this elegant authentic interior, the gallery presents a solo exhibition of French designer Emmanuel Babled, whose work is being exhibited in the U.S. for the first time. Babled is interested

It is hard to believe that the Whitney Museum of American Art had started its way in a small carriage house, but when Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Museum in 1931, she set it up in her own studio on West Eighth Street in Greenwich Village. When the Museum was moved to its Brutalist Marcel-Breuer-designed

The Parisian auction house Artcurial has introduced ambitious and curated sales of Scandinavian Design a couple of years ago, and its upcoming one (May 31st) is divided into three sections, each represents one of the three Nordic countries presented in the sale: Finland, Denmark, and Sweden. In the Swedish section, the sculpted chair by Gösta