Daniella Ohad

If the name SC Johnson is not familiar to you, go to your pantry and you would definitely find something produced by the company: Windex, Glade, Pledge, Fantastik, just to mention a few of its cleaning products that are to be found in every American home. The company, also known as Johnson’s Wax, as it […]

The Italian design collective Superstudio had never really finished a building, and all of its designs have remained unrealized utopias of alternative architecture and planet/urban planning. Yet, like German Expressionism, which rarely conceived real buildings, it has maintained a key place in the pantheon of 20th-century design. Now, Maxxi Museum in Rome has opened “Superstudio:

One of the most ambitious programs in New York design world is the annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House, which opened last week. This time, the show takes place over five floors of a new limestone-clad townhouse on East 61st Street. Walking into the Show House is like walking into a world of fantasy. The

Michael Chow is the ultimate collector, a man of impeccable taste, immense knowledge in art and its market, of deep passion for beauty that has lead him to a constant quest for the perfection. In everything he does. In the way he acts, in the way he entertains, in the way he dresses, in the

The terms ‘organic architecture,’ ‘prairie architecture,’ and the ‘American Home’ have been closely associated with Frank Lloyd Wright, the hero or 20th century architecture. Yet, what I have learnt this weekend, following the Frank Lloyd Wright Heritage Trail, recently established by the State of Wisconsin, is that while you can theoretically comprehend these terms, you

The fact that Los Angeles has emerged as one of the world’s most significant and ambitious centers of design, is exemplified in Anthony Iannacci’s new book ‘Hollywood Interiors: Style and Design in Los Angeles’ (published by Monacelli Press). Modern design in the City of Angels had been rooted in the early years of the 20th

One of the most compelling aspects of strolling through Collective Design Fair, which took place last week in New York, is the discovery of new design and those creating it. The Fair, established four years ago, has come to present the up-to-date collectible design, with a great focus on contemporary work. This time, I was

Let’s celebrate the birthday of remarkable architect Antonín Raymond, who was born in Bohemia on May 10th, 1888 and was professionally active in the US and Japan. He worked with some of two of the most distinctive talents of the time, first with Cass Gilbert and then with Frank Lloyd Wright. From Wright, he has

Next week, I will moderate another Conversation on Design @DeLorenzo Gallery with Michael Chow, one of the most intriguing personalities in the American creative world. Chow, who is known globally as the visionary mind behind the sophisticated, stylish, and elegant chain of restaurants Mr. Chow, had become the most visible ambassador of Chinese culture in

The TWA Flight Center, as it was called when first opened to the public in 1962 was brilliantly designed by Eero Saarinen ​and has been considered an architectural masterpiece of the mid-century years. It came to symbolize the spirit of hope, progress, and prosperity of the Jet Age. Is has not been operated since 2001, when