Daniella Ohad

Who are our most favorite NYC’s architects? Build Direct has announced a competition that comes to unveil the 15 best architects of New York City. Of the proposed candidates, all looking to the future with innovative ideas and by conversing with modern technology, while at the same time possess an appreciation for heritage and history, […]

Registration to the spring/summer season of my program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights at the New York School of Interior Design is still open. The program starts on April 4th and 5th. I will be hosting friends and colleagues, all worlds experts who will share their passion and knowledge, unveiling and discovering the story of collecting

Tastemakers Didier and Clémence Krzentowski have emerged as leading forces in the world of contemporary design since opening their design powerhouse Galerie Kreo in 1999. They have been engaged with producing some of the most magical objects of our age, designed by their house designers, such as Jaime Hayon, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius,

While numerous design schools will be presented in Milan during the upcoming Salone del Mobile, one of the more interesting exhibition will be featured by the Departments of Furniture Design and Textiles of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Exhibited at the Triennale International Exhibition Milan, the show consists of pieces of furniture by

After visiting some extraordinary homes of design/art collectors in Paris last week, I have become convinced that all of them possess special love for the work of French ceramist couple Jacques and Dani Ruelland. The duo, active in Paris during the 1950s and 1960s, created some of the most refined and elegant forms in the

When Philip Johnson, Director of the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA decided to curate an exhibition on new architecture in 1988, he sought to examine current developments and called it Deconstructivist Architecture, a name that came to embody the directions conceived by the seven selected architects: Coop Himmelblau, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha

As we approach the 2016 edition of Salone del Mobile, the furniture fair in Milan (April 12-17), I am going to highlight some of the more interesting events. “50 Manga Chairs” by Nendo is an exhibition in collaboration with Friedman Benda Gallery, which will take place at the Chiostro Minore di San Simpliciano. An installation of

The workshop was the touchstone of the craft industry in Renaissance Italy, standing at the  center of production during the centuries following the Renaissance until the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. Carpenters, stone carvers, silversmiths, bronze casters, painters, joiners, all worked under one roof in the workshop setting, creating the decorative

​As a part of my lecture series in Tel Aviv in the program Modern Design conducted by Dafna Ish-Hurvitz (above), I had the honor to curate a conversation on stage with Ilan Pivko tonight. One of Israel’s most influential architects, Pivko was the first to introduce the notions of taste, design, and lifestyle in the

In my lecture on collecting Latin American mid-century design this evening, I loved focusing on the so-called Glass House, which Italian-born Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-92) designed in 1951 in São Paulo as her own home.  Bo Bardi, who together with her husband co-founded the influential art magazine Habitat, played a central role in