Daniella Ohad

This shall be crowned as the most bizarre, unbelievable story of the week. The image of the sculpted ceiling that Isamu Noguchi created for the lobby of the American Stove Company-Magic Chef building in St. Louis has been reproduced over and over in design books and has been known as a ‘lost’ artistic treasure for […]

As a design historian, I have found the work of Dutch designer Sebastian Brajkovic stimulating and intriguing, as it is engaged in a steady conversation with the heritage of design, rethinking, revisiting, reimagining. Whether it is the neoclassical allure of 18th-century French decorative arts, the Victorian iconic tête-à-tête, or the shells of Baroque, there is

I couldn’t think of a better way to start the First Monday in May than going to the glamorous preview Costume Institute’s spring 2016 exhibition, ‘Manus x Machina: Fashion in the Age of Technology,’ and to join Anna Wintour, curator Andrew Bolton, and Jonathan Ive, representing Apple, which sponsors this remarkable show in the opening

When Jacksons Berlin has announced that its Summer Exhibition, opened on Thursday is devoted to Danish furniture designer Poul Kjærholm (1929-1980), I felt that it comes in time, as Poul Kjærholm’s steel furniture shall be reevaluated as a collectible entity. It has burst into the marketplace in the early 2000’s and immediately came to capture

I couldn’t have imagined a better way to remember Vladimir Kagan than the intimate, moving gathering of friends in Michael Hirtenstein’s triplex in Tribeca this week. Because the interior of this stunning home was one of the most ambitious projects that Kagan has undertaken with Amy Lau, the interior decorator he loved as a daughter.

When my friend Adriana Friedman, Director of DeLorenzo Gallery (below) has first presented me with the furniture pieces by interior designer Sam Amoia, which she began representing, I found them interesting, yet in progress. The furniture, which I have first seen, two years ago was crafted of crashed minerals combined with refined concrete in various

George R. Kravis II has been one of the world’s pioneer collectors of industrial design, and his contribution to education and preservation has been noted with publications and gifts. To celebrate his recent gift of historical and contemporary design objects to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the National Museum has opened a show ‘Energizing

Adam Tucker is one of only 14 LEGO® Certified Professionals in the world, who has been responsible for creating LEGO’s Architecture sets. Now, he has constructed for a special exhibition at the Museum of Science + Industry, entitled “ Brick by Brick,” what he considers architecture wonders, and some of the world’s most iconic structures,

Its coming up, the first Monday in May, but I am talking about the film. If you are not certain that fashion is an art and cultural form, go to see the new and wonderful documentary The First Monday in May, which puts this debate at the center of discussion. Directed by the talented Andrew

When Mies van der Rohe designed the German pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona (above), he created the touchstone of the luxurious villa. The combination of simple form, precious materials, and glass curtain has attained the iconic building with an allure and glamour, which have since come to capture the imagination of generations