Daniella Ohad

To celebrate the centennial birth of American designer-woodworker Sam Maloof, his Foundation opened an exhibition ‘Sam Maloof Woodworker: Life/Art/Legacy,’ at his historic home and workshop in Rancho Cucamonga, California.Considered one of the leading figures of the American Studio Furniture Movement, the California-born son of Lebanese immigrants, who taught himself woodworking, had a rich career that […]

Furniture by French artist Nicola L has been sought after by art and design collectors seeking for objects that represent blurring boundaries between art and design, and last week I have seen one example of her cabinets at DeLorenzo Gallery (below), one of my favorite design galleries. Since the mid 1960s, Nicoal L has been

The talk of the day in New York, the completed World Trade Center Transportation Hub, designed by Santiago Calatrava, an enormous white building in the shape of dinosaur bones or winged dove, providing New Yorkers with a design experience of the type we have not seen in our daily life for years. A giant cathedral,

When Studio Job, the design studio established in 2000 by Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel first showed its furniture at Design Miami, it was sensational and not always naturally received. After all, in the early 2000s, when many designers turned to the Modern Movement for a source of inspiration, it was rare to come across

Every spring, the AIA New York announces its Design Awards, and this time 31 recipients in the categories of architecture, interior, projects, and urban design, selected by a jury of independent architects, educators, critics, and planners from outside NYC. These projects represent the exceptional work by AIA New York members and architects practicing in New

 Dutch designer Maarten Baas came to fame with his “Real Time” series of clocks, and with a series of burned furniture called “Smoke,” adopted into a collection of Dutch label MOOOI, and particularly remembered from a solo-exhibition at Moss in 2004.  Since graduating from the Design Academy of Eindhoven in 2002, Baas has been committed

I am proud to be a part of the New York School of Interior Design, a unique institution, America’s best school for interior design, and the forerunner of the profession in this country. In the global landscape of education in interior design, NYSID is certainly a gem, where one can receive the best of education

Visiting Tiberias today was a sweet experience, while staying at the Scots Hotel, a 19th-century church, turned hospital, and recently turned into luxury hotel was incredible. After a long swim in the super warm Sea of Galilee, we have made our way to the top of the hill, to see the Elizabetha Hotel, once the

​He died 29 years ago today, a revolutionary whose silkscreens came to change the course of art history; he labelled them ‘neo-Dada,’ later coined Pop Art. As a design tastemaker, Warhol’s legacy has relied on his vast collections. While keeping his passionate collecting private, his townhouse, which was designed by his partner Jed Johnson was

London-based Italian designer Martino Gamper has known for his experimental projects. His exhibition ‘100 Chairs in 100 Days,’ one of the most intriguing design projects in recent years, exhibited worldwide at such museums as the Triennale Design Museum in Milan and the YBCA in San Francisco is not traveling to Australia and will be on