Daniella Ohad

It’s a story of one of the most legendary and important collaborations in the history of modern design, and there is nobody who can tell it better than David A. Hanks. In his new publication ‘Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson,’ published by Monacelli Press, Hanks explores the cult of interior […]

Some great designers have not received the place they deserve in the pantheon of modern design, and their legacies have not been as nurtured by historians as they should have. One of them is German-born American designer Peter Muller-Munk, a pioneer modernist, who created exquisite luxury objects and industrially-produced consumer goods during the Depression years

The Italian furniture brand Cassina, founded as ‘Amedeo Cassina’ by brothers Cesare and Umberto Cassina, is getting ready to celebrate its 90th anniversary next year, with a special programs that comes to rediscover and reinforce the identity of 9 icons, which represent its history. The nine icons were recently launched to include the following: the

Roberto Polo is the quintessential tastemaker. The Cuban-born financier, legendary connoisseur, art dealer, philanthropist, and citizen of the world, has promoted his taste through a deep understanding and knowledge of design history. He has always collected undiscovered areas and has never followed the rend. A part of his magnificent and ambitious collection will be offered

I was honored to conduct an interview on stage with Fabien Naudan, vice chairman of Artcurial, this morning in Tel Aviv as a part of the program on modern design and collecting directed by Dafna Ish-Hurvitz. His career has spanned the world of design from its very beginning. While formulating a career in fashion, first

In my recent visit to Carpenters Workshop Gallery, I came across the sculptural lighting of the young and amazingly talented Australian-born, London-based designer Charles Trevelyan. The fact that he is holding degrees in Science, Materials Engineering, and 3D Design, is apparent in his work, which is made of steel, timber, and marble powder. His new

An architectural gem of fame and glory is having a new destiny. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has received, as a donation, a landmark, designed by John Lautner-designed in 1963, situated above Beverly Hills. Known to the public for its feature in the 1998 Coen Brothers blockbuster The Big Lebowski, this fabulous, futuristic

While Frank Lloyd Wright had always envisioned the home as a total work of art, constantly rethinking the American home in its integrated design and furnishings, in 1955 he designed mass-produced furniture for the first time. He was 86 years old, and this collection of furniture for Heritage-Henredon was branded as “Taliesin Ensemble,” referring to

​One of the pioneers of Finnish industrial art, Tapio Wirkkala (1915-1985) designed furniture, jewelry, and objects in glass and ceramic, drawing his strength as an innovator from his unique sensitivity to the materials he used, and from his belief that the artist should contribute to every stage of the production process. His leaf dishes in

We fall in love with the architecture of the past. While the latest talk in the NYC architectural circles is related to the small and not impossible chance that the Pennsylvania Station will return to its original glamourous Beaux-Arts masterpiece, I would like to point to another architectural gem, which had suffered a similar disaster,