Daniella Ohad

“Franco Audrito, founder of Studio65, was part of a small faction of youth who built a movement by believing they could change the world—not through politics or war, but through architecture and design. Protesting events like the Vietnam War could be achieved simply by sitting on Audrito’s undulating Leonardo sofa, hand painted with stars and stripes to […]

“It is impossible to overstate the scale of Hella’s achievements. Not only is she one of the first women to establish herself as a global leader in industrial design, but she did so on her own terms without ever compromising values of sustainability, provocation, resonance, research, collaboration, and experimentation.” —Alice Rawsthorn, cofounder of Design Emergency and author

In Between Realities, the new solo exhibition of French-Japanese duo Aki+Arnaud Cooren held at Carpenters Workshop Gallery, nothing is as it seems; not the materials, not the surfaces, and not the narratives. Through their extraordinary ability to render materials and invent processes, the two create the surrealist perception that stands at the core of the exhibition

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch, co-founders of the award-winning architecture brand Roman and Williams, marked a new chapter in New York décor shopping when they opened RW Guild: a shop filled with home furniture and accessories created by artisans from across the globe. The curated space evokes the feeling of walking into a dinner party

The most anticipated event in the American art world this spring is certainly the sale of the exceptional single-owner Wolf Family collection, which will be conducted by Sotheby’s over the period of an entire week, starting on April 19th. Expected to draw audiences from all over the world, it is the most important collection of

I like to refer to this event as the best kept secret in the world of design: the annual National Arts and Crafts Conference which takes place at the Grove Park Inn on the mountain in Asheville, NC. This historic hotel, built in 1913 as a mountain retreat, has hosted this conference for the past

Connoisseur, musician, preservationist, curator, writer, and designer, Michael Boyd has demonstrated that good taste is not in the eye of the beholder, but rather is a cultural commodity that takes a lifetime to develop, perfect, and bring to the absolute. Living with good taste is a vision, a commitment, a discipline to respect and constantly

If you have never heard of Robert Pfannebecker, it is because the subject of his collection—studio objects in clay, fiber, glass, and metal—has been marginalized and excluded from the art market and museum collections for decades. He is a collector-patron of a kind that is rapidly disappearing from the world; a true collector-turned-connoisseur who is celebrating

Ojbects are about connections and belonging, with which people may demonstrate their personal taste, meanings, and identities. But objects are above all about relationships; the same goes for exhibitions. The seedling that grew into the exhibition I am reviewing here was a relationship that began in my class during the spring of 2020. As the

“Within a building frenzy in China—where an impulse to simply build, build, build often means rather vague project briefs—I’ve always admired how Li Hu and Huang Wenjing manage to take the commissions they’re assigned and give them a sharper social and cultural purpose. Beyond the striking forms, there’s a real ethic in their work.” —Aric