Daniella On Design

In my recent Interior Design: Then and Now program, I asked Sandra Weingort to share her design mantra. “I never buy anything that is not handcrafted,” she told me, “because I am not attracted to anything that feels mass-produced.” This phrase captures the essence of well curated interiors today—the quest for authenticity through the mark of the […]

Discovering the core of indigenous Argentinian culture, history, and crafts is what builds the oeuvre of Buenos Aires designer, Cristián Mohaded. While he has become known for a collection of furniture, recently he has created for Loro Piano Interiors, debuting at the Milan Design Week last year, for years, Mohaded has developed his handcrafted pieces, which

June 11th will mark 20th anniversary of the date the Edith Farnsworth House opened to the public. I remember when I studied about this landmark and controversial weekend house, designed by Mies van der Rohe right after WWII at graduate school. At that time, it was privately owned and seeing it in person was a

According to award-winning Mexican multidisciplinary designer Héctor Esrawe, “in the last 20 years, something in Mexico has changed.” This is in reference to the transformation and shifting away from international inspiration and instead embracing and rediscovering local heritage and culture while constructing a new national, personal, and contemporary identity in Mexican architecture and design. The way

In her recently published book The Japanese House Since 1945, architect-author Naomi Pollock celebrates iconic single-family homes in Japan and the distinct lifestyles that these extraordinary domestic spaces nurture. Examining 97 houses through a material culture lens, Pollock illuminates the way that Japanese residences have evolved over the last 80 years in response to progressing social

In the opening pages of the newly published monograph, The Architecture of Studio MK27, Marcio Kogan shares a quote from legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer: “Life is more important than architecture.” These wise words have become a mantra for Kogan. Friends and family, he told me, come first—even as his successful career in architecture nears its

Humberto Campana’s new solo show On the Road, which opened at Friedman Benda this week, marks a turning point in the life and career of the 71-year-old Brazilian designer.  Much has happened to us all since the pandemic began, but to him, it is the experience of loss and spirituality, which he captured in this

As New York celebrates Latin American design and culture with a series of events, conferences, talks, and exhibitions, MoMA is in the lead with its new exhibition Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980. Containing a wealth of literature and numerous recent exhibitions in recent years—notably In a Wall, in a Chair: Six Modernists in Mexico at

Through her timelessly refined visual vocabulary, New York-based interior designer Alyssa Kapito demonstrates that excellent taste blossoms when it’s rooted in a solid foundation of art historical knowledge. Since launching her firm in 2012, she has earned an international reputation for classical yet pared back, bespoke interiors that are effortlessly layered in neutral hues and

If the images of Jay Sae Jung Oh’s Salvage Furniture look familiar to you, it is likely because in recent years her pieces have entered and been widely exhibited in museum collections, including the permanent collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and The Cooper Hewitt. Her