Daniella On Design

The single most important guiding principle in my travels, one I will never compromise on, is the quest for authenticity. By this I mean that the best way to experience a destination is through its traditions, culture, contemporary life, and local architecture. I certainly did not invent this concept. Tourists’ desire for authenticity and staged

If Italian architect and designer Gianfranco Frattini (1926–2004) were living today with design becoming increasingly identified with Instagram images, he probably would have been more inclined to self-promotion. However, the legendary and prolific architect, who belonged to the generation of heroes who shaped Italian classic modern and turned Milan into the world’s design mecca in

Since the inception of Design Miami in 2005, modern and contemporary design has become one of the most dynamic and influential territories in the international marketplace, dominating the curated interior of the 21st century. Initially shaped in response to the fine art market, collecting design has become a discipline in its own right, acting as

“For the last fifteen years,” wrote Argentinian designer Cristián Mohaded at the opening of the catalogue of his recent retrospective at the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo in Buenos Aires, “I have attempted to create a specific way of conceiving and producing design that brings to the surface the potential that lies buried in Argentina’s

If you pass by 14 Boulevard de l’Hôpital in the 13th arrondissement in Paris today, you won’t see anything special. However, during the 1960s and 1970s, it was the home of one of the most interesting design galleries of its time. Galerie Nicole Chapo was Paris’ temple of design; a cozy, domestic space that offered

For Milan-based Italian artist Mauro Mori, every piece of furniture has a soul, a personality, and a spirit, with each piece ultimately reflecting its maker’s hands. The process of making Mori’s furniture is a long one, whether he is carving a wooden table in his small workshop on the island of Seychelles, or chiseling and

Ron Arad is holding a new exhibition, and this is one to celebrate, because it has been a long time since his furniture was placed at the center of a curated show. Titled Prouvé / Arad – Masters of Metal, it explores the connection between these two influential designers and celebrates the realization of one