Daniella On Design

Designers of the 60s and 70s sought to move away from traditional seating and dwelling orders, and to reinvent living environments, seating landscapes, and integrated pieces that would challenge the way people have lived for centuries. Among those revolutionaries were Verner Panton, Joe Colombo, and Ettore Sottsass. Pierre Paulin was no different, and he did […]

As in every third week of June, the European edition of Design Miami/Basel fair opens tomorrow in Basel, the design counterpart of Art Basel. It comes to provide a platform and to showcase the most up-to-date directions in the world of collectible modern and contemporary design, through participating galleries and special projects. Opening its 12th edition,

 I felt privileged to be among the first to view the much anticipated exhibition ‘Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive,’ opened at MoMA this morning, in celebrating his 150th anniversary. Privileged, I say, because this is clearly another triumph of its curator Barry Bergdoll (who also curated the unforgettable Mies in Berlin in

Ever since I started the program Design and Decorative Arts in NYC, I have had a strong desire to visit the SoHo-based studio of Michele Oka Doner. Because to me, she embody what I think of the New York art scene, and even though she is so global today, represented by David Gill Gallery in

The jeweled exhibition “Innovation: Made in France II” is another victory by Suzanne Demisch and Stephane Danant, the founders of Demisch Danant, the gallery devotes its mission to the discovery, study, promotion, and showcasing of French design of the 60s and 70s. This exhibition focuses on a particularly exciting decade, between 1965 and 1975, when

​In celebrating his new publication The Decorators of the 1960s and 1970s, Guy Bloch-Champfort was hosted by Christie’s this morning and delivered an illustrated  and inspiriting talk. If you want to read about the best decorators active during those decades, and if you want to look into the innovative visual and conceptual story of the

What a great way to spend the afternoon at a panel discussion ‘Buying Design’ a collaboration between Salon 94 and Design Miami/ in celebrating the pop-up exhibition ‘Midtown,’ which the gallery has presented at the Lever House, and the upcoming Design Miami/ Basel, which opens this month.  Moderated by Rodman Primack, Creative Executive Director of

The film Collecting Paul Evans is a part of an ongoing series on collecting design, which is produced in conjunction with a program I teach at the New York School of Interior Design “Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights.” It comes to tell the story of a radical metalsmith who created new and provocative type furniture

I could not have thought of a better way to train my students’ eye in recognizing good design, and to expose them to design which would elevate their taste than visiting the new exhibition of Xavier Lust at Ralph Pucci International. The Brussels-based designer, known as the master of bent metal has created new pieces

Spending this morning at the 19th-century Chelsea townhouse, which artist Louise Bourgeois called ‘home’ for nearly half a century was a magical experience. A nonprofit organization, the Easton Foundation, which the artist set up in the 1980s, has opened the house to small arts-related groups, and I was fortunate to be able to tour it