Daniella On Design

Think about a scholar, historian who creates magnificent, couture jewelry that is enriched by rare stones and superb craftsmanship; think about a poet who writes her autobiographical chapters in precious, Haute Couture, personal jewels. This is exactly what I had in mind thins evening when moderating a talk with jewelry designers Temple St. Clair, another […]

Collecting George Nakashima, the film, is now available online. I have created this film for all the interior designers, architects, collectors, design collectors, scholars, all those who are passionte about design and who want to learn about this giant, an architect, designer and thinker, who called himself woodworker. For nearly five decades, he lived in

 The 20th century turned out to be the American Century, as it came to be recognized as the most powerful artistic and cultural force in the world. In the class on American Modernism held at the New York School of Design this morning, I have hosted James Zemaitis in a faseicnating discussion on collecting American

In the upcoming design auction at Phillips, there is one small chair, a twentieth-century jewel, which holds a special story (above). Last year, I wrote here about the legendary and super influential Burden Table, which was designed by Isamu Noguchi for a summer house in Maine, belonged to William A.M. Burden, a house which was

Design Miami/ 2016. Above: 1950 Alberto Aquilino Victor Hunt Designart Galerie Kreo Galerie Patrick Seguin Magen H Gallery Sarah Myerscough Laffanour—Galerie Downtown Moderne Gallery Carpenters Workshop Gallery Galerie Vivid Jousse Entreprise Friedman Benda Salon 94 ammann//gallery

Last year, at the talk in Design Miami, which I have co-hosted with David Netto, Lee Mindel was presented as the ultimate design connoisseur of our time. With his brilliant choices, passion for the history of architecture and design, and impeccable, educated taste, Lee has influenced two generations of architects and interior designers interested in

​When I first moved to New York in the 80s, it was Malcolm Forbes who was considered its leading socialite and tastemaker. With his immense collection, including a couple of Faberge Eggs, which has been on a permanent view at his Forbes Galleries, housed within the Forbes Building on Fifth Avenue, just next door to

Thomas Mann was a member of a group of Jewish writers and intellectuals, exiles who settled in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, when escaping National Socialism and Hitler’s Germany. Another member of this community was my great uncle Lion Feuchtwanger who lived in Villa Aurora, a Spanish colonial villa just across from the Noble Prize-winning author.

The Hearst Tower celebrates its 10th anniversary. Set just two blocks from my home, this cutting edge skyscraper, serving as the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation, was completed in 2006. In fact, its history dates back to the 20s, when legendary newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst commissioned Viennese, New-York-based architect Joseph Urban to design

One of my favorite topics, German Expressionism in architecture, was the theme of class held this morning. In the first Werkbund exhibition, held in July of 1914 in Cologne, Bruno Taut designed his famed and ultra-influential fairy-tale pagoda Glass Pavilion, a small structure in glass and steel, set on a concrete base. Heralded the Utopian