Daniella On Design

The exhibition Max Lamb: Inventory, which opened at Salon 94 this last week, is a career survey and showcase of the eponymous British designer’s own inventory, as the title suggests. This ambitious and stunning presentation is a pleasure to look at and fascinating to learn about. Having been in the making for nearly four years, […]

For Nicolas Schuybroek, creating bespoke interiors of uncompromising quality has been a lifelong mission. Since founding his boutique office in Brussels in 2011, he and his small team have been dedicated to creating homes, hotels, galleries, retails spaces, and more that are defined by extraordinary light, volume, and symmetry, often incorporating sophisticated raw materials and

What does it mean to be a design museum today? Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection highlights how Cooper Hewitt acquires new work to shape the collection to better reflect current issues and design’s evolving role in daily interactions. The exhibition features more than 150 works, including objects that represent the museum’s collecting legacy, as well as

There is a place, where chairs are grown in an orchard. And it is not in a science fiction movie. According to Gavin Munro’s utopian vision, in the next century the gardens of our cities and communities will be filled with trees grown in the forms of chairs, tables, and benches, enabling the members of

To us Americans, there is a certain allure to the English Country Houses that is unmatched. It has been synonymous with the best lifestyle of the rural countryside, and the embodiment of spectacular architecture, interiors, gardens, and furnishings. The English Country House represents the glory of the past, with each of these legendary homes containing

Functional objects made in the service of political ideology and a sustainable planet are the most contemporary expressions of design culture. In fact, in 2024, any design which compromises environmental regeneration on either a national or global level is considered dated. In my eternal journey into the world of contemporary design, I like to learn

When you enter the Guild Gallery—where a new solo show of Japanese ceramicist Yoshimitsu Ishihara (b. 1971) just opened—you are taken in by the powerful expression of the pieces; enormous vessels, jars, and bowls, covered with white-washed surfaces and abstracted patterns in hues of earth that manifest the essential simple and distinctive look of Japanese aesthetics. The

He is one of the world’s best and most prolific architecture photographers. When photographer Iwan Baan met Rem Koolhaas in 2004, he fell in love with architecture and began a lifelong journey to understanding “how people’s lives take place in and around buildings and how architecture and people are entangled,” as he writes in his