Daniella On Design

As the American Studio Movement becoming more and more intriguing and its legacy has been documented and explored, its next personality to be rediscovered is California-based artist J.B. Blunk (1926-2002), with a new monograph ‘J.B. Blunk: Cups, Plates, Bowls & Sculptures: Ceramics 1950 – 1999.’ Like many of his peers, the founders of the Movement, Blunk sought […]

This magic of cast iron came to capture the imagination of millions living in the last years of the 19th century, and it was the world’s tallest building for no less than forty years. While it was initially built as a temporary structure in celebration of technology on the hundredth anniversary of the French Revolution,

I am pleased to announce the content of the spring edition of the program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights, open in April at the New York School of Interior Design. The only program of its kind, it comes to examine the territory of collecting modern and contemporary design, which stands at the forefront of style

When we think of Mario Bellini, we think of the renaissance of Italian product design, of the high-tech look of the 60s, which has since become synonymous with Italian design, of the high style of Italian design, of which Bellini had become one of the most substantial ambassadors. I had first learnt about Bellini’s accomplishments, as

Thank you, Jacob Bernstein, for including me in your excellent profile on Paul Evans, published in the New York Times today. The article comes to look at the exact same angle of Evans’ work and career which I seek to examine in my upcoming film Collecting Paul Evans, which will air in the spring at

Congratulating French designer, artist and scenographer Pierre Charpin and his dealers Didier and Clémence Krzentowski of Galerie Kreo for receiving the very prestigious Maison & Objet Designer of the Year honor. Born in 1962 in Saint-Mandé, Charpin is a visual artist who since the 90s, has devoted much of his artistic creativity to design. While

Examining art jewelry in a broad artistic context in a scholarly way has been a great challenge, ever since the Studio Jewelry Movement emerged in the 70s. Now that the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, is about to open a retrospective of Linda MacNeil, an American artist who has come to bridge the Jewelry

This about an iconic couturier who created some of the most elegant and luxurious silhouettes in the history of 20th-century fashion, featured on a postage stamp by the French Post Office, and was often called the favorite designer by such best-dressed tastemakers as Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Audrey Hepburn, who famously appeared in his dresses

This many seem contradictory , but globalization and nationalism do not necessarily have to contradict each other. Collab is a small group of design supporters, consisted of design professionals and enthusiasts who promote design visionaries in an annual award and exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This year, rather than presenting one design legend,

When you look at the world that Paris-based American designer Rick Owens has created, you always think of the ancient, the Biblical, of life described in the Old Testament. You think of the slaves who built the pyramids, of the people migrated with their tribes wearing dark robes made of felt. You think of the