Daniella On Design

Zsa Zsa Gabor, the glamorous Hungarian actress died today at 99. Here is the design connection. While she married nine times, her most celebrated wedding was in 1941 to hotel magnate Conrad Hilton. During their five-year marriage, the two were living in one of the most iconic houses of the time, Casa Encantada in Bel-Air, […]

As a design historian living in Manhattan, there is a great place for Jazz Age design in my heart, simply because this glamour and rather avant-garde chapter in the history of modern design, is a part of the DNA of this city, with a key presence in the experience of living here. Even today. The

 ALet’s remember Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer who was born 109 years ago today in Rio de Janeiro. Best known for designing the civic buildings for Brasília, Brazil’s capital in the 60s, and for his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, Niemeyer also designed furniture, and was recognized

When curated design exhibitions and scholarship constantly seek to identify identities, the Museum at FIT presents a show Black Fashion Designers, just to find that there is really no particular identity, nor specific issues attached to all designers of African descent. The show comes to examine the impact made by them on the world of

He was the least known of all furniture star-designers featured in the famed photograph published in 1963 in Playboy Magazine (below on the far right). And he was the last surviving designer of the Mad Men era, but last week, Jen Risom passed away at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, shortly after celebrating his

Visiting the design exhibitions at the major auction houses this weekend, my heart stopped when I stood by a pair of chairs by Turin-based furniture designer Carlo Mollino, on display at Sotheby’s. The chairs, which from distance look like twins, have lived next to each other for the past sixty-something years, but may have to

‘The surreal legacy of Edward James,’ is the title of an upcoming sale at Christie’s London (December 15th), offering works from the collection of the men known as the most important visionary patron of the Surreal Movement (the pieces on the sale come from the Edward James Foundation). James’ passion for surreal fantasies and his

With the transformation of taste to modern and contemporary design and the death of the Oriental rugs, galleries have taken on the mission to produce modern rugs that would be a good fit to the new aesthetics we find in interiors today. Giustini / Stagetti Galleria O. Roma is opening a new exhibition of rugs

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