Daniella On Design

When Rosenthal, the German porcelain brand commissioned architect Walter Gropius with a tableware design, TAC, in 1969, he was living in the United Stated and was working his last major commission, the Tower East, Shaker Heights, Ohio (below). Gropius and his second wife Ise had settled in the US in February 1937, building their house […]

Fashion designer and film director Tom Ford, whose art collection includes works by such masters as Alexander Calder, Ellsworth Kelly, and Andy Warhol, has the most impeccable, intellectual, elevated taste. When it came to choose an architect for his ranch, a compound in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is set on 20,000 acres, he chose

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate David Rago for celebrating twentieth anniversary of The Rago Arts and Auction Center and to thank him for supporting the two films on collecting George Nakashima and Paul Evans, which are a part of the series on collecting design (featured in the program Collecting Design: History,

Modernist villas are so much about volumes, that it is nearly impossible to understand them, to appreciate them, to really enjoy them through two dimensional photos. When it comes to Mies van der Rohe, in addition to volumes, his architecture is defined by the unity between men and nature, and by the detail. The detail

​Ever since I have started my journey into the history of decorative arts, it was Bohemian glass and its history, which have come to capture my imagination, the glass produced in the regions of Bohemia and Silesia, now parts of the Czech Republic, since the early years of the 17th century. I was therefore so

The beauty about visiting Prague, a European metropolis which was lightly bombed towards the end of World War II, is its architecture, which had largely remained intact. While Prague contains some of the finest examples of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Art Nouveau architecture in Europe, we were mainly interested to discover its modern buildings,

As I sense a strong interest in the work of women designers of the 20th century, I would like to bring your attention to Pat Kirkham, the design scholar, the one and only one who curated the groundbreaking show ‘Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference,’ celebrating the contribution of women designers to

The Getty Foundation has announced a new grant to preserve Modern architectural landmarks of “the highest architectural significance.” The nine icons supported by this round of the grant, will received $89,000 to $200,000 each, and including the following: Lina Bo Bardi’s own home, also known as Casa de Vidro, or Glass House, constructed in São

I am pleased to announce that registration to the fall 2016 edition of the program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights is open now. The only program of its kind, it comes to educate architects, interior designers, decorators, and art collectors in one of the most fascinating territories—the international marketplace of modern and contemporary design. This season,

The residential unit in Stuttgart designed by Le Corbusier (above and below), which have recently been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List was initially built for an architecture exhibition in Stuttgart in 1927. The seminal event, Weissenhofsiedlung, which came to highlight new developments in Modernist housing, was curated by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and