Daniella On Design

It has been long since the work of Ron Arad has been exhibited, perhaps too long. Because Arad’s exhibitions are always celebration for all senses, as he knows the magic of performance when showcasing design, and has brilliantly mastered the way in which design, art, and performance feed each other in the most inspiring, dramatic, […]

In creating the film on collecting Paul Evans, I have devoted a tribute to floral designer, party planner, and leading tastemaker Robert Isabell, who had assembled what is still considered the best, most significant collection of Evans’ studio furniture (with the exception of Doresey Reading’s collection). Consisted of mid-20th-century furniture and sculpture, the collection was

Meeting Phyllis Lifschutz at her beautiful home in Princeton today was an inspiring, moving, and stimulating experience. Phyllis, who is an accomplished artist, is perhaps the most ambitious collector of furniture by George Nakashima still living with it in the most rewarding way. The 93-year-old charming intellectual, who creates greeting cards for living, had first

For the concluding session in the program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights, at the New York School of Interior Design, we are going to discuss the early modern design in Vienna, one of my favorite chapters in the history of design. In his memoir, Stefan Zweig the most successful writer in the German-speaking world, wrote about his

It has been long since Shaker furniture and material culture have been a focus of an exhibition in New York. Therefore I was excited and rushed to the Met to see the new show “Simple Gifts: Shaker at the Met,’ which opened this week. The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known also

I would like to devote this post to Amy Ogata, the most brilliant and innovative design historian I have met, whose book ‘Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America’ was recently published by University of Minnesota Press. This labor of love and remarkable scholarship comes to explore the cult of childhood creativity

With Brazilian design emerging as a key theme in the international marketplace for collectible design, Parisian auction house Piasa has collaborated with Rio-based gallery Bolsa de Arte to create a curated sale of design from Brazil, entitled ‘Design do Brasil, 1940-2015,’ taking place on July 7th. The sale combines mid-century modern design masterpieces by Joaquim

For those of us, lovers of design and architecture who dream of visiting homes of famed architects and picking into their everyday lives and into the spaces that served them as laboratories for experimentation with ideas, here are great news. The Princeton home of American architect Michael Graves, also known as The Warehouse, serving as a

From the first moment I have come across Maarten Baas’ ‘Real Time’ series of clocks, which employs videos where the hands of time are moved in real time, I found it overly brilliant. Now one of Baas’ gigantic clocks is placed at the Lounge 2 at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, available for travelers to experience

For its summer programs, the Museum of Arts and Design dubbed a film series under the title “Midcentury Masters,” which focuses on prominent postwar architects and designers. Last evening, I went to see the film on Italian-Brazilian modernist legend “Precise Poetry” by Belinda Bukschcio. The documentary focuses on Bo Bardi’s iconic buildings which she designed