Daniella On Design
Collecting Design: The American Arts and Crafts Movement
This season’s Collecting Design program opened with a conversation on French design of the 1980s, a brand-new area of collecting that has yet to establish supporting connoisseurship and scholarship. Now we turn our attention to American Arts and Crafts, an area of collecting that falls on the opposite end of the market spectrum. The first expression of the
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Martyn Lawrence Bullard on Design as Personal Expression
“I just love working with Martyn. He always emphasizes high-quality materials and flawless craftsmanship to create timeless, decorative, and luxurious designs—his signature aesthetic. Our collaboration was influenced by his travels, creating windows into a world unlike any other. He is not only an outstanding interior designer and creative thinker, but also an amazing person.” —Marie
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MK Pritzker and Michael S. Smith: A House that made History
Tonight, I hosted Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker and interior designer Michael S. Smith for a conversation on their project of passion and love, at the New York School of Interior Design. I called the event: ‘The First Lady and her Decorator.’ As the most substantial agent of any successful interior project today is storytelling,
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Ayala Serfaty’s Janus
For the past 3 decades, internationally acclaimed Israeli artist Ayala Serfaty has been creating poetic functional objects, handcrafted in her Tel-Aviv-based studio. She has made her name with two distinctive sculptural series: SOMA, lights made of refined glass rods; and RAPA, organic furniture hand-molded in felt. It is always the crafts of the ancient world,
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Gaby Aghion and the house of Chloé
If you have never heard the name Gaby Aghion (1921-2014), you are not alone. Founder of fashion house Chloé, she was the antithesis of the public figure who seeks to become a brand name figure. Now, 10 years after her death, Aghion is the subject of a monographic exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Mood of
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