Daniella On Design

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

“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

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,

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,