Daniella On Design

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

“Michael has a great eye, and that is a rare talent indeed,” preeminent design specialist Simon Andrews told me when I asked him about Michael Jefferson of Christie’s, my recent Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights guest. Andrews went on: “He not only has a great eye for all things design—furniture, lamps, objects, glass, and ceramics of all

If you like Omakase (a meal of dishes selected by the chef), or simply sushi, you may have subscribed to the Instagram page of The Sushi Guide, a leading voice in the world of Japanese cuisine. A traveler, photographer, and admirer of the culinary arts, the Guide, as he came to be known, has traveled

Panel discussion at the Salon Art + Design at the Park Avenue Armory; Saturday November 11th. I hosted three collectors: Nazy Nazhand; Dr. Frank Moore; Brian McCarthy. The subjects of their collecting is different, but they share the passion for the object. The object has become a central figure within the curated interior—a powerful agent

We first met in 1999; I was a new PhD student at the Bard Graduate Center specializing in the studies of design history and he was the founding Dean, having co-founded with Susan Soros in 1991. He was a renowned curator, writer, and leading expert of an international acclaim. I clearly remember walking into his

One of the world’s foremost experts on design, speaking to me off the record, recently mused that contemporary collectible design can be divided into two main categories: “museum objects” and “decorator objects.” The first category encompasses innovative design responses to political, social, technological issues swirling in the zeitgeist. The second is driven by aesthetics and

Ever since Amy Siegel created her memorable video Provenance—which tells the curious story of a set of humble, yet exquisitely designed furniture made during the postwar years for the offices in the civic buildings of the new Indian capital of Chandigarh—this body of furniture has become a household product. Chandigarh was a city like no