Daniella On Design

Whenever you walk into Magen H Gallery in Greenwich Village–whether you’re a serious design collector or a more casual design enthusiast—you can be sure that you will encounter something fresh, something curious—something that you have never seen before. Because the gallery’s founder, Paris-born Hugues Magen, has dedicated his nearly 25-year-long career to resurfacing 20th-century French […]

Italy produced some of the world’s most innovative and exciting Brutalist architecture, which is featured in a new book entiteld Brutalism in Italy: Concrete Architecture from the Alps to the Mediterranean Sea, with magnificent photographs by Roberto Conte and Stefano Perego (published by FUEL). Italian Brutalism — ranging from private homes to churches, cemeteries, and

‘It is like a love that asks for nothing in return, that fills my soul, and moves my body.’ Ken Mihara. In my recent journey to Japan, I explored the dynamic world of kogei, and I learned a great deal from visiting artists’ studios. I have learned to identify even more than before the inventiveness,

When Lebreton was honored with the the Best Presentation Award at Design Miami/ Paris last week, the Monaco-based gallery’s founders, Karim Mehanna and Alain Lebreton, partners in life and work, saw the moment as a gratifying culmination of their two-decades-long dedication to resurfacing, researching, and promoting postwar French pottery. The award also served as a reminder that

The term ‘Design Art’ has undergone several incarnations since it was coined in the ‘80s with the emergence of radical movements and the rediscovery of handcraftsmanship in design. Today, it is defined as the intersection of fine art and functional objects, and only when design objects contain elements of fine arts can they be classified

Comprising one-on-one interviews with international experts, Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights is a Fall 2023 webinar program hosted by Daniella Ohad for Christie’s Education. For the Design Miami/ Forum, Ohad shares highlights from each conversation. This week, it’s Paul Bourdet and Charlotte Ketabi of Ketabi Bourdet in Paris. For Charlotte Ketabi and Paul Bourdet, founders of the eponymous gallery

What defines contemporary design? Negotiating past and future, exploring the world of traditional handcraftsmanship, and introducing provocative and personal innovations while forging a space in design history. Considering this, the work of Israeli designers Noam Dover and Michael Cederbaum can certainly be called ‘contemporary.’ In fact, according to Doug Heller—the legendary dealer who built the