Daniella On Design

“I vividly remember my first encounter with the work of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, around 2001 at Galerie kreo in Paris. It conjured up a world so unique and personal; I was immediately drawn to it. Over the last 25 years, my wife Delphine and I have been fortunate to collect and, more importantly, live

You won’t find this tiny museum on a list of ‘must-see’ tourist’s destinations in Tokyo, partly because it is located outside of the city’s central hub. Yet, with only a handful visitors, it is a joyful experience that is fundamental to understanding the story of Japanese kogei (crafts) and its spiritual essence. This museum is

There is a great deal in common between modernist architecture and the work of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), with the most obvious being the similarity of their philosophies regarding humanity. Both placed the human experience as their main point of reference and key subject. When the two coincided, new layers of aesthetics and conceptual

“It’s been 10 years since my then colleague Mark Wilson and I curated Jaime’s first solo exhibition at the Groninger Museum, celebrating his first ten years as an independent designer. What struck us was his meticulously crafted yet unapologetically fantastic design. Bypassing modernism, connecting Memphis with his own contemporary Mediterranean baroque, combined with the reappraisal

“Mattia is the consummate gentleman. A fun thing happened when I commissioned some furniture for my bedroom. Wendell Castle was making two chairs in gold leaf, and Mattia was going to make a cylindrical side table and cabinet of drawers. When there was some confusion about how the two designers would ensure that their pieces

When you look at her pristine, colorless, light-filled Manhattan interiors, you won’t be able to guess what the clay vessels of this architect-turned-ceramicist look like; they are colorful, sensual, romantic, and dreamy. As ceramics begin to take a central role in contemporary art, the path has opened up for artists working in clay to explore

Dennis Freedman knows design and taste, and he knows them well. For nearly two decades, as the founding creative director of W magazine, he traveled the world for their famed photoshoots. Later, as the creative director of Barneys New York, he devised the store’s iconic windows. Freedman has always been surrounded by fashion, music, style, and design—as matters

“Most people who become unsurpassed in several categories by the age of thirty slow down a bit. Not Joseph Walsh. At a remarkably early stage in his career, he was already a leader in the Irish design and craft scene. Since then, he has branched out in many other directions—both literally and figuratively—as a sculptor,