Daniella On Design

When Venezuelan-born, NY-based ceramicist Reinaldo Sanguino went to study at the Cristobal Rojas School of Visual Arts in his hometown Caracas in the early 90s, ceramic art was not what it is today. Before the turn of the millennium, clay art was heavily synonymous with the crafts and studio ceramics associated with the studio movements […]

One of the most anticipated design exhibitions of this season: Marianne Brand: Metall, at Ulrich Fiedler in Berlin. Marianne Brandt (1893–1983), the German artist is mostly known for the work she had done in metal during her time as a student and later as the head of the Metal Workshop at the Bauhaus. She was able to

Private jet and cabinets in denim? Maarten Baas is back in Milan and as always, it is cool, cutting edged, and sustainable. Collaborating with denim brand G-Star RAW, ‘More or Less’ exhibition spotlights the endless possibilities of denim and the tension between the desire for more but the need for less. The result is a

When the Italian New-York-based architect Antonio Pio Saracino proposed a contemporary response to Michelangelo’s masterpiece David, he insisted on using the same pure white Carrara marble that the Italian artist used in the early 1500s. When placed in an exhibition in the Academia Gallery in Florence next to David, it was clear that his digital-age interpretation resembled the

 “Maarten Baas is the kind of man that Hollywood used to refer to as the silent type. Observant and modest but confident. Relaxed, polite, and very present. Maybe not very interested at first. He’s definitely not an extrovert, but Maarten is plenty animated inside. I have always believed he participates in several internal dialogues at once, mostly about his

Why are British studio ceramics significant? What about them has captured the imagination of art lovers and collectors across the globe? It is certainly different than the clay art made in Japan, Korea, America, Africa, South America, or France, and its story is fascinating; one of a century-old movement that has achieved great heights. The

When the self-taught Italian sculptor Mauro Mori was young, Giulio Cappellini (founder and art director of the eponymous Italian furniture company) told him that he should follow his instincts and did not have to experiment with methods and concepts that were not in his heart. It was then that he realized that he did not have

“We talk a lot—after all we are colleagues—but never listen to each other. I admire in Aldo an undisturbed tenacity; he develops without straying into side roads. In doing so, he follows his own intuition tightly, and the delusion of the day has no influence on his working method. I find his Schenkers to be highly

The annual Asia Week New York is the best occasion to celebrate Asian art in the Big Apple. It is the time when top-tier Asian art specialists, major auction houses, museums, and Asian cultural institutions congregate in New York to present and view the best of the best in Asian art. On this occasion, Joan

What does Milan mean to you? To me, it is the ultimate urban oasis—the capital of fashion, design, and style. It is also the place with some of my favorite dishes in Italian gastronomy, and where some of my favorite friends and colleagues live and work. Milan is about what hides behind the façades: the