Daniella On Design

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

Which materials are responsible for reshaping the design culture of our time to be ‘contemporary?’ What power do these materials of the zeitgeist hold that can help move the world and its environment to be a better, more sustainable, more ethical place? What forms are enabled by those materials, and what is the concept of

If you ask Greek designer Kostas Lambridis (b. 1988) what he really aims to achieve, he will tell you that it is to create design that is timeless and relevant; design that will stand the test of time and live on forever. As a graduate from the Design Academy Eindhoven, he is immersed in the

A friend of mine who is a world-renowned scientist recently said that the world is divided into two groups of people: those who believe in current global issues and seek to solve them, and those who do not. He was referring to issues such as climate change, pollution, waste, extinction of species and indigenous food,

While we are at a moment in time in which we are exploring the great things that minorities (including women) have done for design culture, the fashion designer, collector, and activist Lisa Perry has taken her interest in female design to the ultimate level. In the glass modernist Onna House, she created a platform dedicated

I never had the pleasure of meeting Jack Lenor Larson (1927-2020), but I have friends who have, and they told me a great deal about the man. Larson is very well known as a designer and tastemaker, often called ‘the most accomplished textile designer living,’  and he came to be the voice of the American