Daniella On Design

Everything about Thom Mayne—his architecture, his favorite music, his heroes, his way of thinking—reveals his roots in the 1960s. Having come of age amid that transformative decade of political, cultural, and social experimentation, the LA-based co-founder of Morphosis Architects has built a life, both professional and personal, in pursuit of freedom, reform, and revolution; utterly […]

Ceramic artist, Graham Marks (b. 1951), has come back to clay after a three decades of absence. This unique story is the core of his new solo show It Can Be What It Becomes at the Sculpture Space NYC Center for Ceramic Art. Do not expect to see anything like the minimalist, solid, abstract vessels

“It is most unusual for well-established architecture firms to change their names… It is even more unusual when an architecture office bears the nomenclature of a husband-and-wife team… Thus Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio’s unusual decision to extend marquee recognition to Charles Renfro strikes me as a singularly wise acknowledgement of how much he has

Think about incredible natural rock formations, colorful pebbles, geological fragments of mineral crystals and fossils; or about the substance of earth, the processes that shape the rocks, their oxidation, pigmentation, and evolution. This is the point of departure for Israeli designer Raphael Navot: his passion for geology. Now, in his first solo show entitled On the

Spending a family weekend in the countryside in celebrating my birthday sounded like the perfect plan. The foliage is in its peak, and there is no place sweeter than New England in celebrating a foliage birthday. Exploring Airbnb 10 weeks ago, we found one charming house that looked so sweet and beautiful, called Mohawk Country

The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum is one of my favorite spots in New York and it helps to make every visit and every exhibition great. The museum’s Senior Curator Dakin Hart came to understand, quite brilliantly, that in presenting several different approaches to the work of Noguchi (1904-1988) he could keep the museum

“In his writings, Mr. Calatrava talks at length about the movement of light and space in a building, and how that movement can have the power to ‘elevate all those who experience it.’ The Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum fills all who enter it with a feeling of pride, awe, and inspiration. The

Rhonda Brown and Tom Grotta are unique figures in the world of decorative arts. Operating their gallery “browngrotta arts” from their beautiful farmhouse in Wilton, Connecticut, the husband-wife team have emerged as world experts in contemporary fiber art. In fact, their gallery is the only one of its kind—representing hundreds of fiber artists from across

I have a special love for verre églomisé, the art technique of applying enamel and metal leaves onto the reverse face of glass, transforming an ordinary glass sheet into sculptural artwork. While the technique dates back to the pre-Roman era, it was particularly popular during the 18th century. When I started my studies in the history

What is Surrealism? According to one of the Movement’s leaders Andre Breton it was a means of reuniting the conscious and the unconscious realms of experience so completely that the world of dream and fantasy would be joined to the everyday rational world. According to the new exhibition, ‘Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design, 1924-Today,’