Daniella On Design

If you drive up the hill to the top of Santa Monica Mountain of the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood, you will reach Villa Aurora. This grand Spanish-style house, tucked away behind a private stone wall, with the most spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean, was the home and paradise of my great uncle, German novelist […]

“Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci uniquely understand design’s power to create an emotional experience. Their work quite literally takes your breath away… They have repeatedly wowed the international design community with their cinematic flair and exuberant use of color, drawing on their extensive knowledge of historical design, especially from the 1930s. Best of all, these men are incredibly generous,

Bouclé, a fabric made of looped yarn, has come to be synonymous with chic couture fashion of the 60s and 70s. So has Mohair. Few know that Bouclé and Mohair’s stories are tied to a series of historical and political shifts that have molded the life of their inventor. His name was Zika (Zikmund) Ascher, a master

Every design lover who frequents Milan would tell you that the city’s most magical spot—that place where the visitor (or local) can truly feel and breathe the beauty and elegance of old Milan—is Villa Necchi Campiglion on Via Mozart. This breathtaking house, built in the early 30s and opened to the public as a museum,

The Winter Show, called this year ‘Spring’ Winter Show is taking place at the forner Barney’s New York Flagship Store on Madison Avenue, just before it will be turning into condominiums. April 1-10, 2022.

“Mathieu is an artist of his time, utilizing technology and making objects that are relevant to contemporary life. Surprisingly, the technology is made silent by elemental and timeless materials.” —Michael Jefferson, International Senior Specialist 20th Century Design, Christie’s Toward the end of my conversation with French designer Mathieu Lehanneur during last week’s Interior Design: The

MDFG is a Brooklyn-based gallery, specializing in historical design. This new space, NYC’s best kept secret and the home of some of the finest furniture produced in the middle of the last century, is quickly becoming a temple for the new generation of design collectors. Here, in the loft-style atmosphere, millennials can develop taste for

If stories energize objects, and if clay is a key material in creating Japanese objects, then the clay medium has become more powerful than ever before. On the occasion of Asia Week New York, I visited Dai Ichi Arts Gallery and its current exhibition, Future Forms: Avant-Garde Sculpture in Japanese Ceramics. Curated by the Gallery’s

fd Since its debut in 2009, Asia Week New York—previously known as Asian Art Dealers New York Association—has been a platform, or perhaps more accurately, a festival, which provides a substantial opportunity to view, collect, and experience art from India, Japan, China, Korea, and Tibet. During the 10-day event, experts, scholars and collectors gather in

“I have known Charles for a long time, and we share the same taste for the great Italian designers and architects of the second half of the 20th century: Mollino the maverick; Ettore Sottsass the disruptor; Carlo Scarpa, whose radical elegance has deeply influenced Charles’ work. I like the sense of place and proportions of