Daniella On Design

No other artist of the American Studio Movement has created furniture as expressive, dramatic, and sensual as California-based designer/maker Jack Rogers Hopkins (1920-2006). His sculptural pieces in stack lamination are so unusual and complex that it is hard to believe they were crafted in wood. Considering that Hopkins’ personal vocabulary is so easily recognized, there […]

“Dennis Freedman’s radical design collection mirrors his own idealism—the idealism of someone who grew up during the very same era of upheaval and reinvention that produced these works. His formative memories of the pivotal moments in art, music, fashion, and performance from the late 1960s and early 1970s informed his appreciation for design that disrupts

In celebrating its 25th anniversary, Rago will offer one of the best and most intriguing lots in the upcoming design season in its May 13th sale of early 20th-century design. Entitled the ‘Dandelion Lamp,’ this historical gem was created by Louis Comfort Tiffany for the Paris 1900 World’s Fair. That groundbreaking World’s Fair was noted

I hosted David Stark in this podcast episode. David is an influential artist who is known for the brilliant events and powerful experiences that he creates for philanthropic organizations, museums, and private clients. In an age when experiences are valued more than consumption, his creative imagination brings new ways of engagement with products, people, and

“Simon Andrews is the original trailblazer of vintage modern design—the first to recognize and showcase furniture design by the masters of 20th-century architecture. He loves high and low art, and he is equally comfortable in the most erudite auction house settings and the least sophisticated flea markets and junk stores. His South Kensington sales and catalogs

An amazing and fresh discovery in the world of modern design will be offered for sale at the Finland’s Annmaris Auctions, on April 18th. This discovery, a group of original furniture which Alvar Aalto created for his iconic Paimio Sanatorium, all in its original condition, was accidently found last month in a small warehouse in

One of these exciting moments, when important and rare design is being rediscovered, surfaced, and analyzed, is coming with the newly-opened exhibition ‘Mario Gottardi: The Innovator of Forms,’ at Milan’s Galleria Rossella Colombari. The original furnishings, which the Italian architect created for Villa Marinotti in 1952 is the focus of this monographic exhibition. While he

“For those who don’t know, I am great fan of jazz. So it’s serious for me to call Tony the Duke Ellington of the design world. He is a true master of his craft. He is fearless in mixing—always intelligently—all styles of furniture, periods, and materials at the highest level. Modern with traditional, which almost

In this episode, I have hosted prolific, award winning, and super influential Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. Through his unique voice both in architecture and in critical theory, Kuma san has brought the continuity of Japanese heritage and its craftsmanship to 21st century architecture. He has famously compared architecture to sushi saying that both require the

For those who missed the series The Story of Modern Design in 2020 (or missed some of it), the NY chapter of the AIA will open it for the second time. The first section, ‘Mid-Century Modern,’ will focus on design culture in the US, France, Italy, Scandinavia, and Brazil from 1945 to 1962. Join dozens