Daniella On Design

“I have known Didier and Martine for two decades, and their knowledge of jewelry designed by architects and artists is second to none. Their insatiable desire to continuously research and write about this topic is an incredible resource to all us collectors. The best dealers are the ones that educate their clients on the history […]

This is a review of the new documentary Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman. ‘Simplicity of life,’ William Morris famously said, ‘even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement: a sanded floor and whitewashed walls, and the green trees, and flowery meads, and living waters outside.’ Morris was a dreamer, but he

“I discovered the work of Jacques Barsac when he had just written and directed a set of television films on Le Corbusier, on the occasion of the architect’s centennial. Such an amazing montage of vintage footage, location shots, and digital reconstructions, which were then in their infancy. Since then, Jacques has deployed an amazing energy at organizing Charlotte

What is in common between Cindy Allen is the legendary editor-in-chief of Interior Design Magazine; Edwina von Gal a landscape designer for the famous, who cares about nature and sustainability; Jennifer Olshin, partner of Friedman Benda Gallery, a platform for cutting edge contemporary design; Beatrice Galilee, a curator and writer of contemporary architecture and design;

The tropical interior has become the signature touchstone of interior designer Juan Montoya; his dream houses have been synonymous with relaxation and pleasure, the true expression of paradise. His new book Designing Paradise: Juan Montoya (published by Rizzoli) features his most recent tropical seaside residential projects, but it also tells the story of his roots, which have connected

“I don’t think you can understate the importance of Didier. He has been instrumental in the careers of so many contemporary designers—including mine—with his gallery giving us the opportunity to work outside of strictly commercial or industrial projects. In many ways, he exemplifies what is known as a patron. Didier has a freshness of vision

When you read through the new and expansive (877 pages) book ‘Modern Architecture and Interiors,’ it is hard to believe that both the selection and all featured images, photographs of some of the best buildings and interiors ever created (in no less than 30 countries across the globe), were taken by one person. But this

Provenance is the chronology of ownership and when it comes to collecting design, it is pivotal to have its documented history; ‘provenance’ comes from the French word provenir, which means ‘to come from,’ a key factor in determining historical authenticity. The provenance of a little red chair, crafted in Utrecht in the early 1930s in

“Mathias Bengtsson is unique in the design world, much like his extraordinary design-art pieces. Enthralled as much by nature and craft as by new digital technologies and state-of-the-art production processes, he has synthesized these interests with an all-too-rare intelligence to produce work that is boundary breaking—technically as well as aesthetically. But what really sets Bengtsson

A fascinating conference on architecture is coming up. Brno-born architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933) is mostly remembered for his seminal essay ‘Ornament and Crime,’ which he published in 1908, and which had become the manifesto of the New Architecture in the German speaking world. Ornament, he claimed, was not only the expression of the primitive and