Daniella On Design

“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

As a young girl, I used to gaze in wonder at the furniture and precious objects at my grandmother’s beautiful house on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel. It was the city’s most beautiful house, with spectacular gardens, and was exquisitely furnished in Biedermeier. I remember that this house always touched something in me, but at

All the buildings featured in the new book The Tale of Tomorrow, Utopian Architecture in the Modernist Realm (published by Gestalten) are photogenic, memorable, somewhat eccentric, and spectacular. They capture the golden age of utopian architecture – from the end of WWII through the early 1980s – when architects, stimulated by the prosperity of the

In the Podcast Designing the 21st Century, I host visionaries, extraordinary talents who stand at the forefront of the world of design and architecture, and who bring the best, most fascinating stories. Today with me are five 5 spectacular men who believe in groundbreaking innovation, and who join me in exploring the power of understanding

“Loic dares to take risks and sees obstacles as a sportive challenge to be won. His brain has both a rational business side and a very sensitive artistic side. He is at his best when these two sides are battling one another. Together with his partner, Julien, they are a tour de force, willing to