Daniella On Design

The program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights, made it to the list of the 25 most important events in art, design, architecture, fashion, and everything in between. The program begins on October 15th at the Center for Architecture, and registration is open now.  In the fall edition of my flag program, I will host: Derek […]

The work and life of Glasgow-based designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) generates constant interest among design and architecture enthusiasts, and his place as an icon has been cemented over and over again since he was first rediscovered in the 80s. Now, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has opened a monograph: ‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the

Once the Beck House was put back on the market last week (listed at $19.5M), the only Dallas residence by Philip Johnson has drawn a lot of attention. Competed in 1964, it epitomizes the Post-Modernist, opulent, Formalist, and neoclassical approach that Johnson developed in that decade. For its colonnade of concrete arches, the Beck has

Since founded in Milan in 1981, Memphis has never lost its cachet. Its strong stylistic colorful aesthetics has gone in and out of fashion, but the program, the ideology of the group, which was led by the godfather of Italian design of the last quarter of the 20th century Ettore Sottsass, has become timeless. The

   I am excited about the news: The Getty Conservation Institute charts a 100-year plan for the Eames House. Why excited? Because this prefabricated icon, also known as Cast Study House #8 (developed as a part of the Case Study House Program initiated by Arts and Architecture magazine editor John Entenza), was one of the most glamour homes

It has been one of the most magical houses f the 20th century, marking a unique moment in the career of its architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The Ennis House in Los Angeles, completed in 1923, is the ultimate expression of Wright’s Mayan Revival architecture, also named ‘textile-block houses,’ after the hand-cast concrete blocks with woven

“If American design is about business, German design is about science, and Italian design is about art; then Danish design is about craft.” Loved this line by Peter Kjelgaard, Head of Design at Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, in a recent event at the Center for Architecture. This event, which I moderated with James Zemaitis and Vance Trimble came to

Next TWA Terminal? With its crossed arches and giant dome, it has been one of the most recognized architecture icons of Southern California. The Theme Building in Los Angeles International Airport, designed by the prolific architecture firm of Pereira & Luckman, completed in 1961, and dedicated by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson may be turned

Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019). In celebrating the HBO documentary ‘Nothing Left Unsaid,’ and the book ‘The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss,’ Gloria Vanderbilt and her CNN newsman son Anderson Cooper sat for a conversation on the stage of the 92nd Street Y. It was two years ago, and

Despite being completed on the eve of the French Revolution, everything about Saline Royale d’Arc et Senans is modern: the vision, the language, the plan, and the way architecture is utilized in the service of industry. Continuing the architecture pilgrimage in France, a short drive from Ronchamp, stands another ambitious and powerful masterpiece, a World