Daniella On Design

In his new book ‘New York Design at Home,’ (published by Abrams), Anthony Iannachi reveals how New York interior designers and architects live in their own homes. Those who are known for the interiors they create for others have opened their homes and discuss the notion of living in one’s own personal space. For the upcoming Spring Dialogues, […]

For Chen Chen and Kai Williams, the Brooklyn-based duo, every design starts with the material. The material is the point of departure, the inspiration, the universe of their creativity. They begin working with materials, stones, minerals, glass, metals, learning their boundaries and characteristics, feeling their soul, connecting to the deepest identity, and then find an

Filming Spring Dialogues marks a special and exciting moment. I have started it last year in the spring as a seasonal and curated talk show about the events in the world of design and architecture. This spring we will air three episodes. In Architecture, I will host the following talents: Michael Ellenbogen who is working

When you visit the new exhibition ‘The Value of Good Design’ at MoMA, you can feel, experience, and marvel the glamor world of mid-century design. This excellent and entertaining show comes to illuminate the concept of ‘Good Design,’ which stood at the core of lifestyle during the postwar years and was heavily promoted by the

Everything about Casa di Fantasia proved to be on the verge of fantasy this week, when the content of this famed apartment on Via Washington in Milan, designed by Gio Ponti in 1952 was sold by Phillips London and the Italian auction house Cambi. It will be remembered in the world of collectible design for a long

Women’s History Month started in 1987, and has been celebrated since every year in March. It comes to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society, and has been celebrated in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. For this month, I would like to acknowledge those women, who against

Filming Spring Dialogues this week, the third season of my new talk show. It comes to provide a platform for some of the most brilliant talents of the season, and to illuminate intriguing events in the world of design and architecture. This season, we are airing three episodes: Architecture; Design; and Bauhaus100, each features five

It has already become a tradition, the annual City of Tomorrow: Real Estate, Architecture, and Design Summit, organized by the 92nd Street Y. This time I have made it to the opening evening of this fascinating event, which stimulates more love and admiration to our magical city, and provides information on current topics in the

Born on March 16th. Lucie Rie (1902-1995) did for studio pottery what her teacher at Vienna’s most prestigious school for design, the Kunstgewerbeschule Adolf Loos did for architecture. She helped shaping modernist pottery and bring studio ceramics to the mainstream of the Modern Movement. Her pieces were as radical as Loos’ writings, and the preference

When the pair of lamps, created by Salvador Dali for his foremost patron Edward James (1907-84) in 1938, were offered for sale by the Edward James Foundation through Christie’s in 2017, they were going to be removed from the UK by the buyer. However, the export stop has brought them back to the market, and