Daniella On Design

It will definitely become the highlight of the upcoming collectible design auction season, the newly-discovered dining table, designed by Isamu Noguchi for the Weston CT home of fashion photographer Milton Greene in the late 40s, and offered by Wright in its Important Design sale on June 7th. The other auction houses will find it hard to […]

Congratulating Naoto Fukasawa, the recipient of the 2018 Isamu Noguchi Award (together with landscape designer and environmental activist Edwina von Gal), given annually to those sharing Noguchi’s spirit of innovation, global consciousness, and commitment to East/West cultural exchange. Tokyo-based Fukasawa is not only an accomplished industrial designer who minimalist and refined language rooted in the

Let’s remember German architect and designer Peter Behrens (1868-1940) who was born 150 years ago. Today. Think about an architectural office in 1920s Berlin, where young Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Walter Gropius, the trio giants of the Modern Movement, working under one roof as apprentices. During lunch time, once a month, the

Studio visits have become an integral part of my work in recent years, and the one I find most inspiring; it is only when you meet the artist behind the work, that you can fully comprehend it. This morning, I was hosted, together with my class in the Long-Island-City-based studio of Venezuelan-born ceramicist Reinaldo Sanguino.

Let’s remember Dane architect Jørn Utzon on his 100th anniversary, mainly remembered for one architecture icon, perhaps the world’s most iconic building. He won the Sydney Opera House in a competition he won in 1957, and was driven to resign from the project ten years later while being blamed for the soaring costs. Queen Elizabeth II

Tomorrow, the second session in my new course The Tastemakers at the New York School of Interior Design, is devoted to the postwar years. Credited for revolutionized the fashion silhouette and for shaping the dress of the mid-century decade, 42-year-old Christian Dior has launched his milestone collection on 12 February of 1947, and became one

He is considered the most legendary interior decorator of the 20th century, yet the work of French designer Henri Samuel has been largely unknown to English readers simply because most of his powerful clients, Guy and Marie-Hélène de Rothschild, Susan and John Gutfreund, and couturier Valentino, to mention a few, kept their opulent homes far

While started as sources of illumination in antiquity, candles have transformed over the years and, to us today, they represent the power to evoke memory, spirit, and emotion. This is what Michele Oka Doner had in mind when creating her new and memorable solo exhibition ‘Bringing the Fire’ at David Gill Gallery in London. This

When Richard Wright came to speak in my program Collecting Design: History, Collections, Highlights at the New York School of Interior Design this morning, it was hard to choose the themes for discussion, because there are so many areas to explore and to illuminate with him. Founder of Chicago-based auction house Wright, he is considered one

Lets remember Koloman Moser (1968-1918) who was born 150 years ago today. The lesser known co-founder of the famed Wiener Werkstätte in 1903, with Josef Hoffman, he began his career as an illustrator before continuing his studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts).  Moser was a founding member of the radical group of the