Design and Architecture Masterpieces
Fall 2025 Virtual Series
What makes a design object or a building masterpiece? What turns them iconic? Who are those brilliant talents who through their exceptional creativity, skills, vision, and taste have come to shape the world and to create outstanding design which has changed the course of history? They have left not only blueprints for how we live, but also paved the way for defining what design is. The series ‘Design and Architecture Masterpieces’ comes to celebrate outstanding achievements, monumental power and spirit, which have come to weave the story of modern design. It not only highlights achievements, but also reveals the design scholarship and practice at the forefront – today.
Join design curator and scholar Daniella Ohad as she hosts some of the most intriguing figures in the world of design and architecture: curators, writers, designers, scholars, to illuminate their perspectives. Enjoy design at its best, shape your knowledge, learn to recognize greatness, and take your taste to new horizons. Make this fall a spectacular design season.
Let’s dive into the world of Gio Ponti, the Godfather of modern Italian design; to the achievement of Finn Juhl, the Danish architect who created icons of Danish modern – in his own voice; to the world of the Shakers, the religious sect who pioneered simple living through craftsmanship and distinctive architecture; to the privileged world created by French star-decorator Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann; to the concept of the ‘reuse’ as being redefined through bringing back salvaged, reclaimed, and vintage materials into circulation; to the buildings that changed the future of architecture; to the radical vision of the Japanese Metabolist; and the legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Registration: $600 ticket fee includes 8 sessions
$540 Early Bird until August 25th
12:00-1:00 pm EST
October 22
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November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 10
December 17
About the Instructor Daniella Ohad received her Ph.D. from Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. She lectures and publishes widely on design history, theory, and the decorative arts. She has taught at Parsons the New School for Design, Pratt Institute, and Bard College. She is a speaker on topics in design, collecting, and taste worldwide.
