Mey and Boaz Kahn became parents a while back but not way back. I think that is a good thing, in fact that’s an ah-mazing thing because I have a feeling that that’s how their Herzl Collection was born…
“Herzl is an open-ended collection of ceramic products which includes boxes, vases, candelabras and bowls. All the products are made by casting into molds made of cheap plastic toys from Herzl St. Tel Aviv…”
The two will reveal their intriguing collection next week at the brand new Fresh Design fair.
I’ll tell you more about this exciting fair next week!
www.studiokahn.com

Today post is super bright and white-ish as we celebrate Shavuot.
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Naama Hofman, a girl who designs light objects, is on a roll. After designing the brilliant 005, 006 and 008 it was time to expand and test the boundaries a little more. And so, this time Naama collaborated with textile designer Dikla Benari and together they created the most amazing, painting like, light objects. I’m in love with the bright and sometimes happy splashes of color on the white surface and with Naama’s circled structure it’s truly one special artistic creation! FYI, this time it goes by the name 009. Duh!
www.naamahofman.com

Everyone is in Milan right now or at least that’s what it feels like. While I wish that one day I’ll be able to join the festivities, for now I’m more than happy to share with you Bakery’s (Gilli Kuchik and Ran Amitai) brand new and super minimal Profilini which is making it’s debut right now at Milan. Profilini is a bar stool which is made of powder coated bent iron tubes and as you can see it’s all about creating a functional 3D composition, which I LOVE! Do you think there could be anything better than assembling your own perfect black and white combo stool? I sure don’t!
{Photos by Ariel Reichman}

www.bakery-design.com

I wish I could pop on a plane and land at Milan Design Week, just so I could see and feel Nir Meiri’s genius Marine Light. Yep, it’s a SEAWEED lamp! Nir loves playing with the unknown and unexpected and he has done it before with sand and now this. It all began with him turning to a seaweed organic farm, where he could get as many green and soaked seaweed as he likes. From there he began playing with it until coming up with this oh so intriguing piece of light.
You can read a Hebrew friendly interview about the process (use your google translator!) or head to Milan and interview him by yourself.
www.nirmeiri.com

It’s funny how much I’ve missed writing my Student Breaks… I feel like they are my favorite of them all!
Lihi Svirsky is an industrial design student at the Shenkar College and while going through her portfolio I couldn’t decide which project I liked best… but finally I decided to share with you her Hourglass. I’m not really sure how to describe it rather than just show it to you… It’s such a slick and minimal design – exactly how I like it! Don’t you need this beauty in your home? Hello Kickstarter, I think you should hear about this one!
{DesignBreak found Lihi here}

www.lihisvirsky.com

In Israel we don’t have too many water resources and that’s why we can’t turn on the water when we shower and go with the flow for as long as we want to. It doesn’t work that way (although sometime I wish it was). Anyways, with Shoval Shavit’s PILUSH, it looks like kids would love to save water or at least learn how to since it’s an “Inflatable bath toy that takes up an area and volume of the bath saves up to 60 liters”. It doesn’t sound like a bad idea, in fact I need my very own PILUSH!
FYI, Shoval is a forth year industrial design student at the Shenkar College.
{A DesignBreak by Noga Manor}

www.shovalshavit.com

Nir Meiri (yes I’m talking to you), let’s set the record straight: I don’t think that it’s even possible for me not to write about each and every one of your creations. You are that good. There, I said it!
Now that I got it out of my system, I can tell you about Nir’s sleek new table lamp. In his Spot lamp, Nir drew inspiration “from industrial images such as a crane, a spot light, or a street lamp…” and it’s base is made out of metal or concrete. Something in this design reminds me of Nir’s Deseret Storm. Do you see the connection or am I hallucinating?

www.nirmeiri.com

Spring Vase. I like the sound of that!
I’m so over winter and if I could, I would fast forward these months…
It’s not a negative post but it could easly become one and so… Let’s move to a much more positive and brighter tone.
Let’s talk about this super flowy vase, which was designed by Samuel Ansbacher. I think the more I see still objects the more I love the ones that involve some sort of movement. I can’t really explain it but it feels right and this vase has a “Take a Bow” kind of moment…
{This is a British Break}

Something realy good is happening in Jerusalem over the past few years. So many exciting exhibitions and design events that I find myself keep coming back to the city time after time after time. Even today, after I finish writing this post, I’ll be heading to Jerusalem’s Design Week opening event and if you know me, you probably know that I’m super excited about Bezalel’s Side Effects Exhibition. I can’t help myself, I’m all about young, emerging students! In this exhibition, I’ll be seeing some new designs from the M.Des Master’s Degree in Industrial Design. This is just a heads up! I’ll be writing some more about it in a few weeks.

Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger have done it again!
These two, who go by the name Studio Ve, know a thing or two about clocks. I mean, they are the ones behind the Manifold Clock!
With that being said, let me introduce you to their new BRILLIANT clock and say hello to the Lithe Clock. I don’t think that I have the right vocabulary to express my feelings toward this beauty! Elegant, sensitive, fragile, smooth, soft and light are just few of the adjectives that run through my mind… I’m not going to add a single word, you should hear it all for yourself and watch their oh so dreamy kickstarter campaign.
www.studiove.com

Around here everyone is talking, smelling and eating jelly donuts and yeah, you got it right we are only on day three of Hanukkah! And as we light the third candle I feel like it’s appropriate to keep on going with the lighting theme that I began yesterday. Anyways, say hello to 006 and 008 aka Naama Hofman’s brand new light objects!
006 is a light object made from two trapezes made of glass and perspex and 008 is a light object made of a marble block with a hole in its center. It feels like special agent 007 has to have his very own Naama Hofman light ;)
{Photos by Yael Engelhart}
www.naamahofman.com

The minute I received in my inbox a glimpse into Liora Rosin and Nitsan Debbi’s menorah I couldn’t look away. For me, their menorah is more than just a menorah. It holds so many visual memories that I’ve been collecting in my heart and mind for as long as I can remember.
Influenced by the local architecture of the environment in which it was created, this menorah celebrates the urban Israeli culture. It captures the essence of the Israeli streets with their different windows, shutters, grilles and air conditioners and the light of the menorah is glinting through the blinds.
{“Lighting Jaffa” Exhibition by Asufa}
www.bet-melacha.com

“Follow your dreams at all costs,” says Israeli designer Hagit Pincovici who spends most of her time in Italy. I’m doing just that and I hope you are too!
Hagit and I studied at the same high school too long ago. Since then we didn’t stay in touch but once I discovered that she and I share the love for beautiful creations and that she is the one behind these pretty chairs I had to dig deep and ask some serious questions. I was so happy that Hagit was on board and you can read my “Doing Design: Roman designs weren’t built in a day” interview with her right here. Hagit’s journey takes her all the way from Israel to Italy and it’s one hell of a journey!

Aviad Petel is having the time of his life playing with wood veneer pieces and while at it developing techniques in which he attaches the wooden pieces in the most gracious ways. It happened with his “99″ collection and it happened again now with his brand new collection, Grappa. This time Aviad sew the pieces one by one. “Alike textile methodology, I use a diagonal strip and fuse the wood parts with an industrial sewing machine. Objects that are created in this method are stable and don’t need a solid construction to support its balance.” BTW, the inspiration behind it all is a combination of a petunia flower and the old gramophone device.
www.aviadpetel.com

I’m not that much into flee markets although when seeing what Re’em Eyal digs up time after time in his regular visits around the world it makes me wonder. If I really think about it, I don’t have the patience to search for something I don’t even know exists. Oh well, I know when to leave it to the experts to do what they do best.
After discovering Re’em’s work back in 2011 visiting his vintage kingdom on a regular basis felt like the right thing to do and so… that’s what I’m doing and so should you!

www.studioryx.com