Industrial Design Category
| Improvisation. There is something quite Israeli within this word. While visiting the MA graduates show of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Lee Oshrat’s “Improvisation” was one of those projects that stayed with me once I left the gallery. The common office rubber band was the base for a series of five flexible connectors. Lee asked herself questions regarding the relationships between people and objects and the outcome is a garden of improvised, miss matched beauties!
BTW, “Alteration” is this year’s theme.
You can get in touch with Lee here:
liasrt {at} post.bezalel {dot} ac {dot} il |
| I’m not really sure where I first stumbled upon Ran Seri’s designs but I sure am glad I did! It’s such an awesome feeling to find amazing Israeli artists who ended up living their dream outside of our tiny country. I’ll be following Ran’s journey from now on but until then I had to share with you his “Why Not”, coat hangers. There is something quite brilliant in this particular design, so smart and fun!
To be continued…
www.ranseri.com |
| Felt. I’m starting to have an instant crush for just about any felt related design. It’s kinda insane but at least I’m aware of it. They say it’s the first step to admit it, right?
Dana Bachar, a 2011 graduate of the Industrial Design Department at the Holon Institute of Technology, designed a series of light fixtures that won me over in a heart beat. The shape, the colors and most importantly the felt are a mixture of perfection.
I’d love to hear about your favorite material if there is such a thing in your vocabulary ;)
www.danabachar.com |
| My second interview for The Jerusalem Post just aired.
Gurit Magen, the girl behind Junktion People, is one of those designers who can turn just about any random junk into rad product.
You can read my “Doing Design: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” interview right here. |
| “Local Design” is a shot in the right direction for a new set of ideas. Coexistence of society and nationalities, ornament and construction, craft and design, metal and wood, east and west, geography and nationality. Michael Tsinzovsky, a graduate of the Industrial Design Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, had almost an impossible task at hand. “A young country without long tradition of arts and crafts, that tries to be European in the center of the Middle East”, it’s quite surprising he didn’t get lost along the way.
You can get in touch with Michael here:
michaeltsin2009 {at} gmail {dot} com
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| “In My Head” is Golan Cohen’s cute as a button series of shy toys. “Each doll comes with built-in shyness features that would let the child choose the desired level of shyness and maybe even identify with it.” The bodies of all three dolls, the rabbit, the hedgehog and the lion, are tucked inside their heads in a “shy” state. When you pull them out, it’s like they overcome their shyness. Oh, and there is a story that tells their transformed journey. I know I could use this hedgehog back in the day ;) BTW, Golan is a graduate of the Industrial Design Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
You can get in touch with Golan here:
golancohen {at} gmail {dot} com
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| Imagining a ginormous machine, so you’ll be able to fulfill your vision, is one thing, actually building it, is a whole other story! I guess Max Cheprack likes to go the extra mile, his extrusion clay research led to a line of stools. I can tell it was a long and overwhelming journey. By Pushing clay through a Muslim inspired template Max created these unique stools and opened a door to some new possibilities and adventures in the ceramic world.
Here is a glimpse inside the process.
Max is a graduate of the Industrial Design Department at H.I.T.
You can get in touch with Max here:
maxcheprack {at} yahoo {dot} com |
| Would you allow yourself to become attached to your drawer, as much as to your adorable dog? Polina Azarov, from the Industrial Design Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, created her own version of a felted Brady Bunch. These soft containers are a real family with each object having its own character and a different form of storage. “The softness and the proportions of the objects make them domestic creatures that we can enjoy adopting into our homes.”
All I can tell you is that my next piece of furniture will be my new pet! There is nothing wrong with that, is there?
You can get in touch with Polina here:
poliwood {at} gmail {dot} com
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| I forgot to share with you some exciting news! Since the beginning of August I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite young Israeli industrial designers for The Jerusalem Post. So, once a month an interview will be coming your way.
First in line is Meirav Barzilay, a young designer, who keeps amazing me!
You can read my “Doing Design: Crafting her way through life” interview right here. |
| Maya Ober, a resent graduate of the Industrial Design Department at Holon Institute of Technology, teamed up with her Polish friends for her graduation project. The four girls, aka knockoutdesign, created the Awateef family, a community based hand weaved project, with the help of the Palestinian craftswomen of Kfar Manda village in Galilee. The slogan behind this collaboration was “when local craft meets technology and design to serve the community”. There is a lot more to tell about this importent project and you can read about it all right here.
FYI, “Awateef” means “Feelings” in Arabic.
www.knockoutdesign.eu |
| Dana Ben Dov, the woman and the golden curls, is one of the nicest most inspiring woman I’ve met in a while. There is something about her and her art, that makes you want to become part of her entourage.
“In my art I work with pieces of life and light. By combining both I give them new life, new light and new meaning.” Don’t know what about you but I’m melting…
Dana lets her imagination lead the way, while composing stunnig light fixtures, piece by piece.
{A DesignBreak by Natasha Haimovich}
You can get in touch with Dana here:
abendov{at}netvision{dot}net{dot}il |
| A while back I wrote about Stools. The 50% sawdust version. “A measured mixture of the two materials is pressed into an aluminum mold and then baked.
The heat creates a homogeneous connection without using any adhesives.” Since then, the girls behind Kulla Design worked on a new addition to their 50% sawdust family of products. I would definitely add those two cuties to my work table any day of the week.
Can’t wait to find out what will be the next addition. I just love it when you get good design in small portions ;)
www.kulladesign.com |
| Tomorrow is a very special day! Some of my all time favorite designers are visiting Paris. They come all the way from Tel Aviv for a four day celebration of Israeli design, the pop up way. “Rafsoda invites the public to embark on an astonishing journey to the new frontiers of Israeli design innovation, featuring events that include the opportunity to meet many of the store’s exceptional design talents, participating for the first time at Designer’s days Paris.”
In a way, it feels like it’s a DesignBreak celebration with some very good freinds like: Maya Shalev, Studio Ve, Kozo Lamp, Groupa Studio, Me-Dusa…
www.www.rafsoda.com |
| What could you do with some old wooden cabinets and doors? I guess that if you are part of the Miklum gang you’ll think about a modular system. Right?! By modularity they mean, you can add or replace Frankies as you like till you get the perfect mix. Combining the cubes into shelves, partition, benches, TV cabinet and the list go on and on… BTW, the blocks are mostly unaltered and so reflect the natural condition of the original raw material. They really captured the old and new in a unique and fun way.
FYI, “Miklum” means “From Scratch” in Hebrew.
{Miklum is Hebrew friendly web site}
www.miklum.com |
| The minute I ended up at Joon and Jung’s magical kingdom, I was hooked.
Their New I’m too sad to separate ceramic mugs made me think about the guy in my life who I adore and cherish. The one who believes in me and sticks with me no matter what. I’m sure the two had something completely different in mind but… I decided to share with you my take on it…
Oh… I first saw this project in one of Victor Hunt‘s Designart Documentaries. There is nothing like being able to hear a designer talk about his creation!
{This is a South Korean World Break}
www.joonjung.com |
