Posts Tagged Nature
Sharon Sides | STUMPS. The Next Generation
|June 18, 2013
There were three: the Flor Chair, the Doo Chair and the Echo Chair. And now, almost a year later, you can see the extended family. Last year I had a One on One Break with Sharon Sides, where she shared with me the story behind her graduate project aka STUMPS (which deals with the transference of images from nature to design projects using technology). I still remember how blown away I was by her mad talent and so… I’m super excited to share with you the next developments aka stools, coffee tables and of course chairs. I do wonder what will be Sharon’s next step but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be massive. Yep, I trust her that much.
www.sharonsides.com


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Exhibition Break | Donkey’s Life
|September 16, 2012
  • Roy Maayan | Photo by Elad Sarig
  • Uri Shapira | Photo by Elad Sarig
  • Uri Shapira | Photo by Elad Sarig
  • Hila Amram | Photo by Elad Sarig
  • Hila Amram | Photo by Elad Sarig
Yesterday I visited an intriguing exhibition at the Benyamini Ceramics Center. It goes by the name Donkey, but “focuses on the grave situation of ceramics as a medium in the field of Israeli art. It strives to touch upon life and death, upon the intertwined physical and mental dangers threatening practitioners of art and ceramics.” As I walked up and down between the three floors, I spent quite some time staring at Uri Shapira’s salted fields and Hila Amram’s green lab… These two know how to touch a soft spot inside me time after time, and it’s always a pleasure finding out more about their work.
{DesignBreak found the Donkey here}


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Student Break | Shira Galon | Blue Horizon
|September 11, 2012
I don’t understand much about fashion but if there is something I can appreciate is the mad talent these young designers hold within them!
Shira Galon and her “Flat Nature” collection, was and still is one of those designers, who made me miss a beat. She wanted to explore the dialogue between form, print and two and three dimensions. And so she decided to use the Japanese Kimono with it’s natural prints as her starting point… You need to take a much closer look at her prints… They are BREATHTAKING!
BTW, Shira is a 2012 graduate of the Shenkar College.
{Photos by Asaf Einy}
wix.com/shiragalon


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Geffen Refaeli | A Happy Cactus is an Illustrated Cactus
|September 10, 2012
Geffen Refaeli, oh Geffen Refaeli…
I’m affraid she might think that I’m a stalker!
No matter what will come out of her magical hands, I know I’l be writing and craving for it. I guess, that’s life :)
So, the minute Geffen wrote me and told me (not that I haven’t spotted it on instagram way back) about her family of illustrated cacti, I knew what needed to be done.
I’m a flower girl but for some reason, even cacti are having a hard time staying alive in my hands. Geffen’s ones will sure live out longer and besides, they are much cuter and happier.
www.geffenrefaeli.com


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Student Break | Lee Kodo | The Stylish Mrs. Doolittle
|August 19, 2012
It makes sense to start a new week with a whimsical vibe.
Lee Kodo’s collection was inspired by her childhood memories of the Shavuot Holiday at the Kibbutz, where she grew up. It was inspired by the atmosphere and the happy spirit of the holiday: women and men with embroidered outfits, wearing flower bouquets and surrounded by animals. Lee made it all feel like a place I want to live in, with all the super beautiful accessories (someone mentioned a tractor wheel bracelet?!) and the big flowers and sprinkles of pastel all over. FYI, Lee is graduate of the Shenkar College.
{Photos by Marina Moshkovich}
wix.com/lee-kodo


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One On One Break | Sharon Sides | Traces of Nature
|August 9, 2012

 Sharon Sides is a fresh graduate of the Industrial Design Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. When you see tens of graduate projects, you don’t really know where to look first. You start to glance and then… you just stop, cause you found something special. That’s exactly what happened to me, when I spotted Sharon Sides’ chairs, while exploring the Bezalel graduate show.
I loved what I saw and I just had to find out all that I could about this super talented and extra beautiful girl.
You can get in touch with Sharon at:
sharon.sides1 {at} gmail {dot} com
I’d love to hear about you, your journey and how it all began.
When I decided to be an industrial designer, I was working for a big international company. At first, I thought of interior design, but as I started exploring the design world I knew I was destined for industrial design. I quit my job and started my studies at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. From the beginning I knew I made the right choice; the continuous strive for knowledge and the passion to create and innovate inspired me to keep up the hard work.SharonSides
Can you describe your work process for me?
My work process always starts with comprehensive research inclusive of interviews, observations and market surveys. In each project I integrate the product necessities and requirements with my interpretation and inputs. I always aim to bring an added value. Innovativeness and different points of view are the guiding principles in every work process of mine.SharonSides
Which materials do you work with?
Over the past years I experimented with a vast variety of materials and techniques such as aluminum, brass, plastic, acrylic, steel, wood, fabrics, silicone etc.SharonSides
What is the most unusual piece you have ever designed?
As part of my B.Des I studied at the Pratt Institute for Arts and Design in New York. That was an amazing experience for me, personally and professionally. “Closure” was a project I designed for biomimicry class I took there.
It’s a desk lamp inspired by the bizarre mating of the Anglerfish. As the male bites the female skin and turns to be an organ in her body, the lamp is built from two different bodies that are living in symbiosis. When the metal ball goes into its place it closes the circuit and the light turns on. The weirdest part of the project was to stand in front of the professors needing to explain about fish mating…		SharonSides
I’d love to hear the story behind your graduation project.
“Stumps” deals with the transference of images from nature to design projects using technology and in the process tests the spectrum between meticulous planning and freeform naturalness. The project explores the interplay between control and freedom, and examines when it is important to plan and when it is better to let things happen naturally. The design process offered a different outlook on a tree trunk, which is normally associated with beams utilizing its length, and focused on the rings that appear on the actual stump. This point of departure presents us with a new morphology. The pattern implies on the history of the tree as well as its age.
As part of the project, patterns of tree stumps were scanned and later etched on metal. The metal sheets were bent into chairs, when the outline of the tree stump was kept intact. Shaping and bending each chair took into account the original outlines of the tree stump, consequently bestowing each chair with its own unique character.		SharonSides
Now that you finished school… what’s next? What is your dream?
My dream is to do what I like most, to design, somewhere around the globe. I think Israeli young designers are good competitors for designers around the world, and that our desire to innovate is one of a kind.SharonSides
I’m curious to know where does your inspiration come from?
Probably nature is the biggest hoard of solutions we can imagine.SharonSides
What about some web sites and blogs that you visit regularly?
Well… Dezeen, Notcot, Designboom, Things Organized Neatly and Humans of New York.SharonSides
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
In order to innovate, you have to work, while hoping for mistakes.SharonSides
If you had an extra hour each day what would you do with it?
I would train for the triathlon!SharonSides
And finally, please do share something random or quirky about yourself.
I have a collection of more than 200 metal boxes, no purpose found for them yet…SharonSides

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One On One Break | Dana Bloom | A Pot of Gold
|August 2, 2012

 Dana Bloom is a shinning star, not only does she have the most loving personality, she also lights up my DesignBreak with her golden creations. Although I’m not that much into high end jewelry, Dana with her sensitive eye and delicate hands makes me want to learn more about this unfamiliar territory. Besides that, I secretly wish that Dana will hear my prayer and start working on a casual line. I can’t help but admire her road to perfection… and don’t let me start talking about her graduate collection… Anyways, let’s let the girl talk. She knows what she’s talking about!
{Photos by Oded Marom}
www.dana-bloom.com
I’d love to hear about you, your journey, how it all began.
After my graduation from the jewelry design department at the Shenkar College, I continued my studies at the Creative Academy in Milano Italy, where I got my MA degree along with 20 very talented students from all over the world. Following my studies, I did an internship at Cartier, which was a fascinating experience. I got to live in Paris and design for am amazing brand such as Cartier. I returned to Israel and worked as a house designer for an Israeli jewelry manufacture and finally decided it was time to open my own studio. Nowadays I’m launching my first collection which is a great pleasure, a huge challenge and gives me enormous satisfaction :)

DanaBloom
Can you describe your work process for me?
My work process starts by looking for inspiration in photographs, material and basically everywhere. Once I can spot a common theme that “speaks” to me in my findings, I try to understand what drew me to these particular items and this becomes the beginning of my project. From there, I enjoy playing with the idea, sketching and sculpting freely without thinking too much. During this process, the shapes become clearer and brighter and when I like the outcome I turn to my 3D software and start creating the jewels there. When the model is ready I print it using a 3D printer, then with the 3D prototype made from polymer in my hand I feel the volume, weight, and how it feels on the body. When it feels right I start to imagine, how its “brothers and sisters” will look like…DanaBloom
Which materials do you work with?
I’m working mainly with gold; I like the strong deep color of the 18k alloy. In some cases in order to add brightness, colors and elegance I use diamonds and precious stones. In my new collection, Golden Neem, Most of the jewels are made from 18k yellow gold and some of them are set with clear white diamonds.DanaBloom
Why gold? I have a feeling it’s a bit more challenging…
Challenge is my middle name! and gold is a challenge but it is also such a pleasant joy. Working with gold gives you the opportunity to create a jewel with the finest detail and to know that it will last forever. It also means that you need to be very calculated with the thickness, weight and volume of your design, because the outcome will be expensive. I print my designs with 3D printers and cast them directly in gold without creating a mold, working with high alloy allows me to create fine delicate details that don’t get lost in the casting process and will be seen in the final outcome.DanaBloom
You just launched your first collection. can you share with me your source of inspiration for this one?
The idea for this collection comes from observing Mother Nature, her micro and macroscopic processes. Wilted leaves and the capillary action of plants are the inspiration for this collection and the airy foundation of it. The collection is called “Golden Neem”. “Neem” in Hebrew is a small vein while in English it’s the name of a tree from South Asia said to have medicinal properties as well as an outstanding ability to withstand severe droughts.DanaBloom
How close or far is your end design from your initial idea?
Design process for me means to invent a new visual language; I know that I’m close to the end design, when I start to speak this language “fluently”.DanaBloom
What is the most unusual piece you have ever designed?
In school we had a project to make shoes inspired by a villian. I made black and white leather men’s moccasins that looked like the face of Hitler.DanaBloom
What’s next? What is your dream?
I want to keep designing new collections and that my jewels get to touch and excite many people around the world.DanaBloom
Do you fantasize about your next collection? Care to share anything about it?
It seems like the inspiration for my next collection will come from the life and nature of the underwater world, I hope to be invited to another interview at your blog within a couple of months and tell you all about it :)DanaBloom
I’m curious to know where does your inspiration come from?
My inspiration comes from life, from traveling around the world, or even walking with my son along our neighborhood and watching him being fascinated by every tiny ant. I believe that inspiration is everywhere, you just need to be attentive and to observe.DanaBloom
Can you tell me which designers inspire you?
There are so many talented, bright inspiring designers, among them Ingo Maurer, Fabio Novembre, Achille Castiglioni, Michael Young (I just received a new watch that was designed by him and I’m so proud of having one of his designs).DanaBloom
What about some web sites and blogs that you visit regularly?
Other than DesignBreak? ;)
The list is long and is getting bigger from day to day. I’ll name just a few: Vougue Gioiello, Designboom, Design Milk and Jewelry Scape, which I read on a daily basis, Dezeen, The Style Smith and finally Design*Sponge, which I’m also subscribed to and enjoy following.		DanaBloom
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Short and simple, but so true: “Follow your heart, be honest and true to yourself”. I’m not sure exactly who said it to me, but I do try to follow it.DanaBloom
If you had an extra hour each day what would you do with it?
Two months before I gave birth to my child, I stopped doing Pilates and practicing my Italian, those two hours were like a breath of fresh air. At the time, it felt like I was doing something good for my well being. These days my son is a year and 9 months old and I’m trying to spend with him each and every moment possible… but I guess if I had an extra hour I would choose to spend it practicing Pilates and Italian.DanaBloom

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K.Brat | The Bugs and The Beetles
|July 3, 2012
Just the other day I talked with a friend of mine and conffesed that I’m not much of a fancy girl. What I mean is, I let my accessories do the talk and not my clothes. However, once I bumped into Keren Brat’s The Sinister Crawl collection, a little voice inside my head made me reconsider my choices!
I can talk on and on about the impeccable pieces (but that’s a given!) but all I really want to do is take a moment and imagine my life as one of Keren’s sophisticated chics.
FYI, in what seems like a life time ago, I had the pleasure of having Keren as one of my One On One Breaks.
{Photos by Eva K. Salvi}
www.kbrat.co.uk


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Tehila Levi Hyndman | Come Fly with Me
|June 13, 2012
Whenever you look up, you probably see this sweet little creature, around the streets of Tel Aviv. It was chosen as the face of I am an Other, The Sixth Exhibit of Israeli jewelry at the Eretz Israel Museum. I haven’t been there yet but I feel like this little guy has been following me around… The one behind this super sensitive creation is the young jeweler, Tehila Levi Hyndman. I need to do my thing and find out a lot more about her! I’m sure I’ll be writing about this exhibition once I visit but in the meanwhile I had to share this part gecko part butterfly mixture.
{Photos by Igal Fredo}
You can get in touch with Tehila here:
tehilalevi {at} gmail {dot} com


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One On One Break | Tali Furman | The Textile Goddess
|May 21, 2012

 Textile designers fascinate me.
I can’t really explain why but they do.
After stumbling upon Tali Furman’s world of beautiful prints, I decided that I need to dig deep and find out a lot more, about this next big thing in the textile world.
Say hello to Tali and her one of a kind prints.
{Photos by Noa Kedmi}

www.talifurman.com
I’d love to hear about you, your journey, how it all began.
Well, I think that each day my journey begins over and over again. When I was young I didn’t consider myself a very talented person. Until the age of 23 I didn’t even know I can draw! When I first started my studies at the Textile Design Department at Shenkar College, I realized that engaging with aesthetics comes really natural to me.
Early on I realized I have a talent for arranging different images and materials together and placing them in new context.
These days I’m working as a designer at Golf & Co.		TaliFurman
Can you describe your work process for me?
I start by collecting images that I find interesting. Many of them don’t have a common theme but I see how they complete each other by color, form and feeling and so see a theme where it doesn’t usually exist. My process also includes drawing on fabrics, especially on silk. Most of my prints combine photography, digital scanning and hand drawing. Sometimes when I look back at prints I created I can’t even remember what came first, colors, scanning or drawings. These days I’m starting to work on a new visual project that is all inspired by fixed forms and stencils.

TaliFurman
Which materials do you work with?
I work a lot with collages of photos that I take… My scanner is my best friend and I love silk and cotton.
My favorite thing is reactive colors for fabrics, they are amazing and can be easily manipulated.		TaliFurman
What is the most unusual piece you have ever designed?
These days I’m working on embossed vases for Golf & Co. It is really fun to apply patterns to a 3D mold.
As a student I worked with a ceramic designer named Naomi Shousberger. At her studio I learned about printing directly on porcelain and combining textile prints with ceramics.		TaliFurman
Now that you are done with your studies, what’s next? What is your dream?
When I finished my studies I immediately started working at Golf & Co as a designer. I just know discovered that my academic journey might start all over again. I’ve been offered a place to study at The Royal College of Art in 2012/13, at their Textiles Department so as we speak, I’m busy looking for scholarships.TaliFurman
I’m curious to know where does your inspiration come from?
I find periods of art in history very fascinating, the fact that artists and designers would spend years of their time creating, each with their own uniqueness and specialty. My favorite periods in art are Baroque and Rococo. My inspiration comes from lots of places, I really like spending time in down towns areas every where I go. Also as an immigrant myself, immigration realities are very close to my heart.
Recently I found inspiration in paintings of ports in Europe. I love sea creatures and I have a feeling that fish prints will be the next big thing in fashion and interior design.		TaliFurman
Can you tell me which designers inspire you?
Lets see… Mary Katrantzou, Timorous Beasties, Jonathan Saunders and the Hermès brand. Actually my dream is to work at Hermès…
Also there are a few young designers that inspire me: fashion designer Mark Goldenberg, the young textile photographer Noa Kedmi and illustrator Alina Gorban.
As a member of the community of young designers I think that it’s very important to be inspired by your friends.		TaliFurman
Can you tell me which web sites and blogs you visit regularly?
My list is too long so I’ll only share a few: Color Collective, Silken Favours, Nomenus Quarterly, the two Norwegian blogs Maruska and Fru Fly, Cherry Blossom, Love Nordic, Trend Tablet by Lidewij Edelkoort, the patterns of Longina Phillips Designs, Saša Antić, But Does It Float, Everythig Is Going To The Beat and finally BibliOdyssey.TaliFurman
What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
“Dream until your dream comes true.”TaliFurman
If you had an extra hour each day what would you do with it?
I would call my sister. She is 16 and I can’t find enough time in the day to spend with her like I wish I could.TaliFurman

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Nirit and Avi Berman | Stoned Mushroom
|May 6, 2012
As you all know by now, sometimes my imagination runs high…
This collection of rings reminds me of mushrooms… Can you see it too?
I Hope Nirit and Avi Berman, the ones behind these super cool rings, won’t mind ;)
I’m loving the stones collection and the fact that you have the option to pick an aqua mushroom!

www.berman-j.com


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Or Halbrecht | The Israeli Seed
|April 26, 2012
Since today we are celebrating Israel’s Independence Day, there is nothing like Or Halbrecht’s design which says it all about the Israelis. You probably don’t know where I’m coming from so let me explain. Wherever you go in the streets of Israel, you’ll spot sunflower seed shells at some point. You can call it our national munchies. You put the seed in your mouth, pill it and spit it. It’s really nice especially the ones covered with salt. Or took these really ordinary seeds and transformed them into super cool pieces of jewelry. Brilliant!!!
Happy 64th, Israel!
{DesignBreak found Or here}
You can get in touch with Or here:
or.h.jewelry {at} gmail {dot} com


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My Japanese Break | Cherry Blossom Madness
|April 23, 2012
I really don’t know where to begin. Two and a half weeks, more than a 1000 pictures and one cherry blossom.
It is only right that I’ll start my Japanese break with a pinkish bang. From Tokyo to Kyoto, Hiroshima and Miyajima… Wherever I turned I bumped into this super amazing phenomena, only to realize that no two cherry blossoms are a like. From pink to white and all the colors in between I could stare at this breathtaking creation all day long and I’ve got more than a hundred blossoming pictures to prove it! I won’t give you a hard time by showing all of them but I had to share my top five.


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World Break | HiNGE Dept. | Liisa Hashimoto | Metal Garden
|February 22, 2012
This Pinterest addiction leads to good things! While cruising my stream I ran into Liisa Hashimoto’s magnificent world of lively metal. I found a world of remarkable details and hope you won’t find me crazy but… it almost felt like Liisa was the one responsible for a metallic fantasy world or some kind of metal Disney Channel.
And you know what the most amazing thing is? This brilliant designer is responsible for some of the craziest shoe jewelry I’ve ever seen! Now it’s my time to stop talking and leave you to explore the wold of Liisa Hashimoto.
{A DesignBreak by Iris Saar Isaacs}
{This is a Japanese World Break}
www.hinge-dept.com


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World Break | L’Accent Nou | A Stroll on the Beach
|January 30, 2012
I can’t take this weather any more! It’s SO cold and dark that I can’t even hear myself think. Well, it’s not NY by any means but for Israel it’s damn cold.
And when it’s cold all that is left to do is think about a sunny day at the beach. I have a feeling that’s why I found myself wandering into Anastasia Egórova‘s L’Accent Nou natural haven. There is something quite calming and comforting about the fact that all Anastasia’s creations come from the beautiful Mallorca island in Spain. BTW, the fact that Anastasia followed her heart and left Russia for her man is extra beautiful…
{This is a Russian World Break}


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