Designist Dream

A recent jaunt to Montreal has Apartment Therapy fans debating the virtues – or vices – of internationally acclaimed Israeli architect Moshe Safdie‘s Habitat 67 project. Now I know some of you will have a huge problem with Safdie’s modernist aesthetic. Some of you loathe the cement, the block, the exposure of structure, the privileging [...]

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Pretentious Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, shows its how out of touch it is with contemporary cultural trends but introducing a new feature: an interview with a real-life person on the street about what he or she is wearing and why. Novel idea? Not really. And so poorly conducted in this article that the nature of the [...]

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Researching contemporary Israeli artists and designers for the recent Hanukkah Gift Guide, I came across some pretty wacky but exciting stuff. One such designer, who got my jaw to drop to the floor in utter amazement, was Ayala Serfaty of Aqua Creations. It’s almost like an acid trip gone underwater for furniture, lighting and interior [...]

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All eight postings (that is a total of 32 gifts!) of the Hanukkah gift guide can be found here for your convenience. Or alternately you can find each day listed here: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8

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Well Hanukkah’s finally here and the Gift Guide is officially reaching its final day of amazing Israeli design gift ideas. As a reminder for the non-Hanukkah-observing readers, these gifts will also make someone happy this Christmas! Here’s to wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday season. And now for the last time in 2007, [...]

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Well tonight’s the first night! So if you haven’t ordered or purchased your Hanukkah gifts yet this year, you’ve got a full eight days to make it happen! And as the holiday gift guide winds to a close, above are four more incredible gift ideas and four more chances to show your love for Israel [...]

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Well, Hanukkah is almost here and I think I’ve both lost count and let life get a bit in the way, so just to finish off my 8-day gift guide extravaganza, I think I’ll take some artistic license and feature the final Day 8 ideas during the holiday. That way, those of you who are [...]

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Only three days left until Hanukkah begins, so check out these four incredible gift ideas before shipping time runs out: (Clockwise, from top left) Do not doubt that your man will love this amazing chain link wine bottle holder by multi-talented Israeli designer Shahar Peleg. It’s great a great gift for him for so many [...]

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