Designist Dream

I was very excited to happen upon this Designboom’s feature article on the Israeli design student art exchange and training program in Chinese bamboo production and craft. Back when I first posted about it, I could only find photos of three bamboo toys. Now we can all drool at the super cool Metropolis cityscape set [...]

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“Go, get it yourself,” never sounded as good as when Lior and Tal from Chunt Designs told me that their ‘By the Book” night table will be available for purchase at this weekend’ s HaSalon home furnishings fair in Tel Aviv. Now in it’s second year, HaSalon - meaning the living room, parlor or sitting [...]

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Celebrity gossip mongers TMZ caught Debra Messing at LAX airport dressed, well, casual would be the gentle way to put it.

But for some reason TMZ decided that Messing’s, “voluminous coral parachute shmata and head scarf,” somehow ended up, “looking like a Tel Aviv kibbutz farmhand.” Hmmm, not sure where I should begin with that [...]

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Yes, that’s right. A fruiton. What a name!? I was so excited to see this in a Tel Aviv design store last week. Loved the design, the name made me smile and then there’s the concept. This isn’t your beat-up old post-college futon. The Fruiton is made by Israeli Design studio Tom Pol because “every [...]

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If you’re like me then the last thing you like to do at night, is read a great book or magazine a you doze off to sleep. And ideally, your bedroom is a serene retreat from the daily doings of work, errands, kids, family, relationships, et cetera. I say ideally because if you’re like me, [...]

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How ironic that a week long - or two-week long - theme on work got me all out of sorts and out of my regular work/posting schedule!? My apologies to all for the scarcity in exciting Israeli design items to brighten your days. And a promise to start right away with some exciting news, pics [...]

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One of the perks of Designist, is meeting all sorts of cool and creative people in Israel and around the world. Daniel Fintzi is one of those people: cool, creative and taking China by storm. Born in Tel Aviv, Fintzi went on to study and work in Milan and Paris - where he interned with [...]

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Sorry I’ve been behind on my posts lately - actually I’m behind on my flickr pics too. Yikes! Things have a way of piling up on you even when they’re fun and interesting. My only excuse is that I’m battling a cold/ flu thing that’s leaving me brain dead with exhaustion. So to make it [...]

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Nothing says, ‘Now I’m seriously getting to work’ better than organizing or re-organizing your desk. Then again, nothing says, let me put off this project just a little more until I feel really pressured to complete it. Tomay-to, Tomah-to. Sometimes it’s not clear where clearing away old papers from your desk ends and putting your [...]

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I have to admit, thinking of this week’s topic “Re-Design Your Workspace, Israel Style” has gotten my creative juices flowing. I’m feeling like changing things up a bit and where better to begin than by sorting out what’s going on in my head - or yours too for that matter. Instead of starting with the [...]

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