Sunday News Roundup: Israeli Artists and Designers Making Headlines

July 13th, 2008 by Ziva · 4 Comments

Well, Jerusalem-based artist and advocate Mike Darnell’s a great place to start with Designist Dream’s new-weekly feature: the Sunday news roundup. So start your week by kicking back with a tasty cup of coffee, a cool summer breeze and some hot-off-the-press links to Israeli artists and designers making headlines across the globe.

~ Israeli jeweler and artist Esther Knobel wins the prestigious Andrea M. Bronfman Prize for the Arts (the Andy), for her series The Mind in the Hand. More about her work and life at ISRAEL21C.

~ Israeli-born architect David Fisher talks to the Jerusalem Post about his ambitious and gravity-defying Dynamic Tower set to spin over Dubai by 2010.

~ For the Hebrew-reading set, check out Iton Itzuv (”Design Magazine”) a new online Hebrew design magazine featuring everything from fashion and interior design to industrial design and architecture. They’re so trendy that their guide section critiques restaurants across Israel according to taste first, food second - ie. design taste.

And when you’re done reading and starting to look for things to do, keep up-to date with the latest events by checking Mike Darnell’s new (English!) art calendar on his homepage.

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4 responses so far ↓

1 zevan // Jul 14, 2008 at 1:51 am

I like the new “weekly” format.
looking forward to next weeks edition
good for you
2 Mike Darnell // Jul 14, 2008 at 8:29 am

Hi Ziva,

Thanks for the great writeup : )
I am definitely spread the word about your weekly updates.

I just bumped into a nice resource I want to share:
The good people at GoodKarma productions have put together a collaborative event board for Jerusalem based exhibitions and galleries (- in Hebrew…). Catch it at: http://www.shumma.com

If you are into this type of thing, I’ve recently started twittering - art, culture, Israel, whatever, in the most stream-of-consciousness friendly package on the web:
http://twitter.com/pop_art

All the best - stay cool…
; )
Mike
3 Mike Darnell // Jul 14, 2008 at 8:41 am

…Oh one tiny correction - the full scale calendar + index of galleries and news is at:
http://bit.ly/israeliart

All the best,
Mike

PS.
I’ve already spread this to twitter, technorati and facebook - I feel like a freakish online gossip-crone…
: )
4 Mike Darnell // Jul 14, 2008 at 8:47 am

My bad…

… - the Israeli art calendar and gallery index is at http://bit.ly/israeli_art

he former link leads to a similar project I’m creating for digital art - help is welcome.

Apologies all around.
Mike

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