Designist Dream

It’s not hard to celebrate 60 years of awe-inspiring accomplishments in the fields of art, architecture, fashion and design. It is hard however, to sum it up or highlight it or point it out for the whole world to see and exclaim together in amazement and joy, “Oh, riiiiiiiight. That was super cool. And totally [...]

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To celebrate Harry’s big birthday this weekend, we took a fun-filled family trip to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. Aside from the animals - and the joy of introducing Tzofi to them (penguins, elephants and monkeys scored high on the smiles and squeals scale) - I really wanted to see the sculpture park created by French [...]

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A recent family jaunt to Tel Aviv led us to the city’s current public art project, Global View. More than 100 globes dotted the beautiful Rothschild Boulevard as part of a joint business-art venture that partnered the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), NY Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and London Stock Exchange (LSE) with 100 leading Israeli [...]

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Before I continue recounting my adventures in Tel Aviv’s Gan HaHashmal neighborhood last weekend, I thought it only fair to provide some history about this newly-renovated-and-now-super-trendy area. Gan HaHashmal, or “the Electric Garden” in Hebrew, named after the city’s first power plant, is an old area of Tel Aviv that used to be a haven [...]

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Everyone loves chocolate - even the dieting set find the smallest bite hard to resist - and that’s what Beitili, Israel’s ubiquitous mid-range furniture and home design chain, is hoping to achieve with their new season of couches, chairs, dining room sets and matching accessories for Fall/ Winter 2007/8. Their inspiration or theme for this [...]

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