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Body by Design: Israeli Designers Get Physical in Material

April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I came across these products separately, but together I think they pose some interesting questions about designing the body and for the body. Each work below reflects layers of meaning in the recreation of the body into a particular medium. Each has something to say, perhaps, beyond, hey nice bod.

Take these three tee-shirts by [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Ceramics · Design · Home Decor

Weekly Wrap Up and Links I’m Loving and Next Week’s Forecast: Israeli Design Theme Ahead

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Well it was a busy week for me - and my apologies for the light postings. But I’ve been thinking of changing things up a bit around these here Designist Dream parts. And so, I’ll be kicking off next week with a theme. That’s right, designing with a theme never looked this good. No DIY, [...]

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Tags: Ceramics · Design · Fashion · Fine Art · Home Decor

Complete Hanukkah Gift Guide

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Accessories · Babies and Kids · Ceramics · Design · Entertaining · Fashion · Furniture · Gift Guide · Home Decor · Jewelry · Prints and Drawings

Hanukkah Gift Guide: Day 1 or T minus 8 days

November 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Eight days left until Hanukkah and four incredible gift ideas at your disposal:
(from top left, clockwise)
Tell your man he’s electrifying with this cityscape-inspired tee from Israeli clothing designers 220VOLT. Ironically, I’ve seen more of these electricity poles in the US than I have in Israel, but trust Tel Aviv artists to make street fashion [...]

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Tags: Accessories · Babies and Kids · Ceramics · Design · Fashion · Gift Guide · Home Decor

SOFA So Good

October 31st, 2007 · 4 Comments

Israeli artists and designers are strongly representing at this year’s SOFA expo in Chicago. The 14th annual international exposition of Sculpture Objects and Function Art opens this weekend (November 2nd - 4th) where close to 100 international galleries and dealers are presenting decorative artworks from the USA, France, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, Italy, New [...]

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Tags: Ceramics · Exhibitions

Not Your Mama’s Fruit Bowl

October 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments

The ceramic bowls and plates by Einat Cohen take my breath away. Something about the pastel, opalescent surfaces of the slip cast fruit peel bowls is so captivating that when my husband bought me one for my last birthday, I cried. Even though they’re simple fruit shapes, they seem profoundly complex to me: simultaneously organic [...]

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Tags: Ceramics