Designist Dream

We did it! ilook Israeli street fashion blog has won the Streetclash international street fashion tournament! In the amount of time it takes four fashion trends to come and go, Tel Aviv’s finest took on the academic boho’s of Vilnius, the retro hipsters of Minneapolis and the (Eastern) Euro trendy of Talinn and won by [...]

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I love urban renewal/ development projects that utilize art and culture. And lord knows, Israel’s Southern region could use a boost of tourism these days. Below two new sites down South (or at least South of where I live) for seeing Israeli art that don’t appear in your guidebooks:
You’re going to have to start [...]

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While I don’t consider myself a jet setter, a family fun-filled affair has me visiting NY for all of 36 hours. So while I’m drinking my coffee and watching the snow melt off the traffic on Broadway, I thought of the millions of other transplanted Israelis who make their way to NY every year - [...]

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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 a two week visit to the States traded blogging time for fun with family and friends. One of the highlights of our NY trip was a visit to the American Folk Art Museum to see the exhibition “Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: From the Synagogue to the Carousel”. With an amazing array of artwork [...]

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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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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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Lucky New Yorkers can visit the first museum exhibition of contemporary Israeli design in the U.S. at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum now through April 23rd. “New Design from Israel” features approximately 25 works - ranging from furniture to lighting to multimedia installations - from 19 Israeli designers. More information, including links to designers’ websites [...]

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