Designist Dream

Hooray for the Israeli Community of Designers for launching a week-long (alright, ten day long but who’s counting) parade of workshops, exhibitions and special events for and by Israeli designers! Initiative applauded and just in time for Yom Haatzmaot this week too! Not so hooray for their ability to feature this information in Hebrew only [...]

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Special thanks to Pascal Perich, over at the Etsy Storque blog, for sending a link to his video interview and feature of the serene and etheral lighting fixtures by Israeli designers Yael Erel and Avner Ben Natan. Having met in high school, Erel and Ben Natan draw their inspiration from architecture, nature and everything in [...]

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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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Hooray for me! It’s my birthday today! And to celebrate I’m going to celebrate my ideal – and supremely expensive – wish list of my top 5 presents I’d love (you forever if you bought me). I invite you all to enjoy the collection – unless you’re my Mom, in which case you may want [...]

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Fun things are afoot at the Circle K as this week looks to be an exciting one. For starters, I’ll be visiting the Designed in Israel exhibition in Tel Aviv (at the fairgrounds again through Fb. 16th) and checking out the newest and most daring furniture, lighting and jewelry designers coming out of Israel. “Design [...]

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Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.. To me, it all begins with Ron Arad. He is thee most successful and revered Israeli architect and designer to have broken out of Israel and, more importantly, one of the most influential designers of our time. After finishing his studies at the [...]

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Researching contemporary Israeli artists and designers for the recent Hanukkah Gift Guide, I came across some pretty wacky but exciting stuff. One such designer, who got my jaw to drop to the floor in utter amazement, was Ayala Serfaty of Aqua Creations. It’s almost like an acid trip gone underwater for furniture, lighting and interior [...]

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