Designist Dream

I was so excited to see this morning the dramatic rise in number of Israeli artists on Etsy - the global, online marketplace for all things handmade. And was inspired to kick off an albeit late but still exciting holiday gift guide featuring some of the loveliest jewelry I drooled over this morning. It’s not [...]

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I was psyched that journalist extraordinaire, Karin Kloosterman, turned to me for research help with her article featuring Israel’s leading Israeli designers for a feature article for ISRAEL21c.org. Read the full article reprinted below, or see the full article here alongside other great spotlights on Israeli innovations.
Their designs are comfortable, hip and beautiful and their [...]

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A very creative, inspiring and funny friend of mine has started a new blog called Levavot which is Hebrew for hearts. It’s all about givin’ some luv, as her posts feature hearts in the oddest of places - bus stop ads, shops, streets, high schools, and more - the point is (well, there are several, [...]

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Taking the outdoors in. Meeting nature with industry. Israeli born, Paris-based designer, and my personal superstar, Arik Levy, has done it again. Revamping the traditional indoors fireplace for a new, modern and abstracted collection for Planika Fires. Stripped down to the basic elements - fire, fuel and protection (albeit not exactly child-proof, but still encased [...]

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Hooray! Hooray for everyone - Obama is the US President and there’s a new and incredible sense of hope, optimism and belief that you can do it (or yes, we can do it to paraphrase his empowering and inspiring slogan/ motto/ mantra). I can’t even begin to tell you what a great and moving experience [...]

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Hooray for Election Day in the States! I can’t remember an election day - or even campaign - has been this electrifying for ex-pats abroad. I can only imagine how incredibly exciting things are over there in the US. It’s historic. It’s epic. I think the inspiration is infectious - in fact, it’s getting my [...]

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So as if you haven’t noticed, I’ve been having a hard time getting back into my creative groove for a while now. I can’t explain it really but I’ve got a lot of ideas of things to do (write about, interview, meet, see, sew, volunteer for and more) and not a lot of time to [...]

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Nothing like the 2009 IKEA catalogue – and a quick trip for new home accessories – to get me feeling all inspired and creative again. And just in time to celebrate the Jewish new year! The IKEA catalogue is among the most anticipated home design/ accessory events of the year - especially for the design-conscious [...]

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Well, nothing like a massive Israeli designer sale to get your late summer blues back to brighter colors. Me? I’ll still be very blue though because I’m currently Stateside on a family vacation and will not be able to blow my savings on some great clothes and accessories at this end-of-season’s sale event: fmarket. If [...]

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Oy, so I didn’t make it a Sunday update this week but all in good time. Because essentially, the biggest news to hit the art-and-design-o-sphere comes this week from Comic Con: Israeli comic book artist and illustrator Rutu Modan was just awarded an Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel in 2008 for her work, [...]

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