Designist Dream

Israeli design studio Gugu Design brings new graphic and eco-loveliness to your children’s rooms with this ‘Aleph Bet’ Hebrew alphabet poster – perfect for a bedroom and playroom because it’s both a poster and a game. Confused? Think: good things come in recyclable packages! Or check out the video below for explanation: Simply put: this [...]

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Discovering Barbara Shaw’s gift shop on Bezalel Street in Jerusalem was like finding the perfect present pitstop for friends and family in Israel or abroad. With graphics that combine kitchy fun with contemporary abstract, Barbara’s textiles, pottery and glassware offer a wide range of gift giving options for that special man, woman, baby, child, friend, [...]

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It’s more than taking time to stop and smell the roses. Now you can curl up with a good book and rest your head on a cushy pillow, right under your favorite flower or plant. Israeli design team Studio Libel bring the outdoors in with these unique pillow planters for your home. Gives new meaning [...]

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Well, who knew the Israeli Community of Designers and the Design Museum in Holon actually had the Israeli Design festivities detailed in English too!? I for one did not. Probably because it’s neither featured on the ICD website, even though they have an English option (which only shows their board and member lists), nor highlighted [...]

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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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A two-legged table?! I know what you’re thinking, “can’t be!?” “why that’s impossible!” “are you outta your mind!?” Aha, but it can; and it’s not; and I am. (But that last part is unrelated). Israeli designers Shay Carmoun and Ben Kilinger, collaborating as StudioVe here in Tel Aviv, have reinterpreted the traditional coffee table relying [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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Ohh December. Cold cuddly. Winter warm. Aglow with holidays and festivities. And filled to the brim with presents. I think back to last year at this time, when the Designist Dream Hanukkah Gift Guide 2007 started gaining momentum for the blog. For me, it was a super fun experience, hearing from new readers around the [...]

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