Designist Dream

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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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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A Sunday roundup on Tuesday!? Well it’s never too late to get up-to-date with the headlines. And I bet the image above made you go hmmm? Which is what many Bezalel Graduate of Graphic Arts, like Nir Avigad, aspire to achieve. So check out the links below from the weekly roundup of Israeli artists and [...]

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You may remember that, a while back, I featured some art, fashion and design work related to the body. Well, Israeli designer Irit Lanciano was kind enough to write me and send me a much better photograph of her series of shirts entitled “Body Containers”. Not only can you see the appendages more clearly but [...]

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It’s not hard to celebrate 60 years of awe-inspiring accomplishments in the fields of art, architecture, fashion and design. It is hard however, to sum it up or highlight it or point it out for the whole world to see and exclaim together in amazement and joy, “Oh, riiiiiiiight. That was super cool. And totally [...]

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From the biblical to the technological – and a lot in between – it’s been a big 60 years. Happy birthday, Israel… and many more. Look for my post on 60bloggers.com honoring Israel’s achievements over the past 6 decades in the fields of art, fashion, culture and design towards the end of the month.

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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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Celebrity gossip mongers TMZ caught Debra Messing at LAX airport dressed, well, casual would be the gentle way to put it. But for some reason TMZ decided that Messing’s, “voluminous coral parachute shmata and head scarf,” somehow ended up, “looking like a Tel Aviv kibbutz farmhand.” Hmmm, not sure where I should begin with that [...]

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How ironic that a week long – or two-week long – theme on work got me all out of sorts and out of my regular work/posting schedule!? My apologies to all for the scarcity in exciting Israeli design items to brighten your days. And a promise to start right away with some exciting news, pics [...]

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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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