Designist Dream

Although it’s been a while since I’ve last updated, I still get a ton of emails inquiring about IKEA products. In the past, I’ve more than extolled the fun, accessible and affordable products sold in IKEA. I was even supremely excited – and checked my mailbox for days – when the 2010 catalogue finally arrived. [...]

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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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Check out this chair for two by Israeli design student Rachel Avivi as featured in Nisha magazine (Hebrew site). Now in her fourth year of interior and furniture design studies at Shenkar College, Avivi strives for minimal, modern, clean and functional lines in her designs. The chair allows for two people to sit facing each [...]

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In case having Bush in the Holy Land isn’t enough, I thought I’d spotlight this new-to-Israel Americana country furniture and home design store, Backyard, located in Kfar Vitkin. With other mid-range stores copying French country to various degrees of authenticity and even respectability, Backyard is a breath of fresh air providing not only amazing furniture [...]

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Everyone loves chocolate – even the dieting set find the smallest bite hard to resist – and that’s what Beitili, Israel’s ubiquitous mid-range furniture and home design chain, is hoping to achieve with their new season of couches, chairs, dining room sets and matching accessories for Fall/ Winter 2007/8. Their inspiration or theme for this [...]

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