Designist Dream

Giving new vitality to a sleepy Israeli town, MIT students join Israeli researchers in an exciting international collaboration for urban renovation. Reported by Ariel Schwartz, Senior Editor, at Co.Exist: “In the 1950s, rapidly built planned cities (also known as “development towns”) sprung up in Israel to accommodate the influx of new citizens, including Jewish refugees [...]

Loving this year’s national Independence Day or Yom Haatzmaot poster celebrating 64 years. Designed by Shlomit Tsur, a graduate of visual communications at Shenkar, and illustrated by Gustavo Viselner. (Id love to find more information about the artists if anyone has any leads, my searches didnt yield much.) Anyway, the picturesque imagery strikes at the [...]

I interrupt my regular posts about other people’s stuff to share with you one of my own! And Im really excited about it. You see, I read a ton of blogs each day – from home to design to craft and everything in between (fashion and art included). I have a growing mound of files, [...]

About a year ago, I found these two items at the Yaffo flea market: A beautiful, hand-embroidered cosmetic case bound in a Tiffany-blue, textured leather and a similar compact mirror. The shop owner told me they were made in Israel in the early years of the State but he had no specific information, other than [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Israeli architect extraordinaire, Moshe Safdie, has set his creative sails for China’s port city of Chongquin, a historic economic center at the Yangtze and Jialing river junction, and a major manufacturing and transportation hub for all of Southwestern China. Drawing upon the city’s cultural symbolism and historic significance, Safdie’s Chongquin Chaotianmen is a modern interpretation [...]

To know the work of Ezri Tarazi, a leading Israeli academic/ philosopher designer, is to wonder why I even dared credit a dummy for any of it. And yet, here she is: The woman behind the design – literally, ha! You see, Tarazi and helpers created this metal chair by dropping a 100kg (roughly 220 [...]

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