Category: Design

Alon Segev Gallery

Alon Segev Gallery opened in 2000. It has since become a leading contemporary art gallery in Tel Aviv. The gallery focuses on young and well established contemporary artists, both Israeli and international. The gallery’s artistic agenda allows the display of all aspects of contemporary art; from complex installations through videos, sculptures, drawings and paintings. Artists represented by Alon Segev Gallery are currently living, working, and exhibiting both in Israel and abroad. Alon Segev Gallery is regarded as one of the leading contemporary art galleries in Israel today. Often reviewed by local and international media. It is our vision and intention to expose Israeli contemporary art to the international scene. We believe Israeli art is of relevance world wide and has an interesting perspective to offer.​

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Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design Jerusalem

Established in 1906 by artist Boris Schatz as the “Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts”, Bezalel has evolved into one of the world’s most prestigious art schools. The name Bezalel is synonymous with more than 100 years of Israeli art, innovation
and academic excellence. Bezalel’s unique strength stems from the numerous breakthroughs it has been responsible for and its ability to respond and adapt to cultural changes. It takes pride in its numerous generations of graduates – the spearhead of Israeli artists, designers and architects, in Israel and around the globe. The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is, first and foremost, a group of talented, inspired and motivated artists and professionals. Both faculty and students are driven by a passion to create and by their dedication to quality and excellence. These two pillars of the Academy have placed Bezalel at the epicenter of Israel’s
cultural discourse and at the forefront of its artistic scene, making it instrumental in shaping the country’s cultural identity.

Bezalel has over 2000 students studying towards undergraduate degrees in the following departments: Fine Arts, Screen Based Arts, Architecture, Ceramics and Glass Design, Industrial Design, Jewelry and Fashion Design, Photography and Visual Communication. In addition, Bezalel offers graduate degrees in the fields of Fine Arts, Urban Design, Industrial Design and Policy and Theory of the Arts. Each department preserves the traditional knowledge, tools, materials and workshops collected over many decades, while using state-of-the-art software and cutting-edge technologies.

Bezalel trains and prepares its students for a life of achievement and excellence. Our students receive a practical education of the highest order, along with a broad-based intellectual foundation in history, literature and philosophy, social studies and the fundamentals of scientific and technological thought. Through interdisciplinary, inter-departmental and ‘basics’ courses and the option of enrolling in courses in all of Bezalel’s departments, our students are introduced to additional fields, outside of their specialized field, thereby enriching their artistic-design understanding. The Bezalel Academy has an outstanding faculty as well as an extensive variety of expressive tools, providing our students with total freedom of choice and creative liberty. By the time they graduate, they are able to effectively cope with the challenges presented by the global world of the 21st century and succeed in blazing their own unique and individual trails through the magical – yet demanding – fields of art, architecture and design.

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Chedva Kleinhandler

Founder at Emerj

I’m the founder of Emerj, a startup with one clear goal: make work – better. This is a life mission for me and my team, built out of our own experiences as well as of the 600 people from 56 countries that shared (and continue sharing) their experiences with us.
Our solution is an app that connects between employees and mentors for always relevant, always confidential career advice on demand. This would help not only with economic empowerment, but would also build more diverse, more productive and more efficient businesses with inherent growth, and with reduced employee turnover.

Before Emerj (which was previously called Lean On), I helped local brands take the leap and become recognizable abroad by tweaking their social media, content strategy and connections with bloggers and magazines.

Specialties: Blogging, blogger outreach, content strategy, Twitter, Pinterest, Shopify.

I’m the former co-founder of #InsightMediaIL – a social media workshop series for lifestyle business owners and creative entrepreneurs. I started my design blog Rooms and Words on 2010 (after blogging since 2007) and since then I’ve written and blogged for various magazines, brands and online publications.

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Dan Alexander

Founder at Dan Alexander & Co.

As Founder and Chief Strategy and Innovation of Dan Alexander & Co., an award winning branding studio with offices in Tel Aviv, Paris and Belgrade, Dan Alexander applies insightful strategic thinking and visual talent, rendering a shape and form to any business dream. This is achieved through bespoke aesthetic contexts, compiled within strategically intelligent market-gaining frameworks. Be it for an organization, a particular service or any commercial product, Dan Alexander affirms that business growth emanates from the high-level resonance of clear-sighted identity positioning. To arrive at a lifting commercial image, and maintain a winning business identity, a merge must be created every time, between an awareness of all possible capabilities, and an unbeatable concept that hurdles any impossibilities. Dan is recently focusing on technology, specializing in strategically defining the interfacing meeting-point between technology, design, and philosophy. He is involved in several disruptive ventures advancing pioneering innovations.

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Dan Handel

Architect & Curator of Design and Architecture at The Israel Museum

Dan Handel is an architect and the inaugural Young Curator at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, for which he developed the exhibition “First, the Forests.” He also curated the Israeli pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. He has written in Thresholds, Bracket, Frame, San Rocco, Pin-Up, the Journal of Landscape Architecture and Cabinet, among others. He is the editor of Aircraft Carrier (Hajte Cantz, 2012), and of Manifest, an upcoming journal of American architecture and urbanism.

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Debby Luzia

Owner at Stern Gallery

I am Debby Luzia. Art has always been a part of my life. As a child in London, I would accompany my father to his art gallery and on Saturdays to his little stall at Portobello market. When I was 9 years old we immigrated to Tel-Aviv Israel where he established Stern Gallery in 1971. It seemed only natural to go to art school and become involved in the gallery. That was 30 years ago…. In 2001,  I became the owner of Stern Gallery Tel-Aviv , my mission being the promotion of Israeli contemporary painting alongside the classic art the gallery is famous for. I also collect art and this urge to acquire brought me  to the academy to research this remarkable phenomenon, surprisingly neglected albeit its popularity. I completing my M.A studies, doing qualitative research on art collectors in Israel and analysing their ways of creating value. In January 2015 I self published my book: Why the Mona Lisa lost her smile, a behind the scenes analysis of the global art world. The Hebrew edition has been very successful and I am now working on the English version.

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Design Museum Holon

Design Museum Holon opened in March 2010 and had quickly established itself as one of the world’s leading museums of design and contemporary culture. Housed in an iconic building by the internationally acclaimed architect, Ron Arad, Design Museum Holon is a vital and dynamic resource for designers, students, creative industries and the general public. Each year the Museum presents an exciting and varied program of exhibitions and events each dedicated to helping visitors gain a deeper understanding of design and the role it plays in our lives.

The establishment of Design Museum Holon is a high point in the ongoing process of transforming the city of Holon into an epicenter of culture and education. Over the past decade, the city has introduced a wealth of edification programs, launched cultural festivals, opened new museums and introduced urban art installations, all leading to the enrichment of municipal life. The primary goals of Design Museum Holon are to inspire and challenge the design community and the general public’s perception of design and the way  it affects their lives.

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Dor Guez

Artist

Dor Guez (born in Baka, Jerusalem) is an artist and a scholar who lives in Jaffa. His work interrogates personal and official accounts of the past while revealing histories that were previously absent. His practice raises questions about contemporary art’s role in narrating unwritten histories, and re-contextualizing visual and written documents. The artist’s cultural heritage, Christian Palestinian and Jewish Tunisian, is reflected in his artistic interest.

Guez’s work has been the subject of over 25 solo exhibitions worldwide, with his most recent at the ICA in London, and Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit. Past solo exhibitions have been held at The Rose Art Museum in Boston, Artpace, San Antonio, the Mosaic Rooms, Centre for Contemporary Arab Culture, London, The KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin,Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and Petach Tikva Museum of Art. Guez’s work has been included in numerous international exhibitions and biennials including the 12th Istanbul Biennial; 8th Berlin Biennial; 17th, 18th and 19th International Contemporary Art Festival, Videobrasil, São Paulo; 3rd Moscow International Biennale, Moscow; Biennale Benin, Cotonou; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; MAXXI Museum, Rome; Cleveland Institute of Art; Triennale Museum, Milan; Villa Stuck Museum, Munich; Weatherspoon Art Museum, North Carolina, among others.

In 2014 Guez was nominated as head of the Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.

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Elie Derman

Co Founder at Derman Verbakel Architecture

Elie Derman, founding partner of Derman Verbakel Architecture, has taught architecture and urban design at Pratt Institute, New York, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, New Jersey School of Architecture, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa and Colman College, Rishon LeTsyon. His work and writings have been published in Tel Aviv Magazine, 42 degrees Design Magazine, Urban Life (Architectural League of New York), AD Magazine Fall 2005, New Urbanisms 6 (Columbia University), World Forum on Urbanizing World, UN Human Habitat II,Aplus and Architettura Naturale. He obtained a Bachelor of Architecture Degree at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem, 1998) where he graduated with excellence and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design at Columbia University (New York, 2001), where he received the Excellence in Design Award as well as the Lowenfisch Prize for Best Final Design Project. Elie was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He lived for six years in New York before returning to Tel Aviv.

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Els Verbakel

Architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture

Els Verbakel, founding partner of Derman Verbakel Architecture is a lecturer in architecture at Technion Institute of Technology and currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at Princeton University. She has taught architecture and urban design at Columbia University, Princeton University, Pratt Institute, the University of Leuven and Bezalel Academy. In 2007 she published the book Constellations: Constructing Urban Design Practices and in 2008 she guest-edited a special issue of AD Magazine titled Cities of Dispersal. In 2003 she was a J. Clawson Mills Research Fellow at the Architectural League of New York where she prepared the exhibition Urban Life. Housing in the Contemporary City. Els’ research and design work has been published internationally in magazines such as AD Magazine (UK), Lotus (IT), Oase (NL), Archis (NL), Block (IS) and others. Els obtained a Masters in Civil Engineering and Architecture from the University of Leuven (Belgium, 1999), a Postgraduate in Urban Design from the Polytechnic Institute of Catalunya (Barcelona, 2000) and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University (New York, 2001). Els was born and grew up in Belgium, has lived in Barcelona and for six years in New York before moving to Tel Aviv.

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Erez Ella

Architect at HQ Architects

Erez Ella is an architect and the founder of HQ Architects studio in Tel Aviv which was established in 2008 and practices architecture, urbanism, and cultural research. In a short time HQ gained reputation for designing and completing innovative buildings that are resource efficient and cultural challenging. Ella also serves as the head of Architecture: Construction: Environment research unit in Bezalel school of Architecture where he examines questions of Architecture in regional context. Prior to establishing HQ, Ella worked as a Principal of REX between 2006 and 2008 and was an Associate at OMA P.C. Ella was a prolific contributor to both offices, winning proposal for the CCTV in Beijing, Whitney museum in NY and the Wyly theater in Dallas TX. He was the co-curator of the Israeli pavilion at the 2012 Venice Bienalle of architecture, and is the editor of the publication Aircraft Carrier (Hajte Cantz, 2012).

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Eyal de Leeuw

Fashion & Design Blogger at The Tel Avivian

Eyal ​de Leeuw discusses men’s fashion and style, inspired by a beautiful deconstruction of well-crafted traditions, old books, new magazines and unknown streets abroad. ​He looks at contemporary men’s fashion with a sense of history, seeing clothes as a cultural intersection of political, popular and artistic ideas. Eyal is a creative director, a cultural, content and development consultant.

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Ezri Tarazi

Designer, Lecturer at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Tarazi Studio is a versatile design studio in Israel, lead by Prof. Ezri Tarazi. Ezri Tarazi’s large body of works includes industrial design projects, experimental designs, design installations, educational programs, curatorial activity and design theory writing. The year 2005 demonstrates Tarazi Studio’s impressive portfolio, with the co-curator Ellen Lupton and design of New design from Israel at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York. Prof. Tarazi was also a Guest Designer at Panorama, Brazil international design event in Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo. He created the prominent New Baghdad Table for Edra, a leading Italian manufacture. In Keter Group, a world leading plastic company, he managed an internship design program, for which he established the academic framework. Since 2005 he acts as the Design Director of Magink Technologies, being closely involved in the development of the company’s future products. Tarazi Studio’s numerous clients include Airwell, Beko, Magink, Sagitta, Applied Materials, Sonarics, and Microsoft. Ezri is also the Chair of the industrial design program at Technion, the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning.

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Fresh Paint Art Fair

Changing its location every year, this annual event is the largest art event Tel Aviv has to offer. Fresh Paint Fair mixes the big and the small together, when the small galleries are working side by side with the large museums to bring you an art fair you won’t forget. With the support of leading international art institutes, Fresh Paint Fair attracts more than 30,000 art ­lovers every year.

The fair brings together leading Israeli galleries and significant forces of the Israeli art scene, collaborates with all the Israeli museums, and enjoys the support of leading international art institutions. The fair’s visitors enjoy presentations of the nation’s top galleries, promising emerging galleries and the unique Greenhouse – showcasing the works of select, independent Israeli artists. While following the formula of professional art fairs around the world, Fresh Paint is unique in its role as a launch pad for the careers of up-and-coming, unrepresented artists. The fair’s community projects and fund-raising activities benefit the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and several other nonprofit organizations. Fresh Paint contemporary art fair is an extraordinary opportunity to get to know the energetic Israeli art scene.

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Galit Reismann

Owner at TLVstyle

Galit Reismann, a veteran of the Israeli fashion industry, founded TLVStyle. TLVstyle is a bespoke and personalized service offering to take you into the beating heart of Tel Aviv’s fashion scene. The service offers the opportunity to explore Tel Aviv, where Galit was born and raised, through its celebration of styles and statements, visiting boutiques and studios that until now remained hidden. The tour provides the chance to meet one on one with current and emerging designers in a relaxed and informal way. Galit takes you behind the scenes for the backstage tour, giving you a true insider’s view, exposing the hidden alleys, allowing you to intimately immerse yourself in the Israeli fashion world and creating a direct encounter with the people who live, breathe and create in this magical city, Tel Aviv. Galit founded TLVstyle Boutique Tour as a way to combine her passion for style with her love for Tel Aviv. Throughout her years in the fashion industry, Reismann worked as a fashion agent, producer and curator, traveling around the world representing prominent Israeli designers as they break into international markets.

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Hagit Neeman Gorny

Owner at Gitta Bags

16 years ago, when I first became a mother, I got a diaper bag when I purchased a carriage. Only problem? It did not fit my needs as a mom. I was hoping to find a diaper bag that will make my life easier while on the go, and was disappointed to learn my dream diaper bag did not exist. So what’s an industrial designer to do? I just decided to create that very bag myself. Gittabags’ first diaper bag entered the market at 2001 and was welcomed by enthusiastic parents, whom were desperately looking for a diaper bag that combines convenient solutions with a fashionable look. A combination of functionality and luxury, if you will. I’ve been blessed with 4 wonderful children, whom have provided a lot of inspiration and ideas over the years. I’m driven by the challenge to provide better quality solutions and improve the lives of parents everywhere.

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Irit Fine Sommer

Owner at Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery

Irit Fine-Sommer is the founder and owner of Sommer Contemporary Art gallery. Today, Sommer Contemporary Art is a first rank international gallery and an important cultural landmark in the city of Tel Aviv. Irit Sommer is also the founder of Art TLV, the First Israeli art biennial and a member of the board of Muzot high school for the Arts. She was born and raised in Switzerland to a family of art collectors. At the age of 19 she moved to Paris and studied French culture and architecture at the Sorbonne. Upon graduation she moved to Israel and completed her BA in Business and Economics and her MA Studies in Environmental Economics and History at the Tel-Aviv University. In 1999, after three years of intensive preparatory work, she opened Sommer Contemporary Art.

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James Snyder

Director Emeritus and International President at The Israel Museum

From 1986-1996, Snyder served as deputy director of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. During his tenure, he oversaw the museum’s $60-million, 350,000-square-foot expansion, which was completed in 1984. Snyder has been the Anne and Jerome Fisher Director of the Israel Museum since 1996. During his tenure, the Museum has strengthened its international presence with a series of important loan exhibitions in Jerusalem and traveling exhibitions worldwide; continued to expand its holdings across all of its collecting areas; developed its network of International Friends organizations, now operating in sixteen countries worldwide; launched a campaign to double its endowment to $150 million; and undergone a series of upgrades and enhancements. In 2011, Snyder oversaw the completion of a comprehensive $100-million project to unify and enhance the facilities throughout the Museum’s campus, the most comprehensive capital undertaking since the founding of the Museum in 1965

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Jerusalem Culture Unlimited

Jerusalem Culture Unlimited (JCU), seeks to strengthen new, emerging, and mid-size arts organizations in Jerusalem through professional development and organizational management training, education, and other resources.

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Jerusalem Season of Culture

The Jerusalem Season of Culture gathers hundreds of visual artists, DJs, chefs and artists from other genres, to draw inspiration from Jerusalem’s complexities, divides and layers and create something that taps into the deeper sides of Jerusalem and the lives of the people here. All events that are part of Jerusalem Season of Culture are unique to Jerusalem’s ambiance, style and different layers. These events could scarcely work outside of Jerusalem and they give expression to a creative, sophisticated, artistic, social and humanist statement that is enjoyed by many every year.
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