“Since I was a child, I was fascinated by Pop-up books…The excitement before turning a page, a simple pull that uncovers a whole new world. I loved how the story came to life, how the books created a fantasy world that flew off the page. The magic, the excitement, the naiveté…” The one behind these …
Have you ever owned a dog? Or maybe you have one now? I’m one of those who never had a pet in their lives. To be honest, to this day, I’m a bit scared of dogs. So let’s all treat this dog friendly post as a therapy post. OK? Hosting Hounds is Tom Bendkovsky’s graduation …
The Jewish holidays are just around the corner and with that comes lots of family dinners and gatherings. I often wonder about how it would feel like to enter unfamiliar territory, an unfamiliar family and experience it all with them. Since you can’t judge a book by it’s cover, I guess you can’t judge a …
It seems like so many people around me know how to create an embroidery. And me? I’m so not good at it! To be honest, I’m such a terrible crafter. When I first stumbled upon Danielle Aiber’s Embroidered furniture I fell in love with the color combination of the threads and then… I fell in …
I know I’m super excited with graduate shows and you can tell this by the fact that I can’t stop talking and writing about them. So… Just before I’ll start my roundups, I had to share with you some of my favorite Instagram accounts of these busy bees. Yep, I can still remember …
A loss is always a loss. Hadar Glick designed a series of six vases, each deals with the emotions that revolves around memory and loss. “In contrast to flowers, which wither and fade away with time, the vases are constant and serve as an eternal testimony of our memories.” Hadar’s goal was to …
At the beginning of the year, I wrote about Leetal Rivlin’s sandy bowls. Fast forward and six months later, Leetal graduated out of the Industrial Design Department at the Holon Institute of Technology, with a bunch of super stunning bowls and vases down her sleeve. Since I last heard from her, Leetal kept …
Felt. I’m starting to have an instant crush for just about any felt related design. It’s kinda insane but at least I’m aware of it. They say it’s the first step to admit it, right? Dana Bachar, a 2011 graduate of the Industrial Design Department at the Holon Institute of Technology, designed a …
Imagining a ginormous machine, so you’ll be able to fulfill your vision, is one thing, actually building it, is a whole other story! I guess Max Cheprack likes to go the extra mile, his extrusion clay research led to a line of stools. I can tell it was a long and overwhelming journey. …
Maya Ober, a resent graduate of the Industrial Design Department at Holon Institute of Technology, teamed up with her Polish friends for her graduation project. The four girls, aka knockoutdesign, created the Awateef family, a community based hand weaved project, with the help of the Palestinian craftswomen of Kfar Manda village in Galilee. …
Next week, during ?Lodz’s International Design Festival, you can visit the “Holy Land Souvenirs” exhibition by students of the industrial design department at H.I.T. Holon Institute of Technology, Israel. “In the various projects displayed in this exhibition the young designers were asked to refer to various aspects in Israel and to create a …
Isaac is a 2010 graduate of the Industrial Design Department at the Holon Institute of Technology. ConnecToys are toys based on connections between different materials. The toys are a result of research that focussed on how materials can be connected, disconnected and create movement. www.eskayodesign.com
PlasticLab is all about the side effects and failures of the plastic industry. Shahar’s journey started with Hans Christian Anderson’s the “steadfast tin soldier” and ended with his investigation of errors in manufacturing. I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like each lamp is some kind of little creature frozen …
Ayala is a 2010 graduate of the Industrial Design Department at the Holon Institute of Technology. She designed a series of solar lighting fixtures. I love the way the light wraps around trees and branches. Ayala’s designs are a beautiful extension of nature. Her mobile table light is my favorite. You can get …
As a typography addict, I think that this exercise is genius! How I miss my typography classes… Oded Ezer’s students, at the Visual Communications Design Department of Holon Institute of Technology, got an assignment to translate Latin logos into Hebrew keeping the essence of the original design. What a fun exercise! I’m loving …