in the near future the israeli design museum
will be built next to the mediatheque the
building is designed by, architect and
designer, ron arad.
for more images of the proposal see:
http://www.ronarad.com/nationaldesignmuseum.html

the israeli design center aims to act as an
information center for designers, industrialists,
academy members and students, business
initiators, and for the general public that
finds design professionally and culturally
interesting. they run themed conferences,
conventions, lectures, workshops to
encourage the meeting and discussion of
design issues.
the center have run 2 successful design
conferences; the first with special guest
ron arad and in the second designboom was
invited to speak along with many israeli women
designers. the center also works closely
with the community to enhance it's knowledge
and awareness. their website promotes and
develops the education and activities of
designers in israel. their main purpose is to
develop and advance israeli industry and
design in israel and abroad. updated local and
international tenders, list of manufactures and
suppliers, design and information services are
also published on the i.d.c site to help the
designers communicate with the manufacturers
and producers.

the center also includes an information center
of production technologies and materials
containing hundreds of samples of materials
from all branches of the industry, as well as
a library equipped with books, periodicals,
catalogues and films. companies producing
plastics, wood, ceramics, paper, metal,
composites, textiles, biodegradable materials
and more….are presented at the library.

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