kaufman lived in poland 1945 to 1957 and
immigrated to israel, 1957 where he now
lives in tel-aviv and works in jerusalem.
kaufman graduated from the bat-yam institute of art
and sculpture department. he is professor of industrial
design at the bezalel academy of art and design,
jerusalem.

in 1987 he published a book 'chair' issued by bezalel
academy for art & design, jerusalem.

he owns a number of patents concerning motion
structures applied for arm-lamps, furniture and
exposition design ; ergonomic sittings ; design oriented
technologies such as composite wooden surfaces and
others.

yaacov has designed projects in collaboration with
italian and european manufacturers :
lumina italia, tecno, arflex, porro, luxo, ...

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see the designboom archive
‘viviana lamp’ by yaacov kaufman:
http://www.designboom.com/eng/cool/kaufman.html

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