new design from israel at the cooper hewitt design museum, new york.............................................................................................................................
......................... shop .................. competitions .............. education ................ interviews ................... snapshots ................... history .......... contemporary new design from israel at the cooper hewitt design museum, new york january 27– april 23, 2006 http://www.cooperhewitt.org
the first museum exhibition of contemporary israeli design in the united states, ‘solos’ features the work of nineteen designers who are exploring the sculptural, material, functional, and conceptual possibilities of useful things. the show includes approximately 25 works, prototypes, experimental objects, and production pieces. multimedia projections illuminate the broader context of israeli life and design practice. each object selected for the exhibition - from a table or chair to a lamp or vase - conveys a strange physical presence and a spirit of speculation and introspection. all designers featured in the exhibition live and work in israel, including eilon armon, gad charny, chanan de lange, ami drach and dov ganchrow, tal gur, safi hefetz, yaacov kaufman, pini leibovich, raviv lifshitz, alon meron, willy mizrachi, ayala serfaty, nati shamia-opher, sharon shechter, yuval tal, asaaf warshavsky, and zivia. the exhibition is organized by guest curator ezri tarazi, head of the industrial design graduate program at bezalel academy for art and design, jerusalem; and ellen lupton, curator of contemporary design at cooper-hewitt, national design museum. --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	‘zit up’ chair by zivia, 2003 ‘move’ chair, ottoman, and table by ezri tarazi, 2005 ‘sturdy straws’ chair and stool by tal gur, 2002 ‘hubeza’ seat by raviv lifshitz, 2003 ‘balloon carpet’ by pini leibovich, 2005 - made out of 7,000 latex balloons - ‘matrix system’ ceiling lamp by yaacov kaufman manufactured by lumina italia, italy, 2000 ‘tiffany’ lampby gad charny, 2005 - plastic milk bottles with lighting fixture - ‘trust’ table lamp by ayala serfaty, 2005 ‘post’ library bookshelf system by chanan de lange, 2000 ‘bin seat’ by ami drach & dov ganchrow, 2001 - ready-made weber garbage can - ‘handle with care’ by yuval tal, 2003 ‘combination bowls’ by alon meron, 2005 - porcelain, polyurethane rubber-