I got a nice surprise in my mail box today from David. His “Axum and Lalibella” stools were inspired by his daily observation at a center of immigrants from Ethiopia. David’s joyful and colorful stool is upholstered with a rough, almost “impolite” Ethiopian fabric. The rubber joints are hard and aggressive. The stool is forced to be pleasant and comfortable, no matter if it wants it or not.
While those immigrants live there for many years it [...]

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 these two logos especially.
Which one do you like best?
{DesignBreak found This project here}.

There is nothing I like more than witness the process behind a design. This is why, for the last hour, I found myself overwhelmed by Etti Katz world of color, textile and prints.
Etti is a student at the Textile Design Department of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design.
Her blog textile me blew my mind… You should take a look for yourself!
You can get in touch with Etti here:
ettikatz {at} gmail {dot} com

Galit is a student at the Jewelry Design Department of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design.
She creates mostly crochet jewelry with semi precious stones and pearls.
I guess I’m drawn to things that I don’t really know how to do or make myself. That’s the thing with crochet. I’m intrigued by it and therefore loving Galit’s delicate touch.
Her Etsy shop is a crochet heaven.
Galit’s also has a blog which She tries update between homework, dinner and bed time… [...]

Today is Israel’s independence day.
For some reason I feel like Guys project, Family Stories, deals with something that is familiar to most Israelis. It made me think about my own family and my own comfort zone here in Israel.
BTW, this is Guy’s graduation project from the Man and Public Space Department of Design Academy Eindhoven.
{DesignBreak found Guy here}.
www.guykoenigstein.com