Kadushin

	Biography

		Born 1964, in Haifa, Israel.

Professional work		2006 - Lecturer at the Universität der Künste (UdK), Berlin. 2005 - Moved to Berlin. Forms Open Design company. 2004 - Designer of domestic furniture as part of IDSK for Shomrat Hazorea. 2001- 2005 - Lecturer of Furniture Design at the Shenkar School of Engineering and Design. 2000- Designer of contract seating for Tzora Office Furniture. 1999-2001 - Co-founder and design director of Design To Work Ltd., focusing on office systems design. 1998-2001 - Lecturer of three dimensional design and furniture design at Vital Center of Design (Tel Aviv). 1997-2000 - Designer of office chairs for Paltechnica. 1997- Lecturer of furniture design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, (Jerusalem). 1996- Lecturer of three dimensional design at Ascola Academy (Tel Aviv). 1995-1996 -Founder, Manager and Designer of Pere furniture (Rishpon). 1993-2005 - Senior Lecturer of three dimensional design, design creativity and furniture design at the Hadassah College (Jerusalem). 1992- Designer of domestic furniture for Znobar (Tel Aviv). 1991- Designer of Hi-Tech industrial products and furniture at Studio Shaham (Tel Aviv). 1989- Apprentice at Ron Arad’s One-Off studio (London).

Education		2004 - Awarded an M.Des degree with Merit in Industrial Design from Middlesex University (London). 1991- Awarded a B.Des degree Cum Laude in Industrial Design from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem). 1987-1991 – Studies Industrial Design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design(Jerusalem).

Exhibitions		2009- "Prototypes and Experiments" 3, group exhibition at the Aram Gallery London. Curator: Daniel Charny. 2008- Hard Copies, solo exhibition at Appel Design Gallery, Berlin. 2007- Designmai07,Open Design, Appel Design Gallery, Berlin. 2005- The first Gwangju Design Biennale, main exhibition "Future Life". Gwangju, S. Korea. 2005- Open Design, solo exhibition at Designmai, Berlin (at Josetti-Hoefe). 2005- “Promisedesign”,New Design from Israel, at the Triennale, Milano, and Designmai, Berlin. Curators: Ely Rozenberg and Prof. Vanni Pasca. 2005- “Darkness”, Group exhibition at the Experimental or New Work Gallery, London. Curator: Daniel Charny. 2004- “Design Matters”,contemporary Israeli design collection, Felissimo Design House, New York. 2002- “Industrious Designers”, second edition of an exhibition of young Israeli Designers, at the Abitare il Tempo Fair, Verona, Italy. Curators: Ely Rozenberg and Prof. Vanni Pasca. Also exhibited at Tendence fair, Frankfurt and Stockholm furniture exhibition. 2001- “Industrious Designers”, an exhibition of young Israeli Designers, at the Abitare il Tempo Fair, Verona, Italy. Curators: Ely Rozenberg and Prof. Vanni Pasca. Also exhibited in Prague, Riga and Vilnius. 2000- Thinology, solo exhibition of furniture and accessories at the Periscope Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Kenny Segal. 1999- “Pgam- Defective by Design”, a group exhibition at the Jerusalem Theater organized by the Hadassah College. Curator: Kenny Segal. 1998- “50 Years, 50 Designers”, group exhibition of Israeli Designers since the establishment of the state of Israel to the present. Tel Aviv Electric Company Historical Building. 1997- “50 Years of Israeli Furniture Design”, Group exhibition,Fair Gardens, Tel Aviv. Curator- Galit Gaon. 1997- “Keter Plastic Chair”, Group exhibition, variations and ideas on a banal chair. Hamumhe Gallery, Tel Aviv. 1991- Young Artists Exhibition, Group exhibition, America-Israel Foundation Award winners, the Ramat Gan Museum of Art.

Selected publications		2009- R.Klanten et al., Once upon a chair: Design beyond the icon,Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin. 2009- Tim McKeough, Wired Magazine 17-04, Mod That Table: High-End Furniture Goes Open Source. 2008- Victor Cheung, Simply Material, Victionary, Hong Kong. 2007- Pooja, The design blog, Interview 2007- Jude Stewart, The Open Hand, Nextbook online magazine ,interview. 2007- Sophie Lovell, Furnish-Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st century,Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin. 2006- Mel Byars, New Chairs. Design, Technology, and Materials, Laurence king publishers, London. 2006- I.D. Magazine,The I.D. Forty:Undersung Heroes,Jan./Feb. 2006 issue. 2004- Dagmar Steffen, Jochen Gros, C-Moebel, Anabas verlag, Frankfurt. 2004- Mel Byars, The Museum of Modern Art Design Encyclopedia, Museum of Modern Art publications, New York. 2003- Mel Byars, Design in Steel, Laurence king publishers, London.

Awards		2000- Arthur Goldreich foundation grant. 1997- Contemporary Design Award, sponsored by the Wood and Furniture Producers Association. 1996- Contemporary Design Award, sponsored by the Wood and Furniture Producers Association. 1994- Crate & Barrel Design Award, hosted by the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 1991- Meizler Award for excellent Design, hosted by the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem). 1991- America- Israel Foundation grant. 1991- Bezalel Prize for excellence in studies, the Department of Industrial Design ,Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem).

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