Professional work
2012- Guest professor at HTW - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin
2011- Open Design lectures and workshops at various universities.
2010- Guest professor at Burg Giebichenstein - University of Art and Design Halle, teaching Open Design.
2006 - 2009 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
2012- Helmrinderknecht Gallery exhibition at Vienna Design Week, Vienna.
2012- DMY tour- Group exhibition in New York and Miami.
2011- Mythos Original - Universität der Künste, at DMY International Design Festival, Berlin
2011- The form of Co-Creation: reality in the“Creative Commons Era” at the City University of Arts Art Gallery, Kyoto.
2010- Recent Uploads, Solo exhibition at Appel Design Gallery, Berlin.
2010- "Prototypes and Experiments" 4, group exhibition at the Aram Gallery London. Curator: Daniel Charny.
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.
Lectures, Presentations, Workshops
2012- Presentation and workshop at Open Design Month, Vienna.
2012- Presentation at Sweedish Design day, Stockholm.
2012- Presentation at BIFE, Bucharest International Furniture Exhibition, Bucharest.
2012- Presentation and workshop at FABFUSE, Amersfoort.
2012- Open Design / Shared Creativity- International conference, Barcelona.
2012- Open Design Symposium at the Art University of Linz, workshop with designer Greg Saul as part of Linux week, Linz.
2012- Workshop and Open Design presentation in ESADSE, Saint-Etienne.
2011- Shanghai Academy of Art and Design, Shanghai.
2011- X treat #3- Open Innovation conference, Berlin
2011- Istanbul Design Week.
2011- Creative Industries Styria- Open Design Conference, Graz
2010- Culture 2.0 conference, National Audiovisual Institute, Warsaw.
2010- Institut für industrial Design,HS Magdeburg Stendal.
2010- Creativ Wirtschaft Austria, Vienna.
2010- (Un)Limited Design Forum, Amsterdam.
2010- Social Media Week- Berlin.
2010- IDZ, Designers Accord town hall meeting, Berlin
2010- Kingston University, London.
2010- Goldsmiths University, London.
2010- RCA, Design Product- Platform 10, London.
2009- “Know How”, the 5th Tallinn Applied Art Triennal, Estonia.
2009- Volksport Design,Symposium zur lage der Designprofession, Berlin.
2009- Open Design and Architecture, Vienna design week, Vienna
2009- Hacking at Random 09, Holland.
2009-„My, You & I“ - Vernetzt, verbunden, verknotet. Designtransfer,UdK, Berlin Panel member.
2009- DMY 2009 symposium, Berlin.
2008- DMY 2008 symposium, Berlin.
2008- Open Everything conference, New thinking, Berlin.
2008- BMW advanced design studio, Munich.
Selected publications
2013- Dezeen, http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/22/nokia-is-the-first-global-company-to-have-a-go-at-open-design-ronen-kadushin/
2011- Bas Van Abel et al., Open Design Now, BIS Publishers, Amsterdam.
2011- Diana Budds, Dwell Magazine, Kadushin's Laser Cut Chairs, http://www.dwell.com/articles/kadushins-laser-cut-chairs.html
2010- Annika Bauer,Video: Recent Uploads live production of chairs, http://vimeo.com/17419550
2010- Video from the Premsela Forum (un)limited Design Symposium, Amsterdam.
2010- Inna Alesina , Ellen Lupton, Exploring Materials : Creative Design for Everyday Objects,Princeton Architectural Press, New York.
2009- Jimmy Stamp, Dwell Magazine, Open Source furniture, http://www.dwell.com/articles/open-source-furniture.html
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).