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| Ron Gilad - Product Designer |
| IcExcellence chosen artist since 2005 |
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"Gilad's sense of proportion and innate ability to combine various materials in a harmonious style represents the best in today's international design world. I am particularly struck by the minimalist elegance of Gilad's work as well as his injection of humor and subtle commentary on today's culture."
Jane Adlin, Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Commendations Press Reviews |
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Platform + Border = Fruit Bowl No. 2
High-gloss lacquered wood, chromed metal *Part of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts’ collection |
"Minimalist elegance"; "humoristic"; "poetic"; "rethinking the everyday"; "passionate"... These are typical responses to Ron Gilad's extremely impressive and moving creations. Indeed, Ron stands out not only for his artistic talent, but also his deeply philosophical and highly passionate approach to his art.
Ron Gilad was born in Tel Aviv in 1972. After majoring in Architecture at Technichum Givataim High School, he attended the Industrial Design department at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. From 1999-2001 he taught 3D Design at the Shenkar Academy of Engineering & Design, and explored the edges of the design discipline with his students and in his own work. During that time he developed one-of-a-kind objects which were later exhibited in several one-man shows in Israel.
In 2001 Ron co-founded Designfenzider, a NYC-based design firm, as a vehicle to develop his theories, produce and distribute his work around the globe. In recent years Ron has served as a guest lecturer and critic at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and the Metropolitan University of Denver. His work is part of the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, as well as private collections.
In addition, his work has been included in a variety of recent publications around the world: US, France, Spain, Finland, UK, Italy and Japan. Such as:
Ultimate New York Design, TeNeues publications Spain, Design Life Now, National Design Triennial, Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum publications USA, Lé Design, Filipacchi publications France.
During the summer of 2006 Ron's exhibition: "XSmall, Old Ideas/New Objects by Ron Gilad" was presented at The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
Soon after, Gilad participated in a group exhibit in Japan: NonDesign Design, at Cïbone Gallery in Tokyo.
In the fall semester of 2006, Ron started teaching at the Pratt Institute in New York.
During 2007 some of his new designs will be launched in collaboration with the Italian design company Driade.
Forbes Magazine selected Ron as one of the top ten Tastemakers of 2007 in the field of industrial design who "affect the way we live" and who "made the most impact within the past year." Among the new Forbes Tastemakers are Marc Jacobs, Oprah Winfrey, Zaha Hadid, Sir Norman Foster, Richard Serra, Pedro Almodovar, Damien Hirst and Clint Eastwood.
For more info: www.designfenzider.com
Awards
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Red-Dot Award for Outstanding Design, International Product Design Competition, Germany |
| 2003 |
Conduit Award of Distinction (First Prize), National Design Competition, US |
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Honorable Mention, Conduit National Design Competition, US, for R.O.B.C. object |
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Honorable Mention, Conduit National Design Competition, US, for lamp no's. 12 & 13 |
| 1997-2000 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Awards |
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| 1997 |
Meisler Award for Academic Excellence |
| 1996 |
Manufacturers Association of Israel Award |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2006 |
XSmall, Old Ideas/New Objects by Ron Gilad, "The Shop" at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
| 2005 |
Dialectic Design, ToolsGallerie, Paris |
| 2001 |
One Night Stand, Periscope Contemporary Design Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 2000 |
Instabilation, Jerusalem Art Center, Jerusalem |
| 1999 |
Neo Post, Periscope Contemporary Design Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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Poubelle, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, with Deganit Schocken, Tel Aviv |
Select Group Exhibitions
| 2007 |
The 3rd Design Triennial / Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
International Cologne Furniture Fair / Driade
Frankfurt Design Messe / DriadeCosmo |
| 2006 |
The 3rd Design Triennial, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, USA
Non-Design Design, Cibone Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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| 2005 |
The Unexpected Welcome, Moooi, Studiopiu, Milan |
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New Collection, Dovetusai Gallery, Milan |
| 2004 |
Red Dot, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Essen, Germany |
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Design Matters, Felissimo Design House, New York |
| 2003 |
New Design, LyonsWire Gallery, New York |
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Domains, Nagoya, Japan |
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Tokyo Designers Block, Tokyo |
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Design about Design, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv |
IcExcellence is supporting Ron in tailor-made artistic programs, and providing special career advancement consulting.
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Lamp No. 13
Painted metal, museums’
board shade |
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Dear Ingo
16 x task lamp, corian, metal |
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Void Stool
½" thick corian surface |
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CandlestickMaker
Porcelain |
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Fruit Bowl No. 6
High-gloss painted metal,
silicon legs |
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| Commendations |
"Gilad is one of the very few designers in Israel preoccupied with linguistic issues such as form versus content/idea, expressing its depth with exceptional clarity. Ron is one of those few creators whose investigation of design takes on the proportions of a crusade."
Meira Yagid, Curator, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
"I consider Gilad's work extraordinarily refined."
Paola Antonelli, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, NY
"Ron's innovative designs are unique, and stand well above most designers. Beyond his unique path of thought, he creates objects that are exceptionally complex in their simplicity, and might be second to none."
Ursula IIse-Neuman, Curator, Museum of Arts and Design, NY
"During our meetings, Ron impressed me with his ability to convey ideas through writing, presentations, and of course, through his objects themselves."
Cindi Strauss, Curator, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
"I believe Ron Gilad is among the most interesting and important designers working in
America today."
Greg Krum, Retail Manager, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, NY
"I am particularly interested in Gilad's ability to merge the functional with the conceptual. His work explores not only how things are made but also delves into the poetic and subjective nature of objects as they relate to the contemporary world we live in."
Brett Littman, Deputy Director, PS1 MoMA, NY
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| Press Reviews |
"Drink size tables and conceptual bowls; a young designer rethinks the everyday."
New York Times, 2002
"Unlike many product designers, it's questions, not answers, that Gilad designs. His best designs call into question their own purpose."
City Magazine (US), 2005
"Gilad chose the way of minimalism to reduce his designs to the most essential, each object is peeled from its layers and presented with its bare soul.…Gilad emphasizes concept in his designs, but unlike many creators that select mind over matter, he embraces aesthetics and refinement over the rough appeal frequently chosen by others."
Axis Magazine (Japan), 2001
"When Israeli industrial designer Ron Gilad - known for creating stools with hollowed-out centers to allow for storage - wanted to make a fruit bowl, he took a minimalist tack, simply surrounding a red base with a few strategically placed metal rods to prevent oranges and the like from rolling away."
W Magazine (US), 2005
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