Ron Gilad

Ron Gilad was born in Tel Aviv in 1972. Ron Gilad graduated with a bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel. From 1999-2001 he was a professor of 3D design at the Shenkar Academy of Engineering and Design, during which time he developed one of a kind objects that he later exhibited at fairs. In 2001 he moved to New York and co-founded Designfenzider where he designs, produces and distributes his works worldwide. In 2006 he began teaching at the Pratt Institute in New York. His designs are functional and minimalist in which he puts his humor, elegance and sophisticated ingenuity. He likes to deconstruct the function of an object down to its foundations. He often begins with a found object that he reinterprets into something else. It has an innate ability to combine many materials in a harmonious style. Many of his pieces like his vases are one of a kind. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Museum of Art and Design, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, as well as in private collections. He has written for magazines such as New York Latest Design, TeNeues publications in Spain, Life Design Now, Cooper Hewitt National Design Triennale, National Design Museum of USA publications, Le Diseño and Filipacchi publications in France.