{"id":213927,"date":"2023-07-06T10:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=213927"},"modified":"2023-08-08T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T14:31:12","slug":"highlights-from-jerusalem-design-week-2023","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/highlights-from-jerusalem-design-week-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Highlights from Jerusalem Design Week 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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July 6, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Mairi Beautyman<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11 Highlights from Jerusalem Design Week 2023<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Design can be manipulative, an edgy Jerusalem Design Week 2023<\/a> proves. For this year\u2019s event, held June 22-29 at cultural center Hansen House in Israel\u2019s capital, 150 international designers, artists, illustrators, and creators presented objects and site-specific installations after an open call for \u2018lies and falsehoods.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A loose definition of design prevailed\u2014and that was intentional. \u201cDesign is not only the shape and the aesthetic, but also the planning,\u201d explains artistic director Sonja Olitsky, who curated the show alongside Dana Ben Shalom and Jeremy Fogel. From a living room that requires a mow to an AI that studies your coffee grounds, as well as armed and dangerous nesting dolls, here are 11 of our favorite finds from this year\u2019s show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Picks From Jerusalem Design Week 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Non-Garden by Studio MA of Moria Architects<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What defines a garden? To examine this question, Studio MA of Moria Architects overtook an interior courtyard at Hansen House. They then arranged it with upholstered furniture sprayed with hydro-seeding, or a specialized mix of seeds and mulch usually used to grow grass to prevent soil erosion, surrounding the vignette with real and artificial grass. After three weeks, the result was an untraditional outdoor living room, lush, growing, and surrounded by greenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2.  \u201cThe Uncanny Valley of Future Food\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lab-grown steak can imitate the real thing or appear as something entirely new. For the exhibit \u201cThe Uncanny Valley Of Future Food,\u201d 11 designers presented possibilities in both directions for four lab-grown foods: eggs, dairy, meat, and fish. When it comes down to it, consumer acceptance determines what you are likely to consume\u2014and perhaps, that\u2019s the steak here, which takes on a gradient cubic pattern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. \u201cPrediction Addiction\u201d by Elad Medan<\/a> and Roy Amit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When in the past we turned to fortune tellers, now we have AI. With algorithms responding to your coffee grounds, \u201cPrediction Addiction\u201d generates a tarot card-like reading offering advice on short-term decisions and existential dilemmas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. \u201cA Shadow is Present\u201d by Studio Yarnatak<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Floor or carpet or shadow? Site-specific installation \u201cA Shadow is Present\u201d by Studio Yarnatak is all three, with a hand-tufted rug matching the hues and pattern of a historic tiled floor reclaimed from Tel Aviv\u2019s oldest district, Yaffa, following gentrification. Resting on the tiled floor, the carpet and its distinctive shape gives the illusion of a shadow cast by a near-by podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. \u201cWoodenwood<\/a>: A Circular Design and Manufacturing Process for Wood Waste\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sawdust is a common waste product from the wood industry. WoodenWood is a prototype seating collection of curved, 3D-printed wood products. Each piece finds new life for raw wood scraps and sawdust, mixing them with cellulose-based natural binders for beautiful forms approaching a zero-waste circular design process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Blanks by Rina German Berezovski<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Blanks, bullet-shaped incense by Rina German Berezovski, point to the smoking gun that continuously disrupts society with mass shootings. The clever design transforms something traditionally used for cleansing, purifying, or relaxation into a tool of protest and criticism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7. Un-Curtain by Studio Cheha<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With its illuminated mesh form, the Un-Curtain by Studio Cheha is more light sculpture than curtain. Instead of concealing, it invites a second look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8. Matryoshka 2.0<\/a> by Yonatan Levi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Russian nesting dolls or Matryoshka are usually kind and matronly in appearance. In a stark contrast, Matryoshka 2.0, a series of nesting dolls by Yonatan Levi, are armed and dangerous\u2014or so it seems with the threatening weapons they point when open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9. Fountain of Youth by Idan Sidi<\/a> and Gal Sharir<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Concerned by drying lakes and melting icebergs, Idan Sidi and Gal Sharir conceived Fountain of Youth, a fountain made of transparent colored acrylic. Drawing attention to the search for life-giving water, the sculpture addresses a global water crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10. Noy by Reddish Studio<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNoy\u201d by Reddish Studio highlights the popular trend of ornamental fish, revealing them as colorful abstract shapes moving in elegant glass vessels. The installation was included in the exhibition \u201cOverstuffed,\u201d which explores the idea that mankind positions itself on top of\u2014instead of a part of\u2014nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11. \u201cBlack and White. Now\u201d by Typomania Project<\/a>\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On a second level bridge, behind the rusty bars of a window, visitors discovered a poster by Rodion Raskolnikov of Russia\u2019s current president, Vladimir Putin, Should we view the world\u2014and some of its horrors\u2014in black and white, or in shades of grey? \u201cBlack and White. Now\u201d by Typomania Project enlisted 24 designers, calligraphers and illustrators to react to this brief with a series of black and white posters presented on the Hansen House facade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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