Yaacov Kaufman
Yaacov Kaufman (born 1945) is a Soviet-born Israeli industrial designer and academic. Kaufman's work has focused on lighting, furniture, and product design. He is a longtime professor at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
Yaacov Kaufman
- Name
- Yaacov Kaufman
- Born
- 1945
- Occupation
- Industrial designer, academic
- Birthplace
- Soviet Union
- Awards
- Sandberg Prize (1989)
- Nationality
- Israel
- Languages
- Hebrew
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• Name — Yaacov Kaufman • Born — 1945 • Workplaces — Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design • Occupation — Industrial designer, academic • Birthplace — Soviet Union • Citizenship — Israel • Awards — Sandberg Prize (1989) • Native Name — יעקב קאופמן • Website — yaacovkaufman.com
Early life
Early life
Yaacov Kaufman was born in the Soviet Union (Russia) and lived in Poland until immigrating to Israel in 1957.
Career
Career
Kaufman has been a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design for over 3 decades, training "several generations" of Israeli designers. The Jerusalem Report calls Kaufman, "the elder statesman of Israeli design."
Selected exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
Kaufman has had more than 20 international solo exhibitions. • 2016 The Heart of the Matter, Eretz Israel Museum. • 2015 Design Museum Holon • 2011 Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Collections
Kaufman's work is included in the collections of the Design Museum Holon, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Awards and honors
Kaufman won the Sandberg Prize in 1989. He received the 2003 Norwegian Design Council Award for Industrial Design Excellence.
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- 2.Virgola Chair. Furniture Fashion.
- 3.Byars, Mel. New Chairs: Innovations in Design, Technology, and Materials. King Publishing. 104–160. 2006. 9780811853644.
- 4.De Lucchi, Michele. International Design Yearbook 2001. Lawrence King Publishing. 240. 2001. 1856692361.
- 5.Kopf, Shula. What Makes Israeli Design?. The Jerusalem Report. 20 April 2015.
- 6.Fevre, Anne-Marie. Tel Aviv, la bulle créative. Liberation.Fr. 26 September 2011.
- 7.England, Lauren. Israel's 10 Best Designers: Shape-Shifters, Table Tattoos and Happiness. Israel; the best art, food, culture, travel.
- 8.The Heart of the Matter. eretzmuseum.org.
- 9.Himelfarb, Ellen. Perfectly imperfect: two exhibitions at Design Museum Holon celebrate the collateral damage of design. Wallpaper. 25 March 2015.
- 10.Designboom. stools by yaacov kaufman at design museum holon. 5 April 2015.
- 11.Desigh Museum Holon. Yaacov Kaufman - Stools. Design Museum Holon.
- 12.thesqueeze. The Tel Aviv Museum of art celebrates the opening of the new Amir building. 1 November 2011.
- 13.Yaakov Kaufman: Running in Circles. Tel Aviv Museum.
- 14.Yaakov Kaufman. STYLEPARK.
- 15.Arketto“ light. Yaacov Kaufman, Israeli, born Russia 1945 , Design and Architecture, Israel Museum. Accessed September 27, 2020.
- 16.Design Museum Holon - Chairs from the Collection - Zigi Yaacov Kaufman. www.dmh.org.il.
- 17.Design Museum Holon. Chairs from the Collection: Six Out Of 400. dmh.org.il.
- 18.Design and Architecture \ Tel Aviv Museum of Art. www.tamuseum.org.il.
- 19.Yaacov Kaufman The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. www.imj.org.il.
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