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2010
Architect, Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel
Retrospective to be held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009
Ron Arad: No Discipline retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2008
Ron Arad: No Discipline retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2006
Exhibits in Designing Modern Britain at the Design Museum, London, England
2004
Begins designing Magis' headquarters in Treviso, Italy and the Holon Design Museum in Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Participates in British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennial, Venice, Italy
2003
Works on projects including the Maserati headquarters showroom in Modena, Italy and Y's fashion store for Yohji Yamamoto in Tokyo. Begins designing for the Upperworld Hotel at Battersea Power Station, London, England
2000
Before and After Now retrospective at Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1998
Introduces Design Products MA course at the Royal College of Art, London, England
1997
Begins tenure of teaching product design at Royal College of Art, London, England
1994
Designs the foyer and bookstore for the New Tel-Aviv Opera House, Tel Aviv, Israel
1981
Establishes One Off Ltd. in Covent Garden, London.
First success with a range of furniture and interior structures in tube and cast iron fittings. Well known pieces include the Rover Chair the vacuum- packed Transformer chair and the remote controlled Aerial Light. Later work explored the use of tempered steel, first in the Well-Tempered Chair and later in the popular Bookworm
1974-79
Architectural Association - School of Architecture, studies under Peter Cook and B. Tschumi
1973
Moved to London
1971-73
Jerusalem Academy of Art
1951
Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2010
European Design Since 1985. Shaping the New Century. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Retrospective. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Solo exhibition. Barbican Centre, London, England
2009
Ron Arad: No Discipline. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
European Design Since 1985. Shaping the New Century. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Ron Arad: New Work. Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, England
Drunken Bodyguards. Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium
2008
Guarded Thoughts. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
Ron Arad: No Discipline. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Let's Play. Galerie Arums, Paris, France
2007
Restless. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
Bodyguard. Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Italy
Paved with Good Intentions. Galerie Arums, Paris, France
Mod'If. Galerie Arums, Paris, France
Designing Modern Britain. Design Museum, London, England
2006
THERE IS NO SOLUTION because there is no problem. Installation at 508 West 26th Street, Friedman Benda, New York, NY
Blo-Glo. Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Italy
Blo-Jobs. Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium
Graff. Gallerie Arums, Paris, France
The Dog Barked. De Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Paved with Good Intentions. Installation at the Collins Building, Barry Friedman Ltd., Miami, FL
Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2004. Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rasa, with Mike Figgis. Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY, USA
New Works & Installations in Corian, Installation at Phillips, de Pury & Company and Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY
Volumes and Voids. Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
2004
Metamorph. Vincenza, Italy
Lo-rez-dolores-tabula-rassa. Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy
2003
Ron Arad in der Galerie Stefan Vogdt. Galerie der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Ron Arad Studio Works: 1981-2003. Louisa Guinness Gallery, London, England
Von Mensch zu Mensch. Sparda Bank, Münster, Germany
Ron Arad. Galeria Marconi, Milan, Italy
Ron Arad. Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Two Floors. Galleria Marconi, Milan, Italy
2001
Delight in Dedark. Galleria Marconi, Milan, Italy
2000
Not Made By Hand Not Made in China. Galleria Marconi, Milan, Italy
Before and After Now. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
1998
R.T.W. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland
1997
Ron Arad: New Acquisitions. Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Canada
Ron Arad. The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer. Spazio Krizia, Milan, Italy
Designed for Delight. Alternative aspects of twentieth-century decorative arts. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, Canada; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakow, Poland; Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KN; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1996
R.T.W. Glasgow Festival of Architecture & Design, Glasgow, Scotland
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer. Spazio Krizia, Milan, Italy
1995
Ron Arad. Gazi, Athens, Greece
The Work of Ron Arad. Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland
Ron Arad and Ingo Maurer. Triennial, Milan, Italy
1994
L'Esprit du Nomade. Cartier Fondation, Paris, France
1993
Breeding in Captivity. Edward Totah Gallery, London, England
Design in the 20th Century. Grand Palais, Paris, France
One Off and Short Runs. Centre for Contemporary Arts: Warsaw, Krakow, Poland
1991
A Break with Tradition. Rohska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
1990-95
Sticks and Stones. One Offs and Short Runs. Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
1990
Ron Arad Recent Works. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
1987
Nouvelles Tendences. Centre Georges Pompidou, France
Documenta 8. Kassel, Germany
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Triennale, Milan, Italy
Design Museum, London, England
Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
1986
Intellectual Interiors. With P. Starck, R. Kawakubo, S. Kuramata. Seibo, Tokyo, Japan
AWARDS
2006
The Jerusalem Prize for Arts and Letters. Awarded by Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel
2005
Designer of the Year Award. FX magazine
2004
Designer of the Year Award. Architektur & Wohnen
2002
Finalist for the 2002 World Technology Award for Design
Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in recognition of his 'sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry'
Fellow of the World Technology Network
2001
Oribe Art & Design Award. Japan
Gio Ponti International Design Award. Denver, CO
Barcelona Primavera International Award for Design. Barcelona, Spain
Perrier Jouët Selfridges Design Prize, Co-winner. London, England
1999
Design Plus Award. Frankfurt, Germany
Internationaler Designpreis. Baden-Württemberg Design Center, Stuttgart, Germany
1994
Designer of the Year. Salon du Meuble, Paris, France
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Centre National d'Art Plastique, Paris, France
Design Museum, London, England
Design Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI
Fond National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Ghent Museum, Ghent, Belgium
Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Montreal, Canada
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada
Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Neue Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
Rohsska Design Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
St Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Trienale, Milan, Italy
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
SELECT LITERATURE
Albus, Volker. Design Classics Bookworm. Germany: Form Verlag, 1997.
Antonelli, Paola. Ron Arad: No Discipline. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2009.
Collings, Matthew. Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings about Designing Chairs, Vases, Buildings and… New York: Phaidon Publications, 2004.
Delfini, Luca Dosi. The Furniture Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2004.
Eidelberg, Martin. Designed for Delight. Alternative aspects of twentieth-century decorative arts. Canada: Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, 1997.
Guidot, Raymond and Olivier Boissiere. Ron Arad. France: Dis Voir, 1998.
Klantern, Robert, Sophie Lovell and Birga Meyer. Furnish: Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st Century. Berlin: Die Gestalten, 2007.
Miller, R. Craig, P. Sparke and C. McDermott. European Design Since 1985. Shaping the New Century. London: Merrell Publishers in conjunction with the Denver Art Museum and the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2009.
Sudjic, Deyan. Ron Arad. London: Laurence King Publications, 1999.
______. Restless Furniture. With introductions by Ettore Sottsass and Cedric Price. London: Fourth Estate, 1989.
Vegesack, Alexander von. Sticks & Stones, One Offs & Short Runs. Ron Arad. 1980- 1990. Germany: Vitra Design Museum, 1990.
21_21 Design Sight Book. Tokyo: The Issey Miyake Foundation, 2007.
Ron Arad: Architecture, Projects & Realisations. Paris: Nathalie Pasqua, Elsa Lemarignier and Enrico Navarra, 2009.
Ron Arad: Paved with Good Intentions. New York: Friedman Benda, 2007.
Ron Arad. New York: Barry Friedman Ltd., 2005.
Ron Arad Associates: One Off Three. London: Artemis Architectural Publishing, 1993.
SELECT PRESS
2009
"Collector Adam Lindemann sits down with Ron Arad to talk about Duchamp, Oscar Wilder and design." Art Basel Miami Beach, December, 2009.
Kloosterman, Karin. "A showcase for Israeli design." Jerusalem Post, October 29, 2009.
May, Stephen. "Ron Arad: No Discipline at Museum of Modern Art." Antiques and the Arts Weekly, August 21, 2009.
Finch, Chris. "Design Time." artnet Magazine, August 5, 2009.
Herschthal, Eric. "The Disciplinarian With a Discipline." New York Observer, July 31, 2009.
Tamarin, Nicholas. "MoMA Bows First Major Ron Arad Retrospective." Interior Design, July 30, 2009.
Cashdan, Mariana. "The Cult of Arad." Manhattan Magazine, July, 2009.
Wallis, Stephen. "Culture Watch. The State of the Arts Around the World." Departures Magazine, May-June, 2009.
Guest, Anthony-Haden. "Interview with Ron Arad." Interview, May, 2009
Blackburn, Janice. "Unlimited Edition." Financial Times, April 19, 2009.
"Designs for Loving." The Times (London), March 31, 2009.
Even, Pierre. "Ron Arad." Frog, No. 8, Spring, 2009.
Sparks, Cator. "Artful Dodger." Clear Magazine, Issue 31, 2009.
Vargas, Whitney. "Nice Curves." Elle, January, 2009.
Sansom, Anna. "The Year of Arad." DAMn, January 20, 2009.
Hollenstein, Roman. "Uberbordender Formenrausch." NZZ Online, January 9, 2009.
Lefort, Janel Siemplenski. "Pompidou and Circumstances." ID Magazine, January- February, 2009.
Barreneche, Raul. "The Secret of his Success" Interior Design, January-February, 2009.
2008
Phillips, Ian. "Zahmung Eines Widerspenstigen." Architectural Digest, German, December, 2008 – January, 2009.
Sudjic, Deyan. "Artiste Designer." Art Press, December, 2008.
"Les meubles sculptures de Ron Arad." Conaissance des arts, December, 2008.
"Ron Arad, Designer." Intramuros, November, 2008.
Groves, Ellen. "Arad View." Women's Wear Daily, November 20, 2008.
______. "Made to Order." Women's Wear Daily, November 6, 2008.
Baily, David. "Design Libre." Vogue, Paris, October, 2008.
Henwood, Hearther. "Images et Icones." Architectural Digest, France, October, 2008.
"The Shape of Things, Fashion's New Sculptural Edge." Wallpaper, September, 2008.
Dealer's Choice." Art + Auction, September, 2008.
"Ron Arad Talks to Marie-Laure Jousset on his Exhibition at Centre Pompidou." artdaily, June, 2008.
Sanchez, S., Mauro Mongiello and Cesare Cunaccia. "Ron Arad." Men's Vogue, Italy, April, 2008.
2007
"Record Français pour Ron Arad." La Gazette de L'Hotel Drouot, December 21, 2007.
"What's In: Shanghai-based Art and Design Entrepreneur Pearl Lam has an
Unapologetically Pluralistic Point of View." Harper's Bazaar, November, 2007.
2006
"Ancient vs. Modern." Vogue Living: Special Issue, Fall/Winter 2006.
"Ron Arad: THERE IS NO SOLUTION because there is no problem." Gallery Guide, September, 2006.
"But is it Art?" and "Ahead of the Curve." Wallpaper, September, 2006.
UHmepbep, September, 2006.
"The Future of Design." Fast Company, July/August, 2006.
"The Road to Hell." Frame, July/August, 2006.
"High Limits: How Contemporary Art Collectors are Changing Today's Design World."
House and Garden, June, 2006.
"Die Picassos des Möbeldesigns." Architectural Digest, June, 2006.
"Art Basel and Design Miami." Metropolitan Home, May, 2006.
"Palm Beach 3. What great things a little money can buy." Florida InsideOut, March/April, 2006.
"Mirror Image. Ron Arad's Sculptural Maze Leads Us on a Reflective Journey through Art Basel Miami." Surface, March, 2006.
"Turning the Tables." ArtNews, March, 2006.
"Artful Design at Miami's design.05." Modernism, Spring, 2006.
"Basel Miami Beach Art Fair." ICON, February 2006.
"Crafting a Collection." American Style, February, 2006.
"First Encounters." Departures Magazine, January/February, 2006.
2005
"In Search of a Sofa To Go Under the Schnabel." The New York Times, December 8, 2005.
"Searching for a Sofa To Go With the Schnabel." The New York Times, December 8, 2005.
"The AI Interview: Ron Arad." Art Info, December 6, 2005.
"design.05 Miami." Blueprint Directory, November/December 2005.
"Ron Arad: Trouble Maker." The Independent, August 28, 2005.
"The Creative Edge. How Luxury Influences the Mass Market." TIME Magazine, Summer, 2005.
"Ron Arad's Material Pleasures." Art +Auction, June, 2005.
"Feature. Ron Arad at Barry Friedman." Maine Antique Digest, June, 2005.
"He'll Take Manhattan." Architect's Newspaper, May 11, 2005.
"Fash/Art Trinity to Watch: Arad, Miyake, Krakoff." The Daily News, May 4, 2005.
"Far from Arad Conditions." Wallpaper, May 2005.
"Furniture Flair." Town&Country, May 2005.
"Chairmaster." Artnet, May 2005.
"Milaan 2005." de Architect Interieur, May 2005.
"Ron Arad Retrospective Exhibition Planned for Two NYC Locations. Antiques and The Arts Weekly, April 22, 2005.
"The Multifaceted Ron Arad." INTERVIEW. Metropolismag.com, April 19, 2005.
"Design Resolutionary." The New York Times Style Magazine, Spring 2005.
2004
"Ron Arad a Vicenza." Modo, 2004.
"Kindred Spirits (One of Them Winks)." The New York Times, October 3, 2004.
Feature: Adam Tihany. (Pictured: Ron Arad's After Spring). InsideOut, June 2004.
2003
Lee, Vinny. "Rebel, rebel." The Times Magazine, September 6, 2003.
"Destroy all categories: Ron Arad." Building, July 6, 2003.
2002
Ellis, Walter. "Storm over 'visual rape' at the V&A." Independent on Sunday, July 23, 2002.
Sudjic, Deyan. "Pull up a car seat and make yourself at home." The Observer, June 18, 2002.
Glancey, Jonathan. "A name to conjure with." Intra, March, 2002.
Ryan, Zoe. "Future Shock." Surface, no. 33, 2002.
2001
Wingfield, Caroline. "Haute fidelity." The Independent Magazine, November 3, 2001.
Clements, Alison. "Selfridges opts to be a leading light on display." Retail Week, October 12, 2001.
Delrieu, François. "Around design with Ron Arad." Environment & Composites, no. 9. October, 2001.
Arad, Ron, Jan Kaplicky, ed. and John Wiley & Sons/Architectural Design. "Work that doesn't need to answer," Looking Back in Envy: 20th Century Art and Design Revisited, September, 2001.
Marcus, George H. "Furniture with Attitude." Inside Magazine. Autumn, 2001.
2000
"Exhibition of the week: Ron Arad, Victoria & Albert Museum." The Week, August 5, 2000.
Moore, Rowan. "How Ron Arad caused a rumpus at the V&A." Evening Standard, July 21, 2000.
Dorment, Richard. "V&A: Before & After—How was this disgrace allowed?" Daily Telegraph, July 19, 2000.
Julius, Corinne. "Enter the mind of a maverick." Evening Standard, June 21, 2000.
Saunders, Frances Stonor. "Professor of cool." New Statement, June 19, 2000.
Rawsthorn, Alice. "Still making a splash." Financial Times Weekend, June 17, 2000.
Gillilan, Leslie. "Pipe Dreams." The Guardian, January 27, 2000.
Sudjic, Deyan. "Winwand." Arts & Events-Canary Wharf, 2000.
1999
Field, Marcus. "Ron Arad is looking happy." Blueprint, December, 1999.
Gillilan, Leslie. "Well tempered rooms." The Independent on Sunday, May 23, 1999.
1998
Niesewand, Nonie. "What do my creations actually do? Who cares?" The Independent, September 11, 1998.
Moore, Rowan. "Let's give the coffee table genius a crack at the big stuff." Evening Standard, September 8, 1998.
1997
Gripper, Ali. "Iconoclast designer with lots of shelf life." Sunday Morning Herald, Sydney, August 11, 1997.
Greenwood, Helen. "Shaper of things to come." Sunday Morning Herald, Sydney, July 26, 1997.
Sudjic, Deyan. "Evolution of the metal man," Independent on Sunday, June 8, 1997.
1994
Wrzecionkowdka, Elzbieta. "Still more to be done." The Warsaw Voice, December 18, 1994.