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Ron Arad was born in Tel Aviv in 1951. Works in London, where his design agency 'Ron Arad Associates' has been based since 1951. Currently Professor of Product Design at the Royal College of Art, London.
Prizes: Designer of the Year, Salon du Meuble, Paris, 1994; Design Plus Award, Design Centre Stuttgart, 1999; Gio Ponti International Design Award, Denver, 2001; Oribe Art & Design Award, Japan, 2001.
Noteworthy designs include the 'Well-Tempered Chair', 'Bookworm' and 'London Papardelle'.
Arad has had numerous solo exhibitions, including: Ron Arad, New Acquisitions, Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, 1997, and Before and After Now, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2000.
He has designed furniture and other products for many companies, among them Alessi, Artemide, Driade, Fiam, Hidden, Ingo Maurer, Kartell, Inflate, Moroso, Poltronova, Noto-Zeus and Vitra. In addition to furniture and product design, Ron Arad has also carried out architecture-related commissions, including The Piper Project, London, 1998 (interior design), The Big Blue, Canary Wharf, London, 2000 (sculpture) and Selfridges Christmas Windows, London, 2001 (shop windows).
Recent publication: Deyan Sudjic, Ron Arad, Laurence King Publishers, 1999.
Collection: LE01, LE06
