Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, educated
at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and
later at the Architectural Association
in London, Ron Arad co-founded the
design and production studio One Off in
1981 with Caroline Thorman and later, in
1989, Ron Arad Associates architecture
and design practice. In 2008 Ron Arad
Architects was established alongside
Ron Arad Associates.
In 1994 he established the Ron Arad
Studio, a design and production unit
in Como, Italy, in operation until 1999.
He was Professor of Product Design at
the Royal College of Art in London until
2009. Ron Arad was awarded the 2011
London Design Week Medal for design
excellence, and became a Royal Acade-
mician of the Royal Academy of Arts in
2013. Ron Arad’s constant experimen-
tation with the possibilities of materials
such as steel, aluminium or polyamide
and his radical re-conception of the form
and structure of furniture has put him at
the forefront of contemporary design and
architecture.
Alongside his limited edition studio work,
Arad designs for many leading interna-
tional companies including Magis, Vitra,
Moroso, Fiam, Driade, Alessi, Cappellini,
Cassina, WMF and Kartell as well as
many others.
Ron Arad has designed a number of
Public Art pieces, most recently the
Vortext in Seoul, Korea, and the Kesher
Sculpture at Tel Aviv University.
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