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This official collaboration between Yael Mer & Shay Alkalay started after many years of sharing life, thoughts, ideas and everything in-between. Yael’s main focus includes turning two-dimensional sheet materials into curvaceous functional forms, whereas Shay is fascinated by how things move, function and react.
Since their graduation show at the Royal College of Art in 2006, they have received several highly respected awards including The British Council Talented Award, iF Gold Award, Dutch Design Award, Wallpaper* Design Award 2009 and the Elle Decoration International Design Award for best furniture of 2008_09 and just recently the Designer of the Future Award for 2009 from Design Miami/ Basel.
Their works have been exhibited at Johnson Trading Gallery in New York, FAT Galerie in Paris, Scope Art Fair in Basel and Rossana Orlandi Milan. Their designs can be found within the permanent collection of the MoMA New-York and The Design Museum London, and in production with Cappellini, Established & Sons and Arco. In addition, Yael & Shay produce unique and limited-edition designs within their own studio in London. Their work has been featured in many major design publications and newspapers worldwide.
Yael Mer
Born 1976 Tel-Aviv
Education:
2007 MA Royal College of Art – Ron Arad’s Design Products Course - Platform 10: Daniel Charny and Roberto Feo
2005 Intensive Pattern Cutting London College of Fashion
2002 BA Bezalel Art and Design Academy Jerusalem
2001 Kunste Academy Stuttgart Germany
Past Experience:
2007/08 Rolf Sachs Studio
2007 Kobold - bags, luggage and accessories design, Xiamen China
2006/07 RCA Innovation & Gifu Invited Designer Programme
2005 – El Ultimo Grito - Internship
2003 Artist in Resident – Mino Paper Project, Japan
2003/04 Campus – Digital Product Design Department
Shay Alkalay
Born 1976 Tel-Aviv
Education:
2006 MA Royal College of Art - Ron Arad’s Design Products Course - Platform 10: Daniel Charny and Roberto Feo
2002 BA Bezalel Art and Design Academy Jerusalem
2001 Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Past Experience:
2007 Kobold - bags, luggage and accessories design, Xiamen China
2006 – El Ultimo Grito – Design Assistance
2002/04 Zehavi Environmental Design Studio Tel-Aviv
Previous Exhibitions, Workshops and Talks
| 2011 | DEC | Curious Minds | The Israel Museum | Jerusalem |
| 2011 | OCT | The Collection | Paradigma Gallery | Tel-Aviv |
| 2011 | OCT | Pinha Installation |
LYNfabrikken |
Aarhus |
| 2011 | OCT | Can you imagine? Alcantara® | MAXXI Museum | Rome |
| 2011 | OCT | Ventura Berlin - Qubique | Victor Hunt | Berlin |
| 2011 | SEP | OKAY London - Arco | LDF - Brompton | London |
| 2011 | SEP | The Unnatural Selection | Natural History Museum | London |
| 2011 | SEP | From Flat to Full – Solo Show | Victor Hunt |
Brussels |
| 2011 | SEP | Power Of Making | V&A | London |
| 2011 | SEP | Beijing International Design Triennial 2011 | Interni Magazine | Beijing |
| 2011 | JUL | Gravity - Workshop |
Boisbuchet |
France |
| 2011 | JUN | Design Miami/ Basel | Dilmos | Basel |
| 2011 | MAY | OKAY London - Arco | Vivid Gallery | Rotterdam |
| 2011 | MAY | Bezalel | Sotheby's | London |
| 2011 | APR | Pinha | Materia Amorim | Milan |
| 2011 | APR | UNISON | Dilmos | Milan |
| 2011 | APR | Talking Textile | Lidewij Edelkoort | Milan |
| 2011 | FEB | Objects Rotterdam | FAT Galerie | Rotterdam |
| 2011 | JAN | Post Fossile | Design Museum Holon | Israel |
| 2011 | JAN | Trend Lecture | IMM | Cologne |
| 2010 | DEC |
Hyperlinks: Architecture and Design |
Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago |
| 2010 | NOV | Workshop |
ECAL |
Lausanne |
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2010 |
NOV |
OKAYstudio & Friends |
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Barcelona |
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2010 |
NOV |
The Coiling Collection – Solo Show |
FAT Galerie |
Paris |
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2010 |
NOV |
OKAYstudio & Friends |
Novalis |
Turin |
| 2010 | NOV | London Calling - Talk | UDK | Berlin |
| 2010 | NOV | Prediction | Benjamin loyauté | Saint Etienne |
| 2010 | OCT | Chic Art Fair |
FAT Galerie |
Paris |
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2010 |
SEP |
Bench 10 - Old Spitalfields Market |
The Lollipop Shoppe |
London |
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2010 |
SEP |
PROJECTORY |
Saatchi Gallery/ Phillips de Pury |
London |
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2010 |
SEP |
Cappellini at the V&A |
Sackler Centre, V&A |
London |
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2010 |
AUG |
Vitra Design Museum Centre GeorgesPompidou |
Boisbuchet |
France |
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2010 |
Jul |
Waste Not, Want It |
Bloomberg, Arts Co |
London |
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2010 |
May |
Connectors |
Saatchi Gallery/ Phillips de Pury |
London |
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2010 |
Apr |
Tailored Wood Collection |
Cappellini |
Milan |
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2010 |
Apr |
Ten Small Atlases |
Ventura Milan |
Milan |
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2010 |
Mar |
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Fumi Gallery |
London |
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2010 |
Mar |
Denayaday |
Paradigma Gallery |
Tel-Aviv |
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2010 |
Mar |
Holon Design Museum |
Israel |
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2009 |
Oct |
Wall To Wall – Solo Show |
Established & Sons Limited, |
London |
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2009 |
Sep |
Corn Cruft |
Gallery Fumi |
London |
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2009 |
Jul |
Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor |
Katonah Museum of Art |
New – York State |
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2009 |
Jun |
Repeat Please’ |
Stedelijk Museum |
Hertogenbosch The Netherland |
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2009 |
Jun |
Designer of the Future 2009 |
Design Miami/ Basel |
Basel |
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2009 |
May |
UK Represents |
Palermo Design Week |
Palermo, Italy |
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2009 |
Apr |
UK Represents |
Elle Decoration Tortona Basment |
Milan |
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2009 |
Apr |
Grove – Revolving Trees |
Spazio Rossana Orlandi |
Milan |
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2009 |
Apr |
Craft Punk |
Design Miami & Fendi |
Milan |
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2009 |
Apr |
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Fat Galerie |
Paris |
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2009 |
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Commissaries Gallery |
Montréal, Canada |
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2009 |
Mar |
Over Design Over |
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Perugia Italy |
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2009 |
Mar |
Established & Sons |
Design Republic |
Shanghai |
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2009 |
Feb |
Pivot |
Into Dutch Design |
Stockholm |
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2009 |
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Established & Sons |
What Else Gallery |
Geneva |
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2008 |
Dec |
Yellow Pages, a guests seminar |
Bezalel Art and Design Academy |
Jerusalem |
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2008 |
Nov |
In Resident |
Hotel Du Park |
Turin |
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2008 |
Oct |
DesignTide |
British Council Japan |
Tokyo |
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2008 |
Sep |
Nowhere Now Here |
Laboral |
Spain |
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2008 |
Sep |
Under the Same Roof |
Aram Gallery |
London |
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2008 |
Sep |
From Now to Eternity |
Arts Co, Mother |
London |
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2008 |
Sep |
Heart & Design |
River Island at Christie’s South Kensington |
London |
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2008 |
Aug |
PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH |
Established & Sons LIMITED |
London |
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2008 |
Jun |
HABITATS FOR BIRDS, BATS AND BEES |
PHILLIPS de PURY |
London |
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2008 |
Jun |
Reading Room,Louise Blouin Media |
Scope Art Fair |
Basel |
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2008 |
Jun |
Fit |
Fat Galerie |
Paris |
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2008 |
Apr |
4. |
Established & Sons |
Milan |
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2008 |
Feb |
OKAYstudio |
DNA Form |
London |
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2008 |
Jan |
Pivot |
Arco, Design Post |
Cologne |
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2008 |
Jan |
d3 Contest Talent |
German Design Council, IMM |
Cologne |
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2007 |
Nov |
OKAYstudio |
Madrid |
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2007 |
Nov |
New Staff |
Johnson Trading Gallery |
New-York |
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2007 |
Sep |
Gradual |
Brompton Design District |
London |
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2007 |
Sep |
OKAYstudio |
BoxFresh |
London |
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2007 |
Jun |
Life Style Exhibition |
Big Sight |
Tokyo |
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2007 |
Jun |
100% Design |
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Shanghai |
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2007 |
Apr |
Ideal Home Show |
Earl’s Court |
london |
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2007 |
Jan |
OKAYstudio |
Passagen |
Cologne |
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2006 |
Nov |
Talented |
Paul Smith |
Tokyo |
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2006 |
Nov |
Miniartexitl |
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Como, Italy |
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2006 |
Sep |
Super Design Market, |
Art Council |
London |
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2006 |
May |
Disturbance, Platform 10, RCA |
Great Eastern Hotel |
London |
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2006 |
Apr |
Made by Machine |
Royal College of Art |
Milan |
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2006 |
Apr |
Talented |
British Council |
Milan |
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2005 |
Apr |
livingspace |
Internos Gallery |
Milan |
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2003 |
Dec |
Japanese Paper Museum |
Mino |
Japan |
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2003 |
Nov |
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Cibone |
Tokyo |
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2003 |
Sep |
About Design |
Bezalel Gallery |
Tel-Aviv |
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2002 |
Apr |
Bezalel in Milan |
salon satellite |
Milan |
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2001 |
Oct |
Designs, group exhibition |
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Tel-Aviv |
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2001 |
Oct |
Contemporary Young Design |
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Tel-Aviv |