Ron Arad

RON ARAD (Tel Aviv, 1951).
"Packaging Bombay Sapphire", 2011.
Aluminum sculpture mold in bright sapphire blue aluminum. Exemplary 7/300.
It has slight marks.
Measurements: 34 x 14 x 8.5 cm.
Limited and numbered edition of Bombay Sapphire gin, created in collaboration with designer Ron Arad.
Ron Arad is a British-Israeli industrial designer, artist and architect. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and then at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. His brother is the violist Atar Arad. He began his career designing the "Rover Chair", made from a car seat mounted on a metal frame. In 1981 he co-founded the One Off studio with Caroline Thorman. In 1989 he created Ron Arad Associates and, in 2008, founded Ron Arad Architects.
His work is characterized by experimentation with unconventional materials, technologies and forms. He has created iconic pieces such as the Tom Vac chair, the Well Tempered Chair and the Bookworm bookshelf, produced by the Italian firm Kartell. He also designed the Windwand in London and lamps for Swarovski capable of displaying text messages through LED lights.
He has been a professor of design in Vienna and at the Royal College of Art in London, where he was also head of the Department of Product Design until 2009. He was appointed Emeritus Professor and elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts in 2013. He has received numerous awards, including the title of Royal Designer for Industry in 2002 and the London Design Medal in 2011.
His works are present in museums such as the MoMA (New York), the V&A (London) and the Centre Pompidou (Paris).