Ron Arad
Bodyguard 4, 2007
Patinated and polished aluminum

43x ۷۴ x 46 inches

x109.2 x188 x116.8 cm

فکر نمی کنم شرح خاصی درباره این طراحی یا بهتر بگم نوآوری بشه داد آخه مثلی هست که می گه چیزی که عیان است چه حاجت به بیان است !! اما کمی فکر کنید این صندلی را چند دقیقه یا ساعت می تونید تحمل کنید ؟ نظرم اگه ندادین زیاد مهم نیست چونکه از روی عکس مگه میشه تشخیص داد راحته یا مصیبته ؟!

بيوگرافي اين معمار و طراح موفق :

Ron Arad

RON ARAD
[b.1951, Tel Aviv, Israel]

Biography

1971-73
Jerusalem Academy of Art.

1973
Moved to London.

1974-79
Architectural Association - School of Architecture, studies under Peter Cook and

 B. Tschumi

1981
Established One Off Ltd. with Caroline Thorman in Covent Garden, London, a design studio, workshops and showroom. 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

1989
Founded Ron Arad Associates, Architecture and Design practice with Caroline Thorman in Chalk Farm, London.

1993
One Off is incorporated into Ron Arad Associates.

1994
'Ron Arad Studio' established in Como in 1994 to continue and expand on the production studio pieces as previously produced in the London workshops. The facilities of the Ron Arad Studio hugely expanded the possibilities in regard to materials, technique and engineering, allowing for such pieces as 'Box in 4 Movements' (with a torsion sprung ratchet mechanism) and 'R.T.W.',(a free-rolling large wheel with inner shelving that always remains parallel to the floor) to be produced. Installations for 'L'Esprit du Nomade', Fondation Cartier, Paris and The Domus Totem for the Trienale in Milan.

Ron Arad was Professor of Product Design at the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna from 1994-7, and Professor of Furniture Design at the Royal College of Art in London, 1997. He is currently Professor of Design Product at the RCA.

He was guest Editor of 1994 International Design Yearbook and Designer of the Year, 1994. His work has been widely featured in many design/architectural books and magazines worldwide.

Ron Arad has run several design workshops for students, including those at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, Vitra Farm in France and Ravenna in Italy. He continues to lecture on his work regularly at universities and design schools worldwide.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
Bodyguards, Dolce & Gabana, Milan, Italy.

2006
THERE IS NO SOLUTION because there is no problem. Installation at 508 West 26th Street, NY. Barry Friedman Ltd., NY: September 14-30.

Blo-Glo. Dolce & Gabbana, Milan, Italy.

Blo-Jobs. Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium: March.

2005
Paved with Good Intentions. Installation at the Collins Building, Miami, FL. Barry Friedman Ltd.: December 1-10.

Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2004. Barry Friedman Ltd., NY: May 5 – June 24.

New Works & Installations in Corian. Installation at Phillips, de Pury & Company, NY. Barry Friedman Ltd., NY: May 2 – June 10.

Volumes and Voids. Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana: November 11 – January 21, 2006

و دهها نمايشگاه برگزار شده ديگر ...

Public Collections

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Montreal, Canada
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Musée National d'Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Fond National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
Centre National d'Art Plastique, Paris, France
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
Design Museum, London, UK
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rohsska Design Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Powerhouse, Sydney, Australia
Design Museum, Osaka, Japan
Design Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Neue Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany


Monographs

Ron Arad. Published by Barry Friedman Ltd., 2005.
Ron Arad Talks to Matthew Collings about Designing Chairs, Vases, Buildings and… By Matthew Collings, Phaidon Publications, 2004.
Ron Arad. By Deyan Sudjic, graphics Angus Hyland, Pentagram, Laurence King Pub, 1999.
Ron Arad. By Raymond Guidot, Olivier Boissiere, Dis Voir, 1998.
Design Classics Bookworm. By Volker Albus, publisher Form Verlag, 1997.
Ron Arad Associates: One Off Three. By Artemis Architectural Publications, 1993.
Restless Furniture. By Deyan Sudjic, publisher Fourth Estate, 1989. With introductions by Ettore Sottsass and Cedric Price. Reprinted 1990.
Ron Arad. By Alexander von Vegesack, Vitra, 1990.

 

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