Ron Arad
“Boredom is the mother of creativity.”
Ron’s Story
London-based architect and designer Ron Arad is founder of Ron Arad Associates and Ron Arad Architects.Born in Tel Aviv, Ron Arad attended the Jerusalem Academy of Art before moving to London to study at the Architectural Association. In 1981, Arad co-founded design and production studio One Off with Caroline Thorman. He then established Ron Arad Associates in 1989 and later founded Ron Arad Architects in 2008.
He has designed products for multiple international brands including Samsung, Alessi, Swarovski, Fiat and Bombay Sapphire.
His designs have been featured in museums and galleries worldwide, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Powerhouse in Sydney. Arad was professor of design products at the Royal College of Art, where he taught until 2009, when he was made emeritus professor.
The Royal Academy of Art elected him as a Royal Academician in 2013.
Awards
Ron Arad was awarded the Royal Designer for Industry (RDI) in recognition of his ‘sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry’ in 2002, and was awarded the London Design Medal in 2011. He was professor of Design at the Hochschule in Vienna from 1994 to 1997, and later Professor of Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London up until 2009, when he was made Professor Emeritus. In 2013, the Royal Academy of Art in London elected him as a Royal Academician. Among his long list of international awards including “Designer of the Year” in many countries, Ron Arad is also a recipient of the prestigious Compasso d’Oro, the Pillar of the Roundhouse, the London Design Medal, The Jerusalem Prize for Arts and Letters, the Oribe Art & Design Award, Gifu, Japan, the Gio Ponti International Design Award.