Adi Stern

Adi Stern was born in 1966 in Tel Aviv

Adi Stern was born in 1966 in Tel Aviv. He grew up in Bat Yam and Tel Aviv.

He studied graphic design at Bezalel from 1988 to 1992 and earned a bachelor's degree with distinction. From 2002 to 2003 he studied at the University of Reading in the UK and earned a master's degree in typeface design, with distinction.

After his studies he worked for about two years in the studio of David Tartakover. In 1994 he opened his own studio for visual communication, focused on cultural institutions, book design and typography. He designed logos for the Design Museum Holon, the Israel Festival and the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and consulted for type companies such as Linotype, Microsoft Typography and Monotype.

From 2011 to 2013 he led the visual design team of a new exhibition in the Jewish pavilion at Auschwitz. He designed the page layout of the Book of Names, set in his own Noam Text font. He also writes and lectures on the history and design of Hebrew script.

He has taught at Bezalel since 1997 and headed its Department of Visual Communication from 2008 to 2015. He was interim president from March to September 2015 and became president in October 2015. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and two daughters.