Art and designרון ארד

Ron Arad

Ron Arad is a British-Israeli industrial designer, artist and architect known for furniture designs such as the Rover chair.

born 1951The Rover chairThe Bookworm bookshelfDesigning the Design Museum HolonThe ToHa towers in Tel Aviv

Born: 24 April 1951, Tel Aviv
Occupation: architect, university teacher, designer, jewelry designer
Education: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Architectural Association School of Architecture

Ron Arad was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv

Ron Arad was born in Tel Aviv on 24 April 1951. He was the younger son of the painter Esther Peretz-Arad and the sculptor and photographer Grisha Arad. His brother is the violist Atar Arad.

He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem from 1971 to 1973. He then studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London until 1979.

In 1981 he co-founded the studio One Off with Caroline Thorman and made the Rover chair from an old car seat and a steel frame. He later founded Ron Arad Associates in 1989 and Ron Arad Architects in 2008. His work includes the Bookworm shelf, the Tom Vac chair, the Design Museum Holon and the ToHa office complex in Tel Aviv.

He taught design in Vienna from 1994 to 1997 and headed the Design Products department at the Royal College of Art in London until 2009. In 2017 his firm won the competition to design the UK Holocaust Memorial. He lives and works in Camden, London.