Gad Charny, C.V highlights.
Lives and works in Israel.
Masters degree from the Industrial Design Department, RCA, London, 1980
Professor of Industrial Design, HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Professional
Extensive professional experience in the design of furniture and accessories for the advanced work environment, design management and strategy development.
Personal
Special interest in the issue of the designer/maker, design as a form of cultural and personal expression.
Main interest these days in the design of expressive products for low volume production, including Ready Mades and products exploring recycled and reused elements.
Design work and products have been exhibited and manufactured world wide.
Teaching
Teaching design since 1982 at HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel.
Special interest in workshops promoting creativity through first hand experience with material and technologies. These workshops aim at exposing design students to the joy of creating desirable objects based on fresh and innovative thinking.
Conducted a number of such design workshops, in India (NID, Ahmadabad), Turkey, Israel, Poland (April 2009) and other countries.
Participated in a number of meetings of IDEM, International Design Educational Meetings since 1992. IDEM brings together design students and teachers from all over the world, in different countries, for a concentrated, multidisciplinary one week workshop.
gad@gadcharny.info