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Bezalel Academy of Arts Students Create & Innovate in Graduate Exhibition
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Bezalel Academy of Arts Students Create & Innovate in Graduate Exhibition

Interviews with students from Bezalel. Designs include a flying defibrillator, biodegradable toilet paper, smart clothing for cancer survivors and more high tech artistic innovations.

Meet the innovative graduate students from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design department of industrial design. Plus, a brief history of the school, founded in 1906 by Boris Schatz.

Student projects featured:

Rafael Amzallag: ultra-light easy-to-use tent,
Sunny Lustov: Underwater structures for coral reef cooling,
Shir Sharabi: couples therapy candles,
Hye Seo Chang: AI stuffed animal sleep aide for children,
Avia Revivi: biodegradable toilet paper,
Dor Zerkavod: zero-gravity spacesuit,
Yoni Zazon: watch for blind people,
Deborah Hoffnung: nightgowns for cancer survivors,
Maayan Cohen Bar-On: smart clothing for endometriosis,
Ran Shtub: flying defibrillator,
Arad Rubinovitch: earthquake rescue backpack,
Daniel Cohen: magnetic levitation racecar,
Amit Martin Mansharof & Ofir Danino: furniture made from police barricades,
Reut Morowitz: innovative outdoor furniture,
Mai Cohen: creative wooden building blocks game,
Chen Smadar: plastic chair martial arts.

For full list of graduate students see Bezalel website.

Read my full length article in the Jerusalem Post about the exhibition.

Graduate students at Bezalel with their final projects

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