Puredesign.com

About gb / contactShowHide About gb / contactShowHide About gb / contactShowHide About gb / contactShowHide

Galit Begas, Designer

Share/Bookmark

MDes, Product Design

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design,Jerusalem 2009

Graduated Cum laude

Polonsky Scholarship for Exceptional Design

Interior Designer

Diploma, Shenkar College of Engineering & Design, Ramat Gan 2005

BA television and film

Tel Aviv University 1995

 

Broad and versatile knowledge and experience in various types of
design aspects.

Experimental design and design installations. The last Project
"Footprints", winner of Designboom.com competition, will be
presented at Milan Design Week, Salone del mobile, April
2011.

Visuals for TV and still productions, for the Israeli television.

Product Design: Development and production of fashion
accessories for top design stores.

Interior design as well as window and display design for chain
stores, brands and individuals.

 

Contact

Galit Begas

4 hartglass street Tel Aviv,

69971, Israel

 

+972 522 334868

studio@gbpuredesign.com

facebook meFacebook me

facebook mePress Releases

Foot PrintsShowHide Foot PrintsShowHide Foot PrintsShowHide

plasticshoes0.jpg plasticshoes1.jpg plasticshoes4.jpg plasticshoes5.jpg plasticshoes6_2.jpg plasticshoes7_2.jpg plasticshoes8.jpg plasticshoes9.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark
The recycled shoe collection is made of used plastic bags from everywhere; the plastic is draped, pulled and formed over various Shoetrees, and then undergoes a heat process. Each shoe is flexible comfortable and unique. This collection, winner of Designboom competition, will be presented at the Bezalel pavilion April 2011
Salone Internazionale Del Mobile Milan,
Venture Lambrate.

Salone Internazionale Del Mobile Milan 2011

Blueprint seriesShowHide Blueprint seriesShowHide Blueprint seriesShowHide

blueprint1.jpg blueprint2.jpg blueprint3.jpg blueprint4.jpg blueprint5.jpg blueprint6.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

In the Blueprint collection each shoe represents a combination of typecasts: East Moroccan shoe meets classic ballet via recycled tire; leather and rubber combine to form “diving flaps”; medieval sport shoe; a climber and his hobbies and the Red Cross shoe.

 

Taivex mini collectionShowHide Taivex mini collectionShowHide Taivex mini collectionShowHide

taivexmini1.jpg taivexmini2.jpg taivexmini3.jpg taivexmini4.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

Taivex is the name of the material chosen for this mini collection.It was part of a design exhibit named “Hitchcock” in Caesarea,Israel. The dual properties of this material, which looks like paper and acts like fabric, represent Hitchcock’s ambivalence towards women.

 

City BagsShowHide City BagsShowHide City BagsShowHide

bag1.jpg bag2.jpg bag3.jpg bag5.jpg bag6.jpg slide1.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

These user-friendly bags made of fabric are based on simple patterns and are unisex. The models are neat and clear giving the users a new way of thinking about their bags.

 

Interior DocumentationShowHide Interior DocumentationShowHide Interior DocumentationShowHide

interiordoc1.jpg interiordoc2.jpg interiordoc3.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

Interior Documentation photography was a part of researching urban interiors in Tel Aviv. These interiors were randomly chosen and portrayed the inhabitants’ blueprint through his/her personal choices at any given moment. These personal choices have an inner logic which is an endless source of inspiration

The beautiful ugly exhibitionShowHide The beautiful ugly exhibitionShowHide The beautiful ugly exhibitionShowHide

beautifulugly1.jpg beautifulugly2.jpg beautifulugly3.jpg beautifulugly4.jpg beautifulugly5.jpg beautifulugly6.jpg beautifulugly7.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

This project challenges the fine line between beauty and ugliness,using body hair fabric, testing the look on different typecasts.

Jaffa port sport eventShowHide Jaffa port sport eventShowHide Jaffa port sport eventShowHide

jaffa1.jpg jaffa2.jpg jaffa3.jpg jaffa4.jpg jaffa5.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

Hangar 1 in Jaffa port is hosting alternative community events.In collaboration with landscape architect Helli Elul we planned
sport event that combines wii stations with a basketball "cage" and a sea-facing bar

Interior DesignShowHide Interior DesignShowHide Interior DesignShowHide

interiordesigns1.jpg interiordesigns2.jpg interiordesigns3.jpg interiordesigns4.jpg interiordesigns5.jpg interiordesigns6.jpg interiordesigns7.jpg interiordesigns8.jpg
Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox Open lightbox
Share/Bookmark

The motive is to form bright comfortable spaces with materials ranging from classic to new and allowing variety depending on the needs and moods of the habitants.

Blurring boundariesShowHide Blurring boundariesShowHide Blurring boundariesShowHide

Share/Bookmark
The Blurring Boundaries observe the obvious, the habits, in human behavior while trying to think about them in a different way by blurring the boundaries between accepted and unaccepted in our culture.
 
 

Experimental
GB Project
2010

BE IN TOUCH.....