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Table of Contents>>

A Message from the Dean

Our Commitments, Our Vision

About the Department

Resources

Core Values

Academic Excellence

Teaching Structure

Cutting Edge Design

Faculty

Research

Alumni

Social and Environmentally Engaged Design

Collaborative Environments

Interdisciplinary Design Practice

The College of Managment Academic Studies

(COMAS)

The Campus

Supporting the Department of Interior Design

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>> The Departmentof Interior Design

The College of Management Academic Studies

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In 2010 we are marking the 15th anniversary of the Department of

Interior Design. Over the years, our Department has developed into the

largest accredited design Department in Israel. By embracing curricular

innovation, technology, collaborative methods and global perspectives,

our Department has dramatically changed the country’s design culture

both academically and professionally.

In the coming years, we will be emphasizing interior design as

a collective art form, involving the expertise of many different

fields and the ability to conduct interdisciplinary research. This

opens new creative horizons for practitioners from various design

disciplines to rethink and redefine their art, skills and practices. In

this way we will be paving the way for the Department to develop

into an interdisciplinary design school. Based on integrated

media laboratories that we intend to construct, we will be offering

tomorrow’s design students a rich choice of bachelor’s and master’s

degrees in related design disciplines. The infrastructure that we will

create will provide our students with the opportunity to reinforce

individual disciplinary knowledge in design while developing an

interdisciplinary depth of understanding.

I am proud to be part of a faculty that is continually seeking to create

new concepts of design. We encourage individuality and novelty, and

being more interested in approaches than conclusions, we avidly teach

‘how to think’ and not ‘what to think’.

We are very proud of our students and the opportunity to serve as

their mentors. Through their innovative and creative thinking, our

graduates are shaping the face of Israeli design.

As a woman designer and educator, thinking differently means to

me a multiplicity of conceptions of what design is or may become.

Beyond lifestyle and consumerism, there must be commitment and

responsibility. Consequently, in the coming years I see the Department

committed to social and environmentally engaged design, emerging

from collaborative environments that we will create to exchange

knowledge and ideas. In this way we will be creating the infrastructure

for cutting edge design to flourish and for achieving excellence both

academically and in practice.

We embrace the complexities and the contradictions of the

contemporary, recognizing that today’s issues are not for the designer

to deal with in a void. And so we invite all – designers, architects,

artists, environmentalists, critics, historians, scholars – to join

us in our debates and conferences, to visit us and to experience

with us the thrill of witnessing creative and innovative minds

forging new ways in design.

A Message from the DeanCarmella Jacoby–Volk

T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f I n t e r i o r D e s i g n T h e C o l l e g e o f M a n a g e m e n t A c a d e m i c S t u d i e s

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Our Commitments

Academic Excellence

Cutting Edge Design

Social and Environmentally Engaged Design

Collaborative Environments

Interdisciplinary Design Practice

Our Vision

Our vision is to become the leading school of

interdisciplinary design practices in Israel.

Objectives

To initiate discourse in design education and to

promote community engagement within the academic

and professional design arenas.

To direct the Department of Interior Design towards

becoming an interdisciplinary design school by

formulating a master’s degree in design; establishing

integrated media laboratories; and offering additional

bachelor’s degrees in related design disciplines.

To advance the status of the interior design

profession in Israel.

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Final year

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Rafts

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first year

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The Department of Interior Design was founded in 1995 to meet

the need for a full academic program specializing in interior design.

Established by Prof. Ran Shechori together with a team of leading

faculty members, the Department’s program was the first in Israel

to gain full academic accreditation. The Department now has an

enrollment of 400 students in a four-year program taught by over 80

faculty members.

Our faculty members represent a wide range of disciplines and

their professional backgrounds include extensive practice as well as

theoretical studies. Among the faculty members are leading industrial

and interior designers, architects and representatives from such

adjacent disciplines as sociology, history, philosophy and computer

sciences. The rich background of our faculty members offers students

the opportunity to gain both a theoretical and applied perspective in

design as well as a full opportunity to realize their potential. By the

end of the four-year program, students are fully prepared for a wide

variety of roles within the field of interior design.

The Department of Interior Design’s students and faculty are

continually seeking to create new concepts of design that address

the needs of society.

Over the past 14 years, the Department has trained and educated

more than 700 students from diverse ethnic and socio-economic

backgrounds. Our graduates stand at the very top of the design

profession both professionally and academically, with many teaching

at prestigious academic institutions in Israel and abroad.

About the Department>>


First year

sculpture

course

exhibition.

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Resources>>

Most of the Department’s facilities are in the Interior Design Building,

located at the center of the COMAS (College of Manegement

Academic Studies) campus in Rishon LeZion. Resources include:

Design studios

Seminar rooms

Auditorium and lecture hall

Exhibition gallery

Faculty and administrative offices

Design library (within the COMAS library)

Visual resources collection

Research rooms

The Dora Gad Archive

Computer-aided design and imaging laboratory

Student-operated supplies shop

Video editing room

Wireless communication systems

Model shop with laser cutter

Wood and plastic shop

Materials library

Studio classes comprise the core of the academic process. Therefore

our studio spaces are designed as open spaces with a work station for

every student. Serving the studios are a computer printing/plotting

lab, materials library, a fully equipped model shop and wireless

communications.

>> Core Values

We seek to instill in our students a broad theoretical and cultural

knowledge, general and specialized design practice, community

involvement, and an awareness of global issues. At the same time,

we encourage the ability to critically reflect on all these topics.

Diversity and Gender Equality: The Department

promotes diversity. We maintain gender equality at all levels and open

our gates to students of diverse backgrounds. These values are reflected

in our curriculum and in our students and faculty demographics.

Community Engagement: The Department of

Interior Design was among the first to conceptualize interior design

as inseparable from its social, political-economic and cultural contexts.

Faculty and students are committed to using their knowledge to

benefit society. In fulfilling this ideal, we actively engage in various

community projects and in socially-oriented research.

Global Awareness: Design today is confronted by

a set of major transformational developments: climate change,

globalization, technology and urbanization. The Department has

invested considerable efforts in teaching and researching how these

issues transform and motivate design and environmental awareness.


Master class,

Architect

Mechthild

Stuhlmacher,

Holland.

Drawing

marathon.

Preparations

for final

projects

exhibition,

2008.

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Academic Excellence>>

The Department of Interior Design is devoted to sustaining a rich

learning environment based on excellence in theoretical and applied

research in interior architecture and design.

Course of Studies

The four-year program encompasses 213 credit hours and culminates

in a fully accredited Bachelor of Design degree. The course of study

is carefully structured to prepare students for a wide variety of roles

related to interior design and other environmental positions.

A studio-focused curriculum lies at the center of each semester with

core subjects enhancing knowledge in a particular field. Among the

core subjects are history and theory of design, programming, material

fabrication and processes, fine arts and technology.

The course of studies is divided into two phases: a broad general

grounding in foundation studies followed by a specialization track.

1st – 2nd Year Foundation Studies: The first two years

of foundation studies are required of all students. During these two

years, students learn about the foundations of design, theory, various

methods of design practice, visual studies and representation tools.

The aim is to provide students with the means to critically think about

interior architecture and to attain necessary professional skills.

3rd – 4th Year Specialization Tracks: In their 3rd and

4th years, students choose a specialized design expertise track such as:

Media and New Media, Temporary Structures, Architectural Design,

Exhibition Design, Sustainable Design and Historic Preservation.

4th Year Final Project: By the 4th year of the program, students

are expected to pursue individual interests in interior design and

environmental topics. The final year of the program culminates in

a project in which students investigate interior architecture through a

self-selected design program and a research question that they discuss

in a thesis. The final project has evolved into an investigative research

development laboratory in which the students combine all their

acquired design knowledge to address a diverse set of professional

and social issues. The final projects are exhibited in a spectacular yearly

exhibition that generates much support from the design industry and

is widely covered by the media. Over the years, our students’ final

projects have been a driving force in promoting the evolution of the

discipline.

Professional Apprenticeship: The Bachelor of Interior Design

degree offered by the Department is contingent upon completing

a professional apprenticeship in interior design. The apprenticeship is

served outside the Department at an office or company approved by

us. Our students easily find places with leading designers in Israel and

in many instances are asked back to work on a permanent basis.

From garden

city to

ecological city,

Tel Aviv 2059,

Students'

works in the

international

competition

results

exhibition.

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Teaching Structure>>


The course of studies centers around design studio classes,

workshops, design tools, seminars, history and theory classes and

technology courses.

Design Studios are at the center of the program. All

studios are essentially concerned with developing the

skills and knowledge that are fundamental to devising,

exploring and expressing interior design. Studio classes

provide the opportunity to research innovation within

the field and to develop creative, socially meaningful

responses to challenging design problems. In the design

studio, students begin to realize the importance of

integrating critical thought within the design process.

Workshops are the ‘support system’ of the knowledge

acquired in the design studios. They focus on

developing innovative computational tools, design

processes, art experimentation, up-to-date production

tooling, modeling and design presentation skills.

History, Theory and Criticism. Through classes

and seminars in these fields, students gain the

methodological basis for evaluating the premises,

the process, the final product, and the implications

(social, formal, conceptual and other) of practices in

the artistic and architectural domains. These courses,

which require analytical reading of theoretical texts

and case studies in architectural and design theory,

provide interdisciplinary tools for probing the

wider significance of contemporary critical thought

(sociology, philosophy, gender studies, etc.) on design

processes.

Building and Material Technology courses are related

to such building processes as structures, acoustic design,

lighting design, building infrastructures and more.

Cutting Edge Design>>

Design is a dynamic field. To maintain its qualitative edge, the

Department is continually updating the course offerings, particularly

in the specialization tracks of the curriculum. We are particularly

interested in adding new areas of expertise and emphasizing subject

areas that address compelling social and environmental challenges.

Special ization Tracks

After completing the foundation studies, students choose courses

from among three specialization tracks. Each track has its particular

array of courses.

Design for sustainable interiors and materials

innovation

Generating concepts of sustainability using digital

tools to deal with environmental and ecological

issues.

Architecture Communication

Exhibition Design, Broadcast Design, Interactive

Design, Mapping and Visualization.

Interior Architectural Design

The public and the private: housing, commercial and

corporate spaces, building preservation and interior

urban-public space design.

Preserving

Old Structures

in a Modern

City, summer

workshop,

Venice, Italy.

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>> MA. Degree

To maintain our status as leaders of design education in Israel, the

Department is in the process of establishing a Master’s Degree. The

program will be centered on an applied research lab in a particular

area of expertise:

Temporary structures and design of museums,

exhibitions and narrative environments.

Design for sustainable interiors and materials

innovation.

Inclusive design – design and technology for the

disabled.

Theory and criticism of interior architecture and

design.

Digital design.

Real Estate Development.


Efrat Goren-

Mor, Boarding

School in Tel

Aviv, final

project.

Dor Ronen,

Public Library

in Tel Aviv,

final project.

Erez Ben-

Eliezer,

Information

Center in

Bat Yam,

final project,

3D printing

model.

Efrat Goren-

Mor, Boarding

School in Tel

Aviv, final

project.

Eran Mirko,

Social Housing

in Bat Yam,

final project.

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Hili Lazarov,

Foreign

Workers

Temporary

Residency in

Tel Aviv, final

project.

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Faculty>>


In addition to a strong background as active practitioners in design,

faculty members bring to the Department a rich academic grounding.

Many have graduated from leading international institutions of

higher education such as Pratt, Princeton, Columbia, Rhode Island

School of Design, MIT, École Normale Supérieure D’Arts, Paris,

University of Venice, Cambridge and UPC Barcelona.

Carmella Jacoby-Volk: Dean. MA. in Architecture and Urban

Studies (UPC Barcelona). Partner in several architecture and design

offices over the years. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of “Block”

Magazine-City/Theory/Media/Architecture, and a curator of

architecture and art exhibitions.

Arie Sivan: Professor of Architecture. Former dean of the Dept. of

Interior Design. Graduate of the Technion Institute of Technology,

Haifa. His private practice includes projects in urban planning and

design, public and private buildings, interior and industrial design.

Winner of several national architectural competitions.

Ran Shechori: Professor of Arts, founder and former dean of the

Dept. of Interior Design. Former Head of the Bezalel Academy of

Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Shechori has written art criticism essays

in some of the largest Israeli newspapers and published several

books on Israeli Art and Architecture.

Yossi Friedman: Senior lecturer. Architect and Interior designer.

M. Arch. from Princeton University. Founder and head of JP Friedman

design studio with projects in Israel and abroad. Member of the

Board of Trustees of WIZO Haifa, as well as a member of the MA.

committee at WIZO Haifa and at the Holon Institute of Technology.

Heidi Arad: Senior lecturer. M. Arch. Columbia University. Head

of the Heidi Arad Architecture & Design studio. Curator of design

and architecture exhibitions, and has participated in many

international conferences on sustainable planning and vertical

gardens in Israel.

Shoshi Bar-Eli: M. Arch. Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa.

Currently finishing her doctoral studies – breakthrough research

that deals with the teaching of architecture and design. Bar-Eli

has developed a unique workshop format for studio tutoring and

teaching processes.

Yaron Turel: MA. in Urban Development from the City University

of New York. Architect and urban planner, historian and

theoretician of design and architecture. He is a member of the

team that leads the revision of Israel’s national outline master

plan – NOP 35.

Yiftach Issascharov: Senior lecturer. B. Arch. from the Technion

Institute of Technology. Partner in a Tel Aviv studio of architecture

which designed Ben Gurion University’s students’ building in Beer

Sheva and the distinguished YOO project in Tel Aviv with the

prominent architect Philippe Starck.

Tal Roih de Lange: B. Arch. from Bezalel Academy of Arts and

Design. Graduate of research studies at the Kyoto Institute of

Technology. Partner in De Lange Roih Architecture and Design. The

firm is involved in the design of commercial chain stores, museum

art exhibitions, science gardens, science exhibits, private homes,

furniture and lighting fixtures.

Pnina Reichman: Senior lecturer and Acting Dean of Students.

Graduate of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Deign and the Avni

Institute. Studied at The Hague Academy, Holland. Participated in

personal and group exhibits. Received the Minister of Education

Science and Sports Prize for Plastic Arts (2006).

Tali Cohen Anderson: Graduate of architecture and urban

planning, Tel Aviv. M. Arch. Kansas State University, USA. Has

a private practice for architectural design. Expert in accessible

design – a notable contribution is her design of the Alei Negev

Rehabilitative Village for People with Special Needs.

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Architectural Preservation Research Center

At the Architectural Preservation Research Center, researchers and

students explore the significant elements that should be preserved in

historic buildings and the contributions of design, history and materials

as a creative process for managing change. Around these core guidelines,

the Center offers a strong array of required introductions into the

history, theory and practice of preservation, including an exploration

of conservation techniques. Israel is a particular area of interest since

it was an experimental field for modernist architecture and there are

many interesting case studies for preservation that are attracting wide

attention from such international organizations as UNESCO.

The Dora Gad Archive

The Department of Interior Design was endowed with the

comprehensive design archives of pioneering Israeli designer and

architect, Dora Gad. The Department maintains, digitalizes and

curates the material which serves as a major basis for research into

Israeli design history.

>> Alumni

We are very proud of our design graduates. Many have won prizes

in international art and design competitions and several graduates

are now teaching at leading academic institutions around the world.

Leading private studios are eager to employ our students and our

graduates serve as project managers at prestigious design firms.

Through their innovative and creative thinking, our graduates are

changing the face of Israeli design.

The network that we have created over the years enables friends,

faculty and alumni to maintain a close relationship with the

Department and facilitates close contacts between students and

recent graduates in a variety of ways in both the academic and

professional world.

Research>>


Our Department is dedicated to cultivating present and future research

in the area of design, media, new media, conservation, sustainability,

social context and related fields. In keeping with our belief in

combining academic-theoretical research with practical applications,

the Department has established several centers to encourage research

both by students and faculty. The Department hopes that these

centers will attract individuals and institutions to assist in funding

cutting edge projects.

Research Platforms:

The COMAS Design Media Laboratory

At the COMAS Design Media Laboratory, passion, vision and

innovation become reality. The laboratory provides researchers from

various COMAS departments with an interdisciplinary environment

to think, explore and learn about design. It is a space where research

groups of architects, designers, computer scientists, engineers,

marketing specialists and social scientists work together exploring the

impact of emerging technologies on everyday life.

The laboratory is at present taking its first steps by

identifying innovative research that comes from the

synergy between faculty students and alumni. The

intention is to create a framework of “Partner and

Prosper” in which alumni will partner with faculty

members to develop marketable solutions to various

contemporary issues, such as:

Refreshing and energizing the urban public space.

Fighting pollution in small urban spaces (bus stations,

green spaces in the city, etc...).

Behavioral patterns in retail spaces.

Design technologies to empower the disabled.

Housing technology and production.

Temporary housing solutions for refugees.

Smart

materials

workshop.

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Alumni – Diversity of Practices>>


Bilgoray–Pozner Design Studio founded by Shmulik Bilgoray and

Keren Pozner (both graduated in 1999).

“ We design large commercials retails shops in Israel and in the world,

we owe our successful international career to the excellent high level

education and nurturing we got in the Department”.

Studio 2k, Keren Shpirer and Korin Avisar (graduated in 2002),

emphasizes a total design concept in a variety of residential, retail and

exhibition design projects.

Visual Art

Shay Id Aloni, Installation Artist (graduated in 2002), one of the 2009

10 winners of the young artist prize of the Israel Ministry of Culture

and Sport.

“In the Department I experienced conceptual processes which gave rise

to my interest in site-specific installation art”.

Setting and Broadcast Design

Oren Chanan (graduated in 2004), set designer for leading television

and film studios in Israel.

“Here I learnt unique knowledge, practical and conceptual tools that

no other institute could have given me in order to be a broadcast

designer”.

Critical Practice and Theory

Anat Messing (graduated in 2002), specializes in critical theory of

digital architecture. Currently completing her Masters degree at the

Cohen Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas at

Tel Aviv University.

“During my studies in the department I was drawn to the

theoretical and critical aspects of design, asking in what ways

design and architecture can act as a critical practice in the current

cultural sphere”.

Einat Manoff (graduated in 2000), served as a senior editor of

“Block” Magazine, curated architecture-related exhibitions. Currently

working on her doctoral degree in the field of environmental design

at City University New York.

Noga Lasser (graduated in 2004), founder owner and curator of

ZeZeZe Architecture Gallery in Tel Aviv.

Senior Project Managers

Efrat Gilboa (graduated in 1999), works as a senior project manager

for one of Israel’s leading architecture firms, specializing in digital

architecture modeling tools.

Gil Dvir (graduated in 1999), MA. in Design Management from Pratt

Institute, New York. Worked as senior project manager and office

manager for GNA Architects and was the leading project manager of

the prestigious New York Plaza Hotel renovation project.

>> Social and Environmentally Engaged Design

The Department is organized around the following core questions of

engagement and progressive change: “Can we make a difference

in the world? Can we design better environments? Can we

help places grow more sustainably? Can we help communities

thrive? Can we help advance equitable world development?”

In keeping with this socially and environmentally responsible

design approach, we maintain ongoing relations with community

organizations and have formed over the years several community-

university collaborations. These efforts include:

Recycle and Design – “Tel Aviv 100” is a design competition

developed by student representatives for the municipality of Tel Aviv

in the framework of the city’s 100th anniversary.

Alei Negev Rehabilitative Village - A studio class focusing on

accessibility as a chief design concern has contributed to the design of

Alei Negev Rehabilitative Village for People with Special Needs.

Set Design for the “Anosh” Organization – In this project

Department students design stage sets for “Anosh”, a television

production organization concerned with mental health.

Community-Based Pro-Bono Design Projects such as the Yadlin

After School Club for underprivileged children; a library design project

for a school in the underprivileged neighborhood of Pardes Katz, and

designing recycling tanks for all the schools in the city of Rishon Lezion.

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The Interior Design Program combines theory, research and application

to offer a range of challenging learning experiences. The curriculum is

structured, yet flexible, balancing required coursework with numerous

opportunities for students to expand their intellectual horizons.

The Program includes:

Design Lecture Series

In this series, which runs throughout the academic year, distinguished

interior designers and architects from Israel and abroad are invited

to present their projects. The lectures take place every week and are

open to the public. Among the lecturers who have appeared at the

Department are: Els Verbakle – architect, Princeton University; Senan

Abdelkader – architect; Yael Moria-Klain – landscape architect; Tamar

Berger – curator and critical theorist; and Nati Shamia Ofer – artist.

Student Exchange Program

This program sends students from the Department to schools abroad

while foreign students come to our Department for one semester or

workshops. The Department maintains students exchange programs

with leading schools and departments of international design and

architecture, such as:

Elisava Academy – Barcelona

La Cambre Academy – Brussels

ENSCI – Paris

Bahcesehir University – Istanbul

Master Classes

In addition to our design research studios, the Department organizes

intensive two-week master classes during the year. The classes are led

by prominent international architects, designers and artists as well

as professionals from related fields. The students’ work produced in

the master classes is published and/or exhibited and may be further

developed in the regular studio program.

Well-known figures in the field of design and architecture who have

led master classes at the Department include:

Josef M. Botey – architect, Spain (in collaboration with

WIZO Haifa Department of Architecture).

Mechthild Stuhlmacher – Kortekene Stuhlmacher

architecture, Holland (in collaboration with ZeZeZe

Architecture Gallery, Tel Aviv).

Collaborative Environments>>


Prof Eli Levi – Head of the Department of Interior

Design, La Cambre, Belgium.

Kaisa Blomstedt – architect, Finland.

Multidisciplinary Workshops

Throughout the year, the Department sponsors and organizes

numerous workshops led by prominent individuals in the field.

“Dance and Plan” – Choreographer Sharona Florsheim

and Architect Shoshi Bar-Eli.

“Words Floating in Space” – Journalist Maya Dvash.

“Branding and Interior Space” – Efrat Yedid Ben Ezra.

International Workshops

“Moving in the Urban Space” – was held in Paris, France

in cooperation with five European schools of interior

design and architecture.

“Living in a European City” – was held in Brussels,

Belgium in cooperation with five schools of interior

design and architecture from Europe.

“Preserving Old Structures in a Modern City”– several

workshops were held in Venice, Italy.

International Guest Lecturers

Distinguished guest lecturers frequently appear at departmental

events to deliver thought-provoking lectures to the faculty, students

and the public-at-large.

Michael Hanzel – architect, AA London. Symposium in

cooperation with the Technion Architecture Faculty, and

in collaboration with BI-ARTS – British Council for the Arts.

Manuela Gatto – architect, Zaha Hadid Architects, in

collaboration with BI-ARTS – British Council for the Arts.

Lars Spuybroek – architect and artist, Holland, in

collaboration with the Zezeze Architecture Gallery,

Tel Aviv.

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Interdiscipl inary Design Practice>>


The Department of Interior Design provides an interdisciplinary design

education. Critical, artistic, historical and material approaches to the

practice of interior and environmental design integrate theory with

art and technology. This innovative approach advances knowledge

in design practice and theory and contributes to the evolution of the

discipline.

The Department of Interior Design addresses a demonstrated void in

design education by bridging research and practice within a framework

of interdisciplinary critical synthesis. The nature of the Department

provides a collaborative, professional environment, where students

work closely with faculty to redefine design practice as synergic to

other related disciplines.

The interaction and cooperation with other COMAS departments

create a truly rare interdisciplinary experience. For example, since

2007 students from the Computer Science Department have been

joining our students in design studios. Unconstrained by traditional

disciplines, design and computer science students successfully work to

generate cutting-edge research in computation and design. Similar

joint initiatives are offered with other departments such as Media,

Behavioral Sciences and the Business School.

Interior design students are encouraged to think creatively, solve

problems and create spaces that support human activities and values.

Our students develop projects within an environmental, architectural,

and social context. We offer our students the opportunity to reinforce

individual disciplinary knowledge in design while developing an

interdisciplinary depth of understanding.

The College of Management Academic Studies>>

Left: Tal Gazit, Liminal Space in

Bat Yam, final project.

Right: Erez Ben-Eliezer,

Information center in Bat Yam,

final project.

COMAS is the largest College in Israel with a current enrollment of

over 12,000 students enrolled in various programs at COMAS, while

over 31,000 alumni are to be found in key positions in the Israeli

economy – in accounting and law firms, in media-related companies,

organizations and advertising agencies, in high-tech companies, in

interior design and architecture firms and in many other private

and public sector bodies. COMAS strives to provide its students with

a profession and constantly seeks to pioneer studies in new practical

fields. Established in 1986, it was the first institution of higher

education in Israel to offer a bachelor degree in business, in media

studies and in interior design and a master’s degree in organizational

development and consulting and in family studies. COMAS awards

7 bachelor degrees and 5 master’s degrees in the fields of business

administration, economics, law, media, behavioral sciences, computer

science and interior design.

The activities of the institution are not limited to teaching alone.

COMAS initiates a wide variety of academic activities to expand the

bounds of knowledge and to contribute to the country’s development.

Each year COMAS sponsors many conferences, both international and

national and faculty members have won a reputation in a variety of

fields for their high level of research.

Even though COMAS is a non-profit, non-subsidized institution without

any government support whatsoever, it remains committed to the

democratization of Israeli higher education. This commitment rests on

COMAS’ belief that the intellectual capability of the country’s young

people is its most precious asset and that every individual must have

the opportunity to realize his or her full potential. COMAS carries two

flags: while continuing to strive for excellence and maintaining the

highest academic standards, COMAS has opened the doors of academia

to the “People of Israel”, making higher education accessible.

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Supporting the Department of Interior Design>>

Through your generous support you can become our partner in

educating the creative young people who will shape the future of

our culture.

The American Friends of COMAS has IRS 501(c)3 status.

Generous Donors to the Department Can Help

Create scholarships that encourage talented and

deserving students to pursue careers in design.

Maintain a rich curriculum grounded in art,

architecture, design and writing.

Support instructional needs in the studios, classrooms

and library.

Establish a media laboratory for applied research in the

area of design and technology.

Support workshops which enrich the curriculum with

new perspectives on practice and theory.

Maintain a forum for students and faculty to work

in partnership with public schools and community

organizations using design and art to improve

educational opportunities for young people from low-

income communities.

Established endowed chairs for faculty members.

Build a permanent building to house the department’s

classrooms, offices, laboratories and studios.

T h e D e p a r t m e n t o f I n t e r i o r D e s i g n

inside cover: Maya Linenberg, Folding City Market, final project.

Design and production: Studio Joseph Jibri

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