The Zvi Yemini Design Award was established to promote public awareness of excellence in design, spotlight the groundbreaking creativity of Israeli designers – both established and emerging – and provide a meaningful platform to support their professional development. The award seeks to foster local creative practice and contribute to the continued growth of Israel’s design industry.
The award was founded by Zvi Yemini, a pioneering industrialist, entrepreneur, business leader, and public advocate. Yemini founded and developed several successful international companies, including C.A.G Industries, Hydro Industries, and Polymer Logistics. He serves as Chairman of Shenkar College and as a board member of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. In addition, he is a guest lecturer at the Technion, Tel Aviv University, Shenkar, and other academic institutions in Israel and abroad. His many distinctions include the Kaplan Prize (1998), the Israel Export Award (2000), and the Manufacturers’ Association Industry Award (2001).
Throughout his career, Yemini has championed a vision of design as a catalyst for industrial, economic, and cultural growth – one that combines innovation, human-centered engineering, and accessibility to create meaningful value for society. In partnership with Freshpaint Art Fair, he established the award to encourage innovative and original design projects spanning the spectrum between product design and concept-driven works with industrial potential.
Tamar Eisenberg and Avi Ben Shoshan are the recipients of Zvi Yemini Design Award 2025, presented in recognition of groundbreaking industrial thinking alongside an original design language. The award includes financial support for the development of the project and its presentation at the Freshpaint Art Fair.
The winning project for 2025, Plaid, introduces a modular mold system for ceramic casting that enables the creation of a wide range of three-dimensional forms; from functional objects to large-scale sculptural works. Consisting of five mold components, the system allows for an open-ended creative process unconstrained by size, volume, or form, opening up new design possibilities. The project offers a new interpretation of ceramic production methods while challenging conventional industrial models through a process that foregrounds the structure and connections between the molds, striving toward production that is precise, economical, and adaptable.
Plaid objects retain the memory of their own formation. The seam lines connecting the mold components remain visible on the surface – not as flaws to be concealed, but as evidence of the process itself. The three-dimensional grid that emerges from these connections appears throughout the entire body of work, from vases to human-scale sculptures, from lamps to mirrors, unifying them within a single design language. In doing so, Eisenberg and Ben Shoshan propose an alternative to the industrial aesthetic that seeks to erase the traces of its own production. By exposing the structure of the mold, the object becomes a record of its own making, offering a renewed reading of the relationship between mass production and uniqueness, and between mechanical precision and the presence of the hand.
From the Jury’s Statement: “Tamar Eisenberg and Avi Ben Shushan present a project that creates a precise meeting point between a fresh formal language and expansive industrial thinking. Their proposal stands out for its originality, cohesive aesthetic language, and ability to present a mature and fully developed range of products with clear commercial and future development potential. They demonstrate an innovative approach to the production process, alongside a level of seriousness and professionalism that strengthens confidence in their ability to develop the project into a stable and evolving venture.”
Members of the 2025 Zvi Yemini Design Award Committee:
Zvi Yemini – pioneering industrialist, entrepreneur, and public figure
Nitsan Debbi – Head of the Industrial Design Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Adi Katri – Head of the Industrial Design Department, HIT – Holon Institute of Technology
Neil Nenner – Head of the Industrial Design Department, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art
Shuki Schwartz – Owner and CEO, Tollman’s
Curatorial and Professional Guidance: Yifat Gurion and Tal Golani, Frespaint Group
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