Judges Committee
The award judges will be elected annually by the Steering Committee, in accordance with the field in which the award is granted. The jury panel will consist of seven leading figures in local design, including academics, curators and researchers, designers, industry leaders, a senior international figure, and a representative from the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation.
The judging process will be conducted in two stages: In the first stage, the local judges will convene for preliminary judging to select the shortlist of nominees, and in the second stage the award entries will be translated into English, and the final judging will be attended by the international judge and the representative of the Foundation. In order to ensure impartiality throughout the judging process, the judges will remain anonymous until the winners’ names are published.
2022 Judges, Textile, Fashion & Jewelry Design Award
Baroness Ariane de Rothscild
Chairwoman of Edmond de Rothschild Suisse S.A. since 2019
After having presided over the Executive Committee of the Edmond de Rothschild Group for four years, in 2019, she was appointed Chairwoman of Edmond de Rothschild Suisse S.A.
Through an international network of family foundations, she is also deeply committed to social empowerment in the arts, entrepreneurship, science and health, particularly in Israel.
Mr. Jaime Hayon
Artist and designer
Ms. Neora Warshavsky
Senior textile designer
From 1959–1987 she served as textile designer and production manager of the weaving department of couture brand “Maskit.”
Mr. Gideon Oberson
Senior fashion designer
Prof. Dganit Stern Shocken
Established jewelry designer, Senior lecturer at Shenkar Academy.
Dr. Omri Goren
Fashion designer, senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy.
Ms. Lea Peretz
Fashion researcher, art historian, Senior Lecturer at Shenkar Academy.
Head of the Fashion Design Department (1993-2019), a department ranked as one of the best 10 worldwide.
2021 Judges, Product & Object Design
Renate Menzi
Curator of the Design Collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Prof. Dina Shahar
Designer, Senior Lecturer, Hadassah Academic College
Her academic and pedagogical work focuses on the development and implementation of inclusive and social design methods, fields which she writes and lectures about in various conferences and forums in Israel and around the world.
Yoav Ziv
Industrial Designer, Senior Lecturer, Shenkar
Hadar Shapira
Industrial Designer, Senior Lectrer, Bezalel
Prof. David Rawet
Industrial Designer and Dean of HIT’s Faculty of Design
Since graduating from Bezalel’s Department of Industrial Design (in 1977), has been an active designer in wide and diverse fields of design in Israel and abroad, through Rawet Design, the industrial design company he founded. Has been involved in more than 700 projects, winning numerous international design awards. He specializes in the design of medical devices and has designed for some of the leading medical device companies worldwide.
Shlomit Bauman
Artist, Researcher, Lecturer and Head Curator, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center
2020 Judges, Visual Communication Design
Baroness Ariane de Rothscild
Chairwoman of Edmond de Rothschild Suisse S.A. since 2019
After having presided over the Executive Committee of the Edmond de Rothschild Group for four years, in 2019, she was appointed Chairwoman of Edmond de Rothschild Suisse S.A.
Through an international network of family foundations, she is also deeply committed to social empowerment in the arts, entrepreneurship, science and health, particularly in Israel.
Itzik Rennert
Illustrator, senior lecturer at Shenkar
Rennert served as a senior lecturer and head of the illustration program at Bezalel, headed Shenkar's Department of Visual Communication from 2007–2012 and master's degree program in design between 2016–2019, and is currently a senior lecturer at Shenkar.
Prof. Terry Schreuer
Senior designer and lecturer at WIZO Haifa
After graduating from WIZO Haifa and following her return from London, where she worked as the in-house designer for Sir Terence Conran in the Habitat retail chain and the Conran Shop, she formed a 10-year partnership with the late typographic designer Hava Mordechovich.
Prof. Schreuer is a member of the Council for Higher Education’s appointments and curriculum approval committees, is involved in and leads international projects in academia and beyond it, serves as a judge in prestigious design competitions, and is a steering committee member of projects in the field of art and design.
Erez Gavish
Multidisciplinary designer, Head of the Visual Communication Department at Bezalel
Alongside his academic work and teaching at Bezalel, Gavish is involved in design and artistic management of a variety of projects in television media, and conducts personal research in the field of design-in-motion.
Andrea Amichetti
Design editor and curator, Milano
Zachi Diner
Designer and researcher, Head of the Department of Visual Communications Design at the Holon Institute of Technology
His two decades of professional experience span the fields of digital design, product development for various media, guiding initiatives from concept to implementation, and development of tools and products—from the planning and research stage, through concept design and development, to data analysis.
In 2003, he founded and served as Creative Director at Balora, a company that specializes in user experience planning and digital product design for all screens types. More recently, he co-founded the social enterprise Mindlly and serves as a creative director at ArtBit. In addition, he provides consultation and mentoring in Microsoft’s Startup Incubator, and is an active participant in the mentoring community of Google Campus.