Zeev Aram

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Zeev Aram
Cluj, Romania
Died18 March 2021(2021-03-18) (aged 89)
London, England[1]
CitizenshipBritish
Israeli
Romanian
EducationCentral School of Art and Design
Occupation(s)Furniture and interior designer
Known forAram Designs
Aram Gallery
SpouseElizabeth Bunzl
Children4
Websitearam.co.uk

Zeev Aram

Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier.[2]

Early life

Zeev Aram was born in Cluj, Romania, the son of Jewish hoteliers, Palma and Aaron Ungar.[3] In 1940 with the outbreak of World War II, the family emigrated to Mandatory Palestine, where Aram grew up.

Career

He initially had a career as an officer in the Israeli Navy but later decided to become an architect. However, the Haifa Polytechnic architecture course had a two-year waiting list, and in 1957 he went to London instead. After completing his course in furniture and interior design the Central School of Art and Design (now

Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design), he joined the architectural office of Ernő Goldfinger. He worked in Goldfinger's practice for a year and then went on to work for Basil Spence and later for Andrew Renton.[4][5]

Aram established Aram Designs Ltd. at 57

Mies van der Rohe, Carlo Scarpa and Le Corbusier to the UK market. In 1973 Aram Designs moved into a larger space at 3 Kean Street, Covent Garden. That same year, Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray granted Aram and Aram Designs Ltd the Worldwide licence to introduce, produce and distribute her designs. Aram worked closely with Gray and played a fundamental role in introducing her designs to the world market. In 2015, Aram acted as consultant and donated furniture to the newly refurbished E-1027, a modernist villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin that was designed and built between 1926 and 1929 by Gray.[6]

Aram was also the director of the Aram Gallery for Experimental and New Design, a non-commercial gallery curating shows focused on experimental design. Through his series of graduate shows he introduced many new designers, such as Thomas Heatherwick and Jasper Morrison, who have gone on to become prolific figures in the design industry.[7][8]

Amongst Aram's own furniture designs are the Dino Storage System (1964), the Altra Table System (1967) and the Atlantic Desk (1971). In 2014 he was awarded an

OBE for services to design and architecture.[4]

Personal life

Grave of Zeev Aram in Highgate Cemetery

In 1958, he married Elizabeth Bunzl, the English daughter of Viennese parents.[3] They lived in an Edwardian Dutch house in Wimbledon, and had four children.[3]

He died on 18 March 2021 at the age of 89 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ Seck, Mariama (31 March 2021). "People in design. Zeev Aram has died".
  2. ^ Graham, Natalie (2 May 2014). "Furniture designer Zeev Aram: from King’s Road to Covent Garden". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "Zeev Aram obituary". the Guardian. 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Heathcote, Edwin (30 May 2014). "Modernist furniture designer Zeev Aram and his Victorian home". Financial Times. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  5. ^ Rashty, Sandy (28 February 2014). "An interiors business designed to last". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  6. ^ Moore, Rowan (2 May 2015). "Eileen Gray’s E1027: a lost legend of 20th-century architecture is resurrected". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ Buxton, Pamela (5 April 2011). "Aram Gallery: The Then-Now Show". Building Design. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Bertoli, Rosa (4 October 2023). "When Jasper Morrison met Giulio Cappellini". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

External links

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