Prof. Dov Ganchrow
Prof. Dov Ganchrow (born 1970, USA) is a product designer, having graduated with distinction from Bezalel’s Industrial Design Department in 1993, he is currently a lecturer in the School of Industrial Design, the School of Creative Theory, and the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design.
With a holistic appreciation of design as life, his curiosity and interests extend to the interplay of traditional crafts and digital technologies, the continuity of hominin material culture, science and design, physical engagement with stone and landscape, fringe phenomena.
Ganchrow’s professional background includes studio partnership with the late prof. Ami Drach (1963-2012), spanning design in the diverse fields of medical, consumer, furniture, and museum exhibit design, alongside the creation of more personal, experimental and conceptual works.
His works have been shown extensively (e.g., MOMA - the Museum of Modern Art NY; MAD - the Museum of Art and Design NY; Pompidou Center Paris; the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt Design Museum NY; Red Dot Museum Essen; Bozar Center for Fine Arts Brussels) and are in private and museum collections (e.g., Pompidou Center Paris; MAD - Museum of Art and Design NY; the Jewish Museum NY; MUDAC Design Museum Switzerland; Israel Museum; Tel Aviv Museum of Art). These works are often characterized by intelligent use and manipulation of materials and technologies, the incorporation of readymades as well as humor.
