Design in the City is an artist coop on Bezalel Street in Jersualem. Artists have very affordable studio space, to both work and sell their products. The basement of the space has an oven for ceramics and tools to cut metals and sew clothes. The entrance is a cafe. Wonderful! A lot of cities could learn from this model. The art school is just down the street.

1. Designers in the City, Jerusalem

2. Introduction
• Design in the City is an artists cooperative in
Jerusalem, Israel with a café all housed in a single
building
• 20 young designers

3. Café upon entry

4. View from atop the stairs

5. View of a studio

6. Osa Kelim: Ceramic artist

7. Ceramic products

8. Osa Kelim: Ceramic workshop

9. Efrat Yefenof: Metal/
jewellery artist

10. Metal/ jewellery products

11. Dikla Yehoshua: designer at
Bik

12. Views around the studio

13. Views around the studio

14. Prittim.com

15. Views around the studio

16. View of a studio

17. View of a studio

18. Basta

19. The basement
In the basement, there is equipment and workspace for
the artists, for example an oven for ceramics, and the
cutting tools for metals, as well as sewing machines

20. Notes
• Costs 150 NIS to rent per square meter
• Artists apply online
• Winter is the hardest month
• A lot more female artists
• Very friendly and pleasant – if I wasn’t travelling
with a backpack, I would have purchased some of
the goods – especially the ceramics!
Source: “Palestinian Industries.” Ministry of National Economy, 2004.

21. Design in the City
CREDITS
Photographed and researched by: Andrew Bacchus
www.streetecology.com
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Research made possible by a grant from the Lebovic Foundation at The University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada.