Marit Meisler was born and raised in the Old City of Jaffa, Israel. She is a Product Design graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and The London Institute Central Saint Martins.
She lives and works in New York. Her work has been exhibited in the renowned Salone Internazionale Del Mobile in Milan and in the Felissimo Design House in Manhattan, among other places.
Marit founded ceMMent Design LLC in 2006 and is now designing and manufacturing a line of cement and stainless steel products. Prior to this she was freelancing as a product designer in NYC, specializing in table-top products, furniture and lighting design. She is teaching at the Pratt Institute in New York in the Industrial Design department.
Exhibitions
- WhiteOut - Life symphony 4, Felissimo Design House, New York, NY, 2004
- Safe - Unsafe, The Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2003
- Artik 5, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Ramat Gan Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, 2003
- Artik 4, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Tel Aviv University Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2002
- Salone Satellite, Salone Internazionale Del Mobile, Milan, 2000
- It's About Time! The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2000
Awards
- The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship Award, 2001 - 2003
- The Brandenburg Award, The Industrial Design Department, 1998
- Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 1997
- Award of Excellence, The Industrial Design Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 1997
- Award of Excellence, The London Institute, Central Saint Martins Collage of Art and Design,1996
