In The Press
- Maariv, Signon (Article)
- "The Anatomy of the Gray"
- by Sharon Dubjinsky, 20011
- "Design Milk"
- Design Blog
- 2011
- "infoplus"
- Online Magazine in Russian
- 2011
- "Design Edition JM" (Design Edition Exhibition)
- "The Jewish Museum New York"
- November 8, 2010
- "Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life" (Exhibition Web page)
- "The Jewish Museum New York"
- Museum Exhibition , September 13 - through February 7, 2010
- "The Jewish Museum New York Gallery" (Website catalogue)
- "Marit Meisler, ceMMnet Mezuzah" 2009
- "The Jewish Museum New York Blog" (Blog article)
- "Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life"
- by Daniel Belasco, 2009
- "Time Out" Tel Aviv (Article)
- "Menorah, I have not"
- by Shani Harari, 2008
- At Magazine (Article)
- "Light, for the gentiles too"
- by Adi Bosiba, 2008
- Calcalist (Article)
- "Design / Menorah"
- by Noa Barak, 2008
- Maariv, Signon (Article)
- "Concrete Menorah"
- by Dekel Godovich, 2008
- The Jewish Press (Article)
- "Designer Elevates The Mundane"
- by Elliot Resnick, 2007
- The Boston Globe (Article)
- "Branching out"
- by Linda Matchan, 2006
- The San Francisco Chronicle (Article)
- "Designers Modernize Traditional Menorahs"
- by Linda Matchan, 2006
- "Becoming a Product Designer" (Book)
- by Bruce Hannah
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons INC, 2004
- (Designed in Lisa Smith Studio)
- "WhiteOut" (Exhibition catalogue)
- Felissimo Design House, 2004
- Designed in Lisa Smith Studio
- Haaretz Magazine (Article)
- "Bazooka Joe and His War against The ABC Warfare"
- by Arie Berkovich, 2003
- Design collaboration with Joni Friedman
- "Head Gurad- Design Takes on Risk"
- (Exhibition catalogue)
- Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, 2003
- Design collaboration with Joni Friedman
- "Artik 5" (Exhibition catalogue)
- The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, 2003
- "Artik 4" (Exhibition catalogue)
- The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, 2002
Text from the article:
Concrete Menorah, $285
Marit Meisler, 32
Cemment Design, New York. Occupation: Industrial designer
Materials: Concrete and stainless steel
Why did you design a menorah? The Judaica world is usually
very traditional, and there are a lot of people who are young,
either in age or heart, who don't necessarily relate to only
traditional designs. I am breaking the usual preconception of
what we think the menorah is.
What's unique about it? There are separate components. You
can put them in a different order. Every time you play with it you
can find a new way of assembling it.
What inspired your menorah? The idea was to take a religious
artifact and incorporate a very contemporary material that we
think of as cold and architectural. It becomes very warm, very
alive. I am trying to incorporate the holy with the mundane.
Describe your childhood menorah. I grew up in Israel. We only
had one: It was simple, the traditional form that hangs on the
wall and is made of brass.
How would you like to see it used? Not too close to the draft.