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Good Old Kugelhopf
Photo: Miri DavidovitzCertain smells always make me think of “home”. The ones that make me inhale and smile within are especially those of fresh linens and cooked foods and baked goods. I love to cook...
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My Three New Collections
Ripple & Dune Collection 2010Photographer: Miri DavidovizAfter a great deal of hard work, I am happy and proud to tell you that I have launched not one, not two but three new collections. The...
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First prize of Alix De Rothschild Crafts Awards
I am extremely happy and proud to share some pretty big news with you – on Sunday, October 11th I won the first prize of Alix De Rothschild Crafts Awards.Mrs Ruth Corman, The winning vase and samy...
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Nelly's Kitchen
Nelly Kerpner from Nelly's Kitchen Veteran readers of this blog may recall that I was born in France and love to cook and bake. When you put these two facts together one may make an assumption of how I...
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Christmas at the Cohens
Each year I send my clients and friends greetings for Hanukah, Christmas and New Year's – sometimes all in one message, sometimes separately. My customers and friends have received these greetings for...
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Guest Post by Sharon Kuper - Samy D.'s 42nd Birthday Party
This past Friday I had the distinct honor and pleasure of being invited to Samy D.'s home to celebrate his birthday. Samy, Yohai and I have been friends for several years ever since I first walked into...
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Behind the scenes of "La Grande Genereuse"
Sometime in the next two months, a new design book is going to be published by one of Israel's most refined design and architecture publishers – Orly Robinzon. The book features about 200 designers and...
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My art work "Memories 1209" - Imagination Israeli Art Exhibition 2010
I have been blessed, I love my job. It allows me to express myself in the most immediate way a career may allow. However, despite the great deal of enjoyment and satisfaction, after "a number" of cups,...
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Spring Holyday and good news at Samy D.'s
It's been too long since we last met here, way too long, but it was for a good cause. The last couple of months were very busy – a lot of work and a lot of different kinds of work.For (almost) the...
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Guest artist no. 2 – Lauri Recanati
Every now and then, people come to my shop and ask me what I do with the broken or defected dishes. Before, I used to smash it thoroughly and throw it away (a liberating action of its kind). in the...
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Rococo Tableware - than and now
Rococo tablewareA few months ago I wrote a post about the evolution of the very first product I designed – the cup with the snake handle. The cup was my first product and not long after, I began the...
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my Hebrew Blog
as you may know, i keep 2 blogs, one in English and the other in my maternal language - Hebrew. if you prefer to read almost the same content in hebrew, just click - Here.in the last few weeks we were...
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"what i love about SAMY D." - an article by Anat Stein
Almost a year ago, our home (Yohai's and mine) was featured in the Israeli magazine 'At'. The story was written by Anat Stein (and Hadas Kruk, her partner in their design company – Armadillo). I know...
View Articlemy base and insparetion - an interview for a life style channel
A few months ago I was interviewed for an Israeli life style channel. The interview focused on how it is to work and create in Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv. It was done by the stylish Shirley Glick, a former...
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Happy Rosh Hashanh!
i wish all my friends a beautiful new year (the Jewish new year)!hope to see you all soon,Samy D.
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The Gorgonian Collection
I believe that if I would ask people who are familiar with my work what characterizes it, I would get three different answers – an extensive use of gold, strong colorfulness and the series of works...
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Imagination 2011 - The 12th Annual Israeli Art Exhibiton
Bird migration, major holidays, birthdays – all things that indicate the passage of time. Another occasion of that kind is the annual Israeli art exhibition – Imagination, going on for the 12th time...
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Farewell from Jaffa
A window with a blooming lavender planter and view to the Mediterranean Sea, a muezzin's cry and the smell of home cooking. A picturesque view, arched windows and the oldest port in this part of the...
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Samy D. at the Ritz Carlton
An Israeli artist working in Tel Aviv, a curator based in London and an interior designer from Tokyo – these combined resulting in my sending a series of ceramic pieces I designed to Hong Kong for the...
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Elad Yifrach founded a company called L'objet LLC.
In 2003, a person named Elad Ifrach originally Israeli born, copied and stole my ENTIRE collection, claimed to be its designer and reproduced handmade, one-of-a-kind objects mass market. On the basis...
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PRESS RELEASESamy David Cohen, the internationally celebrated Tel Aviv-based ceramic artist, recently concluded a five-year legal battle to reclaim sole ownership of designer goods that L’Objet, LLC, a...
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Happy Spring!
It's been a while since I last wrote you from Tel Aviv.Since then I managed to make a significant career change. I closed the store most of you know in Neve Tzedek, and now I am working on and...
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Samy D BLACK
Samy D. Black4th april - 2nd may6, Kol Israel Haverim St.Neve Tzedek, Tel AvivArt Director: Jan CohenPhotography: Jan CohenCreative Director: Samy D.Editors: Dror Shohet and Omri Harel
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