Design Museum Holon is the first museum in

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dedicated to

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History

The building of the museum was planned and designed by Israeli architect and

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'' The museum is in the eastern part of the new culture area of

Holon Holon (, ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the Gush Dan, Gush Dan metropolitan area. In , it had a population of , making it the List of cities in Israel, tenth most populous city in Isra ...

that includes the Médiathèque (central library, theater, cinémathèque). Nearby is the faculty of design in the Holon Institute of Technology. The museum opened on 3 March 2010. The museum was noted by

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'' as one of the new world wonders.

Collections & Exhibitions

The museum collects and exhibits design artifacts in four categories: Historical Design, Contemporary Design, Commissioned Works, and Academic Project

Exhibitions have included curation around food-related desig

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the role of emotion in desig

as well as shows dedicated to the work of international designers such as Alber Elbaz,

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, Jaime Hayon, and Stephen Jones. In 2015, and again in 2017, the museum produced an exhibit of designs created for Alessi that were never realized. These shows included the design work of Acconci Studio, Carlo and Giovanni Alessi,

Andrea Branzi Andrea Branzi (30 November 1938 – 9 October 2023) was an Italian architect, designer, and academic. He was born and raised in Florence, though he lived and worked in Milan for much of his career. He was a professor and chairman of the School ...

, Gary Chang,

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, Hans Hollein,

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, Marcel Wanders, and

Zaha Hadid Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid ( ''Zahā Ḥadīd''; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect, artist, and designer. She is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Born ...

, among others

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Design Museum Holon

Aharon Feiner Eden Materials Library, Design Museum Holon
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History

Collections & Exhibitions

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