page_title: Ron Arad (industrial designer)
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Ron Arad (industrial designer) / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: The Big Easy chair by Moroso, exceptionally produced in chrome steel rather than polyethylene
context_page_description: Ron Arad is an industrial designer, artist, and architectural designer.
context_section_description: Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, educated at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem between 1971–73 and at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1974-79. Ron Arad co-founded the design and production studio One Off in 1981 with Caroline Thorman. Ron Arad Associates  architecture and design practice was formed in 1989 and in 2008 Ron Arad Architects was established alongside Ron Arad Associates, with Caroline Thorman and Asa Bruno. His brother is the violist and educator Atar Arad.
caption: The Big Easy Chair, chrome
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