Course General Description

The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design master's track of industrial design is a biennial program, training exceptional designers and artists for leadership roles in a changing world. The program provides practical skills and educational structure which prepare the designers for their new roles, focusing on stages which go beyond aesthetic and functional object design: process design, systematic design and overall strategy. The program views the designer not merely as a professional worker in service of the industry, but as a change agent who enables interdisciplinary collaborations and offers a fresh perspective on problems and their solutions.

School General Description

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is an academic college of design and art located in Jerusalem, Israel. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest institution of higher education. It is named for the Biblical figure Bezalel, son of Uri (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי), who was appointed by Moses to oversee the design and construction of the Tabernacle (Exodus 35:30). The art created by Bezalel's students and professors in the early 1900s is considered the springboard for Israeli visual arts in the 20th century. Bezalel is currently located at the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with the exception of the Architecture department, which is housed in the historic Bezalel building in downtown Jerusalem. In 2009 it was announced that Bezalel will be relocated to a new campus in the Russian Compound, as part of a municipal plan to revive Jerusalem's downtown. The new Bezalel campus is planned by the Tokyo-based award-winning architectural firm SANAA.