Wright 21

Arik Levy


Design is an
uncontrolled muscle



Competitions and prizes
   

2009

Red Dot Design Award : best product design 2009 - SH05 ARIE shelving system by E15 - Essen
The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best of the Best” SH05 Arie shelving system by E15 - Köln
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2009 - Best new beds - Landscape by Arik Levy for Verardo - Italy
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2009 - Best shelving - Fluid by Arik Levy for Desalto - Italy
2008 JANUS Award for Industry, design and innovation 2008, Log Light by Saasz - Paris
Label VIA, Torch table lamp by Baccarat - France, 2008
Red Dot Design Award : best product design 2008 - Mistic collection by Gaia & Gino - Essen, Germany
ELLE Decoration International Design Awards 2008 - Designer of the year
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2007 - Best modular furniture - Cubic Meter by A. Levy for Kenny Schachter - London
Design PLUS Award 2008, Mitos glassware collection by Kvetna - Frankfurt
Globes de Crystal Arts et Culture 2008 Paris Première - Best Designer - Paris
2007 JANUS Award for Industry, design and innovation 2007, Invisible system by Visplay - Paris
Wallpaper* Design Awards 2007, Furniture designer of the year, finalist - London
2006 Design PLUS Award 2006, Mistic vase by Gaia&Gino
2005

The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best detail” 4to8 table by Desalto - Köln
The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best detail” Liko glass table by Desalto - Köln
Elle Decoration magazine Design Award for lighting (2nd edition)

2003 The Interior Innovation Award, category “Best of the Best” Liko table by Desalto - Köln
2002 Prix de l’Observeur du Design/APCI, Arik sofa by Ligne Roset - France
Grand Prix de la Presse Internationale de la Critique du Meuble Contemporain, Arik sofa by Ligne Roset - France, 2002
Label VIA, Arik sofa by Ligne Roset - France, 2002
2001 Cartier international office furniture and light system in collaboration with Vitra
Label VIA, Slim stacking chair by Ligne Roset - France, 2001
George Nelson Award, Interior magazine, 2001
2000 Label Via, U cd shelf by Ligne Roset - France, 2000
iF Award light fixtures - Germany, 2000
L'Express Best of category Light - France, 2000
Carte blanche VIA - France
1999 Label VIA, Light Pocket lamp by Ligne Roset - France
Grand Prix de la Presse Internationale de la Critique du Meuble Contemporain, Cloud lamp - France
Design PLUS Award 1999, Ambiente Fair, Seed porcelaine lamp - Frankfurt
1997 Mouvement français de la qualité - posters for “Qualité 97” campaign - Paris, 1997
1991 Seiko Epson (International Art Center Award) - Japan, 1991
   
Design exhibitions
   
  Swarovski Crystal Palace, Ex Magazzini di Porta Genova Milano - Osmosis - 04/09
Oratorio Basilica di S. Ambrogio, Milano - Prophets & Penitents, Confessions of a Chair - group exhibition-
Identity Disorder chair - 04/09
Galleria Nina Lumer, Milano - Love Design - group exhibition - Powered by JimmyJane - 04/09
Design Miami, Miami - Beyond Organic: Design In the State of Nature - group exhibition - 12/08
Kenny Schachter/ROVE, London - Diversion - group exhibition - 11/08
Chatsworth, UK - Beyond Limits - group exhibition - Log Corner + Log Corner Grid - 09/2008
Sudeley Castle, UK - The Artist’s Playground - group exhibition - Moon Tables - 06/2008
Wright20, Chicago, IL - Absent Nature - 04/2008
Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX - Imperative Design - group exhibition - 01/2008
Tai Ping, Cologne - The Rock carpet collection : Rock World installation - Passagen - 01/2008
Home Table Deco Fair 2007, Seoul - guest of honour - Arik at Home exhibit - 11/2007
The Gallery, Brussels - Limited Edition Collections by Bitossi Ceramiche - Tubes - 11/2007
Super Design Covent Garden/Kenny Schachter Rove, London - Cosmic Nature - 10/2007
Hedge Gallery, San Francisco - Not Furniture : XXI century design - 10/2007
Triode, Paris - Total White - Galactica - 11/2006
Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw-Roden - Museum House - by Li Edelkoort - Rock - 10/2006
Centre culturel français, Milan - République Libre du Design- Organ installation, 04/2006
Forum Diffusion, Paris - 24H - 01/2006
ShimmerGlimmerTwinkleSparkleShine! - Moss Gallery, New York - 01/2006
Passage de Retz, Paris - Du Bois Dont On Se Chauffe - 12/2005
Museum of Modern Art, New York - Safe: Design Takes On Risk - 10/2005
Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Design Museum 10/2005
Espace Silvera, Paris - Vipp for Handicap International - 10/2005
Gwangju Design Biennale, Korea - New wave in design - 10/2005
Traveling exhibition - 40/4 forty chairs in four feet - 09/2005
Universal curiosities / trend union by Li Edelkoort 09/2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - D-day, from primitive to virtual - 06/2005
Galeries Lafayette Home, Paris - Le Petit Poucet - Designer’s Days 06/2005
Forum Diffusion, Paris - Belle Rebelle au Bois Dormant - Designer’s Days 06/2005
Design_Mai, Berlin - Shots on brave new world - 30’ film, 05/2005
Garanti Gallery, Istanbul - Feel before you see - 05/2005
Espace Tajan, Paris - Le siège dans tous ses états - presenting Book stool 03/2005
Maison & Objet, espace tendance, Paris - ULTRALUX - 01/2005
FNAC, Fond national d’art contemporain, France - Design en stock - 2004-5
Park Ryusook Gallery Seoul - Love counts - 09/2004
National Glass Centre/Glass Gallery, Sunderland, UK - Brilliant - 02/2005
Design lab, Paris - Rocks - 01/2005
Furniture Fair, Köln - Multi functional -01/2005
Villa Noailles, Hyères - Sentiers lumineux - 07/2004
Appel d’air - by Chantal Hamaide, Paris 05/2004
“Design shooting stars” “think with the heart and feel with the brain” DVD and objects, Berlin 05/2004
Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado, Brazil - Iluminar - 02/2004
Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Brilliant - 02/2004
Cassina, Paris - Umbilical light - 11/2003-2004
Hannovermesse, Hannover - Aspects of French design - 09/2003
St. Pare Gallery, Paris - Emotional ergonomics - 05/2003
Design lab, Paris - 01/2003
Sentou, Paris - In the Air - 01/2003
EURO RSCG BETC agency, Paris - 2D 3D - 01/2003Cité de la sciences et de l’industrie, Paris - Observeur du design - presenting Arik sofa, 11/2002
VIA, Paris - Translucide - presenting light Octopuss, 11/2002
Gallery H2O, Tokyo - French design - 10/2002
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - My different Garden - 09/2002
VIA, Paris - Label VIA - 2002
Espace Silvera - Designer’s Days - presenting Get-set office system, 06/2002
Abitare il tempo, Verona - Israeli designers - 03/2002
VIA, Paris - Label VIA - presenting Slim chair and cd rack, 2001
Pascale Cottard-Ollsson Gallery, Stockholm - personal exhibition - 11/2001
Galerie En Attendant les Barbares, Paris -10/2001
Sentou Galerie, Paris - Tabourets - 2001
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Collection design - 2001
Museum of Modern Art, New York - Work Shipers - presenting an office system, 2001
Galerie für angewandte Kunst, Munich - Licht - 2001
Gilles Peyroulet & Co, Paris - Surprises - 2001
Colette, Paris - Objets à transformer - 2001
Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Ldesign at the Israel Museum - 09/2000 - 04/2001
VIA, Paris - Label VIA - 2000
Musée de la Mode et du Textile/Union centrale des arts décoratifs, Paris - Jouer la lumière - 2000
Isart Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich - Virtual light - 2000
Sotheby’s, London - Contemporary decorative arts - 2000
Lanvin, Paris - Loft éphémère - 2000
VIA, Paris - Carte Blanche mobilier - 2000
Salon du Meuble/ Metropole, Paris - Repères 2000 - 2000
Salon Luminaire, Paris, 1999
French design - Design week, Tokyo, 1999
Galerie Passage de Retz, Paris - Le passage du siècle 1899-1999 - 1999
VIA, Paris - Label VIA - 1999
Salon du Meuble - Repères 1999 - 1999
Sentou Galerie, Paris - 980°/220V - 1999
Gallery Openspace, Milan - Labirinti di luce -1998
Interior 98, Design for Europe, Kortrijk, Belgium - Contemporary light design - 1998
Spazio gallery, Milan - Contemporary light design - 1998
Galerie Passage de Retz, Paris - The future to meet -1998
Galerie Passage de Retz, Paris - Light light - 1998
L'Ara di Diogene gallery, Paris-Milan Paris-Milano rencontre avec une nouvelle génération - 1997
Ozone Gallery, Tokio - presenting Terra porcelain light, 1997
Seiko AGS Ginza Gallery, Tokio - Conceptual watch design -1996
Louisiana Museum, Danemark - Design and identity - presenting an installation, 1996
¬Giepac Groupe emballage, France - Exposition Creapac - 1995
"Lustra" modular lamp, exhibition of new designed products, 1995
AXIS gallery, Tokio - Design Thinking - presenting six projects with full scale models, 1991
   
Art exhibitions & installations
   
  Swarovski Crystal Palace, Ex Magazzini di Porta Genova Milano - Osmosis - 04/09
Oratorio Basilica di S. Ambrogio, Milano - Prophets & Penitents, Confessions of a Chair - group exhibition-
Identity Disorder chair - 04/09
Galleria Nina Lumer, Milano - Love Design - group exhibition - Powered by JimmyJane - 04/09
Design Miami, Miami - Beyond Organic: Design In the State of Nature - group exhibition - 12/08
Kenny Schachter/ROVE, London - Diversion - group exhibition - 11/08
Chatsworth, UK - Beyond Limits - group exhibition - Log Corner + Log Corner Grid - 09/2008
Sudeley Castle, UK - The Artist’s Playground - group exhibition - Moon Tables - 06/2008
Wright20, Chicago, IL - Absent Nature - 04/2008
Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, TX - Imperative Design - group exhibition - 01/2008
Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris - Propositions lumineuses 2 - group exhibition - 01/2008
Galerie NumerisCausa, Paris - Il était une fois…- group exhibition for the gallery’s opening- Shine light sculpture - 12/2007
The Mews Gallery by Rabih Hage, London - Sitting Pretty - exhibition of photos by Jonathan Root, featuring a portrait of Arik Levy with his creation Identity Disorder - 09/2007
Dialogues méditerranéens, St. Tropez - Big_Rock - installation - 07/2007
Centre des arts, Enghien-les-Bains - L’Autre - 01/2007
Drugstore Publicis, Paris - MiniMaxi - installation - 09/2006
Baccarat, Paris - Phantom - installation - Designer’s Days 06/2006
Passage de Retz, Paris - Big_Rock - permanent installation - 05/2006
Centre culturel français, Milan - République Libre du Design - installation Organ - 04/2006
Passage de Retz / Mouvements modernes, Paris - Du Bois Dont On Se Chauffe - 12/2005
Gallery Alain Gutharc - Propositions lumineuses - 2005-2006
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - D.Day - installation From primitive to virtual - 06/2005
Garanti Gallery, Istanbul - Feel before you see - 05/2005
National Glass Centre/Glass Gallery, Sunderland, UK - Brilliant - 02/2005
Park Ryusook Gallery, Korea - Love counts - 09/2004
Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Brilliant - 02/2004
Hertzlia Museum, Israel Video Zone Biennale - Two stars hotel - in collaboration with Sigalit Landau, 2002
Pascale Cottard-Ollsson Gallery, Stockholm - personal exhibition - 11/2001
Isart Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich - Virtual light - 2000
Isart Contemporary Art Gallery, Munich - Virtual/Religious’ - 2000
Sculpture Biennale Ein Hod, Israel - Humanism 2020 - 1997
Louisiana Museum, Danemark - Design og identitet - 1996
Sculpture Park, Jaffa, Israel - 1986
   
Museum acquisitions
   
  Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - installation Fractal Cloud - 2006
Seoul Arts Center, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul - Umbilical Light - 2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Handshake light - 2005
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Piflow light - 2005
Victoria & Albert Museum, London - Umbilical ball and Umbilical knitted lights - 2004
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Xm3 duo, Light pocket, Alchemy tube lights - 2002
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris - Double layer chair, CD shelf - 2002
FNAC, Fond national d’art contemporain, Paris - Infinite light video - 2001
Israel Museum, Jerusalem - White hole light installation -2001
Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Need light - 2000
Museum of Modern Art, New York - Need light - 1998