Forms of Smiles

Monkey Business has an important role in the world of design-for global consumers and local designers alike. Since it was founded by Oded Friedland in 1994, the company has introduced into the local and international market over 100 items all designed by Israeli designers with whose help “despair becomes a bit more comfortable,” cheerful and amusing.

The exhibition will present the stories of 14 products, giving a deeper look into the development process from the concept stage to hand-crafted models, ideas that didn’t make it and up to the final product and packaging. Many of the stories present the evolution of multi-product series and families all based on ongoing dialogues among designers, producers, suppliers, illustrators, distributors and other professionals who influence the design process.