VI\ATELA/IVFOUNDED IN I909, TELAVIV TAKES ITS NAIT4E FROIVI THE HEBREW WOBD FOR SPRING,WHICH ALSO TRANSLATES AS "RENEWAL,' GIVEN THE LATEST BLOODY CHAPTER INISRAEL'S LONG CONFLICT wlTH PALESTINE, MOST TEL AVIVIANS COULD PBOBABLYUSEALITTLE FENEWAL.THEYCAN TAKESOLACE IN THEIRTHRIVING METBOPOLIS, THECOSMOPOLITAN HEABT OF THE MIDDLE EAST. TO CELEBRATETELAVIV'S ONE-HUNDREDTHANNIVERSARY, WE EXPLORE THE CULTUBAL LIFE OF THIS GBEAT SEASIDE CITY

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' BLUEPRINT FOR DESIGN

DESIGN MUSEUM JUSTOUTSIDETELAVIV

Considerng its taenl per capita,lsra6 cou d hav€ beer one ol thowond s dos qn powerhouses by now.Bli the.olntry's b6si and bighl-

Fon Arad, rhe arch recr and ndusrri

launchodlorZenithSolar acompanyhecolou.ded.'Nol a ol olp€ope know lhal USB sticks lr/F s,

and even dlgira scannorc sranad theirlourn€yif

al-design impr€saro and risirc slar SlrayAlkaay af€ bas6d i. London;Pars shome1o the accomplished lurnitlfe desig.er ArkLery;and Bon Gilad ol Des gnf€nzder andSlud o Drols Dror Bensh€ldt decamp€d a 25,000 squa@Joor levialhan

: wrapped in rlbbons ol coden steel.'Our man mssion s io clrange the

awaraness abolr design Dmoru both rh€sEel pub c and lsraeli ndlsky."saysGa I Gaon,lhemuseum s dir€ctor. fte

' I rct exhibition (of whiclr amoneofth€

c!€torc), sl I unnamed, wi be a newdes gn tiennia thal casts a broad, ini6F

natonalnel Eutthe bu dinq itse l? DasgnedIk6 Dn Tardi, Clrafan d6 Lanq6 by A ad an s€eli of.ourse rRrc CHEN

HOP€ IN THE STREETS

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terlenier !sirall.rs rrarew.n ir m:d.ratonjr.m qa-

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,AFASHION MELTING POTTEL AVIV-BORN FASHION DESIGNERYIGALAZROUEL BEFLECTS ON HISNATIVE CITY'S SARTORIAL HERITAGE

've ne@r ilroughl ol myse l4 4 sra€ designer p*se

B|n do com€ tom lsG€l and obv ous y lhal's innuencedme in certa n ways. l\rlch ke lh€ Uniled Sla es,lsraels a p ace p€ople move lrmd when lhey make aliah,lheybrngwthlh6malthendlfier€nt doasaboutlashon.Yo! s€e tfrose id66 chmge as the mmgranlschange,Jrom p ace to place md liom generai on io qeneralion.

Many ol lhe ea i€st6mares were lfom Europe, and

wh€n I lted in TeL av v, one of my favodte ihings ws lowaichlhe e derly adi6s and genllehen run t hen etrandsev€n when they wer6lusl steppino oul 10 do the slropping, llr€re @s 4 €l€gance and a romarity ro the way

lh€y dGss€d somolimes 'd see a €ally specia p tre

o. someon€, and d6k1h€maboutlt AlotoJ nl€reslinq conversarlons belan rrat way.

-Ind loma ly isn t somelhing you see s mlch ths€

days. A Eurol6h or beach snslb lty h* becom€ moGp@d€nl. Now vlhen I Msit, I go lo the llea makel lo look

lor o d clolhes nstead ol sining md watchiog the pN$rsby

Hav ng said that, th@qh, lhe n ew wave or m miqmls lrom

Eastem Europe and Fussia is br nging eme or lhat loma

ly back ftere are a ot ol r€cent ldreplants tom Frme,

too, 3nd when ihee's a wedd ng or a celetalion you see

the blu6-ch p brands prada, Chanel. Peop e n lsEe ld€

b ce ebral€, mayb€ to spito the po t ca s tuationsupposelslrouid add here lhal one rcally unavoid'

abre r6h on nfluerc€ n sEeL is lhe m lltary. Ev€rybody

sotoes, and one of th€ mosl exc 1 n! th ngs aboLx rr€ ngin the army is the qoar. You @ 1a y€e o d md you ve

cot rh€ coolest jackel and the besl panls asad6gner.

thafs an experlence lrral stays Mtn you.

lthe arwaslp aded ih€ra os!ecia lyforrhem. and maybe

qr d n! lhen, fo low n.olham homeatd:ubtyr qhl ng up

thE i WAY , CA1HERINE BLAIR PF^{DEB

PRO'ECTING ISRAEL

'.r ones ca ng il Ho ywood onlhe Medteraneaf.:: Butastlrecosmopo tan cenler of srao,TelAvv: r.€ pacelmmakersgo to captur€ urbai srael- ?l oJ its madden ng stmuiatng coni ctn! gory. rth€r as a hedonlsl c peasufe zofe or a pime

iake lwo rece.l nlematona hls: n Ba anan:3randrowicz s sa.don c 2003 faMa6 James, .ttney ta J%alen, an ali|an chr siian pirgr m

:.is wayad nTe Avv, f.rgoi.g lhe pronised and':.lhem016€ar|ryp€asurcsorwhilesuils, a newTV,:_l enlrepreneuia success.And n arab lsraelid rec:: HanyAbu Assad',ssoanng 2005 d@ma Pa.adlse',rf4 1wo Paoslinianwou.r-besucide bomb€refind.?mseves n a bea.rrsideTe Avvparkinglolwlh:iolosve belts around their waisls, wrackod wih' :rry about whar to do nert' elAvvislheone pscewh€r€al thednerentfdg

-:ils.i ls.aeli society ar€ ab€ lo rnleq61e,' says::garK€rel, oneof lhenaton'sloremostMlersafd: : I e.tof of the 2003 cannes award.w nner Je//]4tsh.

r::-:ula, and r0 rsious, consgtoalrves and berals Arabs1_lJewsa sha@ the sane apalment bu dings'

:e.entlsraelicinehahaslhrlved on explornqthisr e,se mass ofpeope as lhey.Esh nloandcon-rd one etulher, oilen in sulprsinq ways n arldi::r r. Kefefs ,gro/ia liketa€ab.ul1rr€ nt€re€.t-; oaths ol d fi€renl Te Avv denlzens lh6.esEfan

-.' .2A061n Ihe Bubble, a o\e story belw€ei iwo

-:e rrpslerHnearsb,lheothor snGli-setwlrin.:ffetmpolis s throbb nq n qhi ile While Fox sltle: meant lo suqqesl the way sde s urban ies shur

: emsev€s outfrcm the ha6lr rea tesaroundlrrem.r: rirm s brutalendng ike orh6r r€cent slandour:L n ns Ihe Band s Visit and Wattz wih Bashn,

..o!esth6opposl€ nevilably,lheoltsdeword

..iri Cood and bad-ends up.fashi.gth€ pany

' TELAVIVTUNES INISRAEL'S CULTURAL CAPITAL HASGBOWN INCREASINGLY HOSPITABLETO FOBEIGN MUSICALACTS, WHILEPRODUCING SOME INTERESTINGNOISEMAKERS OF ITS OWN

wh€n 4ked aboLn his mosl memorab € paibmance, AlanSpadrawk, nontman or the Afier can minimatisl rock actLow. doesn'lhesilare we play€d some of |r€ best showsor our ca.rer in T6 Av v a5t y€ar," h6 says. ,tr's an Mazingprace Ev€ryone n6eds to go th€r6

SrJarlrawk isn l the onry Amer.a. musician singing thecity s pralses. Lasl year, the therale ind e grcup SiN€r Jewsdocument€d the band s mugurartrek lh.ough sEe nth6

'rocum6niary S/tsJery, nc udlng a packed perfomanG in

Te Aviv. Tfre cily hrs prov€n nceasing y wdmme to forciqnpafome6 | Erenr y€arsj wth hgh-protte indie acrs keAn ma Co eclive, Jos conzA ez D€v€nd€ Bdhan, andSmoq p ay ng large shows. The c ty is hom€ lo a sulprtsinqnumberof rcckvonus,.cudn9lhsconmuniry-runspacelh6 Pat phlne and the lsqendary rok bar th6 Frcetand, 4 we Ias arcer, more commGrcia harrs ik6 the Baiby and L€vonlin

7. lmpromptu shows and DJ seis oftef tak€ piac6 n lntdd liona s€tt ngs ike F f Raf (a liny bar d€signed 10 look ikethe iving rcom of a qp ca k bbUz house) md Salon 8er na v niage clolhing slore whlch doub es as a rcck vefle onFr day hghrs. Many locar bands (ncluding Achavoth, /6alAMdan, and Midnighi Peacocks)pay to siabe crcwds nthe* venus, whi € a tuw ocal acts ncluding Monoton x,L€banon, md TV Buddhs. have begun to €ach a moreo oba aud enc6 thdlc 1o their w lingnss to tolr ollside |recounlryandsinq n Enqlsfr. srae'sgrowinqabiltytoexponlheloca musca product has @rGpofd€d w th incea*dlore gn imports, as Te Avt r€cod slores I ke Th rd Ear anduqanda have made il eas e.lor indie enthus ests to sor€mpoded v nyl and lind od abod upcoming shows.Accord ngtoJuelNarng, who opedl€s one oi lsrae's

only booking agenc es lor no. sraeibands, T6 Avv slulure as a rcck 8nd ro hol spoi s ooking good. Lots olbandsarerrappyrocomsioreael. heseys Th6probehs the expense. ir's n ol n€cessaily g@d businoss lo b ngbandsherc, butit'siun For me, it's asorrot hoywork€xpos ng sEe aud €nces+spec a y young p€opl+to

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