Hilla Shamia (Hebrew: הילה שמיע, b. 1983) is an Israeli product designer based in Tel Aviv, Israel.Limited Edition cypress Small Wood Casting Console in Highcontrast, retrieved 7/1/2017 Her works are included in Israel Museum collection as well as in Serge Tiroche collection.Hilla Shamia on Start by Serge Tiroche , retrieved 7/1/2017
Biography Upon graduating her Industrial Design studies at Holon Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2011, Shamia opened an independent design studio carrying out material research and development of forms, whilst drawing tremendous inspiration from the process of time and the supposed imperfections found in nature.Limited Edition cypress Small Wood Casting Console in Highcontrast, retrieved 7/1/2017 Shamia is married to Lior Yamin, an industrial designer and owner of SAGA and Asufa.Hilla Shamia and Lior Yamin interviewed in Dezing Zoom, retrieved 7/1/2017 In Israel, Shamia is represented by SAGA.Jaffa’s emerging designers add urban cool to ancient city by Dominic Lutyens in Financial Times, retrieved 7/1/2017
Wood Casting Shamia's Wood Casting furniture is made using a technique she developed of casting aluminium or brass on natural wood, contrasting the natural elements of wood and metal. It has been featured in major international design magazines such as Wallpaper, Dezeen, Viewpoint, Financial Times, Elle Decor, Architectural Digest and Cosmopolitan, and has been included in design shows including as London Design Week, Milan Design Week, Ambiente, Frankfurt, and Pitti Filati, Florence.Shining Stars, in Israeli Revealed/Design, Wallpaper, 2015, retrieved 7/1/2017; Wood And Metal Unite In Striking Furniture By Hilla Shamia by Dovas, in Bored Panda, 2015, retrieved 7/1/2017; Designer Hilla Shamia Fuses Cast Aluminium and Tree Trunks to Create One-of-a-Kind Furniture by Piecesby Christopher Jobson in Colossal, 2014, retrieved 7/1/2017; wood casting by hilla shamia in Designboom, 2012, retrieved 7/1/2017 Each piece is hand-made and unique due to the various trees used and depending on the "leakage" of the metal through the wood cracks.Wood Casting by Hilla Shamia in Design Milk, retrieved 7/1/2017
Other works Alongside the Wood Casting series, the studio also produces wooden pendulum clocks with minimalistic design.Hilla Shamia in Touch of Modern, retrieved 7/1/2017 Shamia was working with glass,HILLA SHAMIA/ SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT MATERIAL interview in Material Soul, retrieved 7/1/2017 and published her Cactus series, including sculptures and light fixtures.Best light fixtures in 2016 Fresh Paint, in Xnet, retrieved 7/1/2017 These are made using a traditional crafted glass-blowing technique, with a comical shape of the cactus intended to give the object lightness and humor. In 2017 Shamia displayed her glass-made interpretation for eyewear at the exhibition 'Overview' at Holon Design Museum.15 radical concepts for the future of eyewear by Rima Sabina Aouf in Dezeen, retrieved 8 January 2017
Collaborations In 2015 Shamia collaborated with Ido Garini, the founder of Studio Appétit, and displayed her project 'Or Brulee' at the 'Things of Edible Beauty' exhibition at 2015 Milan Design Week.Molten aluminium and wood combine to create beautiful furniture designs by Natalie Koh in Contented, retrieved 7/1/2017 It was the first time that the Wood Casting technology combined blackened wood with brass. During her residency at Yeruham Design Terminal, Shamia collaborated with the glass factory Phoenicia, and designed a glass bottle through a disturbance in the factory's 24/7 assembly line.Made in Yeruham in Dezing Zoom, retrieved 7/1/2017 Later that year, as part of 'Syndicate' exhibition , Shamia collaborated with the illustrator Miki Mottes on their Totem project.Hilla-Shamia-Mikki-Mottes-Totem in Dezing Zoom, retrieved 7/1/2017 Based on Mottes' illustration, Shamia created totem-like objects, made in a traditional glass blowing technique.
Exhibitions
Residencies
2015 – Yeruham Design Terminal, Yeruham, Israel
Prizes
2013 – Nominated for the ‘German Design Award 2013’
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