Oded Ezer's typographic posters first caught my eye when he won three prizes at the Ningbo International Poster Biennial 2004, two Jury Awards, one from Uwe Loesch and the other from Leonardo Sonnoli, in addition to a Bronze Medal. It is not easy to win a typography prize with a character set that few people are familiar with, and in fact you rarely see posters with hebrew text. Maybe the jury was impressed, as I am, by the fresh approach to typography, and the minimal means used to create great beauty.

2004, Stami Veklumi (Unimportant & Nothing) A typographic homage to the Israeli poet Yona Volach Photograph by Shaxaf Haber

2003, Alef ((The first letter of the hebrew alphabet) A typographic homage to ’Creation of Adam’ painting by Michelangelo

2000, CoPro 2000

2001, Plastica Poster/Manifest for hebrew type designers Photograph by Oded Ezer

2000, The Chorus of the Opera Typographic poster for a documentary film

2004, Now - Homage to Tartakover A typographic homage to the work of the israeli visual comunicator David Tartakover Photograph by Shaxaf Haber	2001, The Message Typographic homage to the music of the Israeli composer Arye Shapira	2004, Typography

Oded Ezer Typographic Artist & Type Designer Short Biography Oded Ezer (b.1972) is an Israeli typographer, type designer, artist and lecturer. He graduated at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, with a Bachelor degree in Visual Communication Design (1998). In 2000, Ezer founded his own independent studio, "Oded Ezer Typography", in Givatayim, Israel. In 2002 he co-founded the first cooperative of Israeli font designers, called "Ha'Gilda" (The Guild). He teaches typography and graphic design in several academies in and outside Israel, among them at the Bezalel Academy for Art & Design, Jerusalem, at the Shenkar College of Engineering near Tel Aviv, and at the Wizo College of Design, Haifa. While constantly working as a commercial designer, Oded also runs experimental typo/art projects, where he explores non-conventional solutions in Hebrew typography. His posters and graphic works has been showcased and published worldwide. Oded has won local and international prizes, including the Gold Prize at the international design competition of the Nagoya Design Center, Japan (2000); Certificate of Excellence at the 4th annual competition of the New York Type Directors Club and Certificate of Excellence at the "Bukva raz", a type design competition, Moscow, Russia (both 2001), and the Israeli Education Ministry Prize for Design (2003). "... One of the few design stars from Israel. Really amazing work" Armin Vit, editor, www.underconsideration.com, December 16, 2002 "...Wow, some positive news coming out of the Middle East. Visit ezerdesign.com now, even if you cannot read the alphabet" David John Earls, editor, www.typographer.com, April 02, 2002 "...I find the variations from font to font in Oded Ezer Design Studio's recent digital type catalog fascinating" John D. Berry, contributing editor, www.creativepro.com, September 23, 2002 "...Take a look through Oded Ezers' portfolio, too, especially the poster work... lots of compelling stuff in Hebrew and English" Joshua Lurie-Terrell, contributing editor, www.typographi.ca, September 27, 2002 For more information on Oded Ezer's work: http://www.ezerdesign.com Selected awards 2004 Bronze prize and two International jury prizes at the 3rd International Poster Biennial, Ningbo, China 2003 The Israeli Education Ministry Prize for Design, Jerusalem, Israel 2001 Certificate of Excellency in type design at the Bukva:raz! (ATypI type design competition), Moscow, Russia 2001 Certificate of Excellency in type design at the New York Type Directors Club's 4th annual competition, New York, USA 2001 Gold prize at the Nagoya Design Do! International design competition, Nagoya, Japan 1998 The Felhaim Award for Typographic Design from the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel 1997 Double scholarship for Excellency in graphic design from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel 1997 The British Museum attachment award (Royal Society of Art competition) for museum design, London, UK 1995,'96,'97 Certificates of Excellency in graphic design from the Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 'Hagilda: Typographic Posters' at the Israeli House of Parliament, Jerusalem, Israel 2005 The 2nd Korea International Poster Biennale, Seongnam City, Korea 2004 The 3rd International Poster Biennial, Ningbo, China 2004 Golden Bee 6, International Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia 2004 International Poster Triennial at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong 2004 The 21st International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czech Republic 2004 The 19th International Poster Biennale Warsaw, Poland 2004 Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel 2003 Typotecture: Typography as Architectural Imagery, Garanti Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey 2003 Trnava Poster Triennial, Trnava, Slovakia 2003 Go!, international group exhibition of 'Liquidacion Total', Madrid, Spain 2003 Man & God Posters Showcase, Selangor, Malaysia; Singapore, China; and New-York, USA 2003 The 7th International Poster Triennial (IPT2003) in the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan 2002 The 1st Korea International Poster Biennale, Seoul, Korea 2002 The 18th International Poster Biennale Warsaw, Poland 2002 FIFA World Cup International T-shirt Design Exhibition (hosted by CDAK), Seoul, Korea 2002 The 20th International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czech Republic 2001 Communication Design Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea 2001 The 12th Festival D'affiches de Chaumont, France 2001 New-York Type Directors Club, New-York, USA 2000 Golden Bee 5, International Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow, Russia 2000 International Design Center Nagoya, Japan 1999 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation's Annual Exhibition, Ramat Gan, Israel 1997 The Royal Society of Art's Annual Exhibition, London, UK Selected publications 2005 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2005 Annual (Rikuyosha Co.), Tokyo, Japan 2005 Credit, magazine for design (issue 26, p.12-17), Tel Aviv, Israel 2005 Time Out Tel Aviv, weekly magazine for culture and entertainment (issue 119, p.46-47), Tel Aviv, Israel 2005 Relax, magazine for design (issue 96, p.10), Tokyo, Japan 2005 The Graphic Designers Guide to Effective Visual Communication (Rotovision), Sussex, UK 2004 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2004 Annual (Rikuyosha Co.), Tokyo, Japan 2004 Arredamento Mimarlik, magazine for architecture and design, (August issue), Istanbul, Turkey 2004 Inform, an AIGA Chicago publication, (issue 30, spring 2004), Chicago, USA 2004 Spatium, magazine for typography design (4th issue), Offenbach, Germany 2003 Spatium, magazine for typography design (2nd and 3rd issues), Offenbach, Germany 2003 The 7th International Poster Triennial in Toyama's catalogue (JAGDA / the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama), Japan 2003 Blueprint, magazine for architecture and design (March issue), London, UK 2003 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2003 Annual (Rikuyosha Co.), Tokyo, Japan 2003 Impress Graphic Design magazine (January issue), Seoul, Korea 2003 Layout - Making It Fit (Rockport Publishers), USA 2003 Logo World 2 (PIE Books), Tokyo, Japan 2002 Artlab, Immagini e idee per il progettista grafico (5th issue), Milan, Italy 2002 The 18th International Poster Biennale Warsaw's catalogue 2002 Typotektur, Architektonisch Behandelte Schriften im Plakat (Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / Lars Müller Publishers) 2002 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2002 Annual (PIE Books), Tokyo, Japan 2002 The 20th International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno's catalogue 2002 Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode, (Graphis), USA 2001 Festival D'affiches de Chaumont's catalogue, Chaumont, France 2001 Communication Design Association of Korea's exhibition catalogue, Seoul, Korea 2001 The Tokyo Type Directors Club 2001 Annual (PIE Books), Tokyo, Japan 2001 Typography 22, The 47th New York Type Directors Club Annual (HBI Publications), NY, USA Selected collections Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland Selected web publications http://www.ezerdesign.com http://www.tdc.org/news/2001Results/Maya.htm Oded Ezer 9/2 Bloch St. Givatayim 53229 Israel Telefax: +972 (0)3 6725489 Mobile: +972 (0)52 836 5911 oded@ezerdesign.com www.ezerdesign.com www.hagilda.com