On the occasion of the London exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery dedicated to his work, The New Yooxer meets the Israeli-born architect, designer and artist: thirty years of varied, unique experimentation, between objects which have now become familiar and restless creativity.

From an initial post-punk approach to the recent metallic sculptures with a technological flavor, Ron Arad has never backed down from a challenge. With the same enthusiasm, his studio has designed the Yohji Yamamoto store in Tokyo, the duoMo hotel in Rimini, the Design Museum of Holon in Israel, transforming varied materials with his personal touch, creating cult furnishings like the Bookworm bookshelf for Kartell, now on exhibit in its largest, 35-meter version at the Barbican.

Among prototypes, limited editions and industrial products, the borders between sculpture and design become consciously blurred. After the retrospectives at New York’s MoMA and at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, it’s now time for London. The city where Arad studied architecture in the Seventies, where he decided to open his studio, now dedicates an exhibition to the designer with more than 150 works on two levels: a voyage through ethereal lines, material equilibrium, digital experiences.

Ron Arad: Restless – until May 16th, at the Barbican Art Gallery in London.