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'''Adi Stern '''

Professor Adi Stern (born in 1966) is an Israeli graphic designer, type designer, and design educator, and the President of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.

'''Academic Education '''

Stern completed a bachelor’s degree at Bezalel’s Department of Graphic Design in 1992. He received a master’s degree in 2003 from the University of Reading in the UK, where he studied typography and typeface design.

'''Professional Career '''

After completing his studies at Bezalel, Stern worked for about two years at the studio of David Tartakover. Between 1994 and 2015, he ran his own studio specializing in visual communication and typography, with a focus on design for the fields of culture and art. His clients over the years have included the Design Museum Holon, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Batsheva Dance Company, the Hebrew University, the Israel Festival, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Keshet Broadcasting, the Israeli Opera, and Yad Vashem. Stern has worked as a consultant for some of the most important companies in the field of font design, including Linotype, Microsoft Typography, and Monotype. In addition to his work as a designer, Stern writes and lectures about the history and design of the Hebrew script.

Exhibitions and Prizes

Stern’s work has been displayed at many exhibitions in Israel and around the world. He won a variety of prizes including First Prize in the Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual – “The TDC Award,” in Japan, as well as the Silver and Bronze Awards at the Art Directors Club (ADC) in New York. Stern was named a selected artist by the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation, and he was a recipient of the Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture Design Prize.

'''Academic Activities '''

Stern has been lecturing at Bezalel since 1997. He served as the head of the Department of Visual Communication between 2008 and 2015. Under his leadership, Bezalel established the first master’s degree program in the field of Visual Communication in Israel. From March to September 2015, Stern served as the interim President of Bezalel. He has held the position of President of the Academy since October 2015. Among his numerous responsibilities as President, Stern is raising the necessary funds for the establishment of the new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Bezalel Campus in Jerusalem. The campus building, which is being planned by the architecture firm SANAA in Tokyo, is expected to become a primary anchor driving the urban renewal of downtown Jerusalem.

'''Awards '''

•	Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual, First Prize, “The TDC Award,” Japan (2010)

•	The Art Directors Club (ADC) Silver and Bronze Awards, New York, USA (2011)

•	ISTD, the International Society of Typographic Designers, UK (2004, 2011)

•	D&AD (Design & Art Direction), In-book Excellence Award, London, UK (2011)

•	Society of Environmental Graphic Design, Merit Award, USA (2011)

•	Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual, “Excellent Work” Award, Japan (2008, 2007, 2005)

•	Award for Excellence in Type Design, The Type Directors Club, New York, USA (2004)

•	Typographic Excellence Award, The Type Directors Club, New York, USA (2001)

•	Selected Artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation – IcExcellence (2002)

•	Award of the Israeli Ministry of Culture, Science, and Sport in the Area of Graphic Design (1999)

•	Creative Excellence Grants (Sharett) of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (1992, 1993, 1995)

•	Selected in 2013 by the Haaretz newspaper as one of the ten most influential individuals in Israel in the world of design