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Nitzan Cohen (born 1973 in Kibbutz Hazorea, Israel)
Studied applied art at Avni Art Academy in Tel Aviv (1995-6)
Holds a bachelors degree in industrial design from the Design Academy in Eindhoven Holland (1997-2002)

Worked as a set designer and art director for various Israeli television channels. Took part in several international design projects (‘Design Solidario' in Sao-Paulo,‘Design Lab Siemens mobile', 'Ispo-vision' in Munich, ‘Dream Makers' at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)

Participated in group exhibitions in Recife, Sao Paulo -Brazil;
Jerusalem -Israel; Eindhoven -Holland; Munich, Cologne -Germany

Between 2002-2007, worked as a designer and a project leader at Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design in Munich and as of autumn 2007 running his own design studio in Munich, Germany.

Currently working on a wide range of commissions from industrial products and furniture through exhibition design to interiors and public spaces

Among contemporary furniture manufacturers, Mattiazzi, the family owned producer of wooden furniture in Udine, Italy, is uncommon. While many producers in that region rely on third party factories and work in diverse materials, Mattiazzi operates with their own machines and hands, and has developed a healthy obsession for woodworking. Since 1978, when brothers Nevio and Fabiano Mattiazzi founded the company, Mattiazzi has steadily cultivated its local manufacturing culture. Their network of wood shops is diverse enough to support any manufacturing process the brand may need. Every shop has its own focus, from milling to lacquering, and a particular process always belongs to a specific part of town. But don’t let the neighborhood approach confuse you: Mattiazzi is no backyard shop. Their highly specialized craftsmen operate the most sophisticated machinery available to the wood industry. An eight-axis CNC milling machine allows wood to take the complex shapes associated with injection-molded plastic. Operating such a machine is an art and Mattiazzi disproves the modern myth that mechanized manufacturing is not a craft.