Itay Noy (born 1972) is an Israeli watchmaker, designer and artist who creates limited-edition timepieces in his independent studio in the Old Jaffa.[1] Noy's timepieces combine craftsmanship with thought-provoking design, meant to induce philosophical perspectives on the concept of time.
1996-2000 B.F.A. Jewelry and Object Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1998 Student exchange program, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2002 Industrial Design, Interior and Identity Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, Netherlands
M.Des. from the Eindhoven University of Technology[2]
Since 1999 independent artist and designer
Since 2000 Designer of timepieces and Jewelry for international companies
Since 2005 Lecturer at the Jewelry & Fashion department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem [2]
2007 Summer course at Penland School of Craft, North Carolina, USA
2016 Member at the Judges committee for The Design Prize, Ministry of Cultural of Israel
US: Museum of Art & Design, N.Y | Design week N.Y | SOFA N.Y | Wind Up N.Y I SOFA Chicago | Wind Up San Francisco I YAW Gallery, Michigan | Cotter Gallery, Colorado | China: Gallery bund, Shanghai | Contemporary art terminal, Shenzhen | Netherlands: Modern Kunst Museum, Arnhem | Textile Museum, Tilburg | Droog Design Gallery, Amsterdam | Groningen Museum, Groningen | Israel: Ariela’s Hause, Tel Aviv | Horace Richter Gallery, Old Jaffa | Museum for Israeli Art, Ramat Gan | Art Gallery of Tel Aviv University | Israel: Tikotin Museum, Haifa | Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv | Tal Gallery, Kfar Vradim I Design Museum Holon I Australia: Sydney opera house, Sydney | Melbourne Museum, Melbourne | Biennale Internationale Design 2000, Saint-Etienne, France | pp gallery Taipei, Taiwan | Grand Hornu, Belgium | Basel World, Switzerland
The Style section of the Wall Street Journal described Noy's Part Time Sun and Moon watch as "an exercise in experimentation. The enigmatic dial features five windows: a central one showing minutes, surrounded by four additional apertures indicating seconds, hours, day (with a sun) and night (with a moon)." Noy argues that complex design enhances the wearer's engagement with his watch.[3]