Itay Noy is an Israeli watchmaker, designer and artist who creates limited-edition timepieces in his independent studio in the Old City of Jaffa. Noy's timepieces combine craftsmanship with thought-provoking design, meant to induce philosophical perspectives on the concept of time.
Since 1999 independent artist and designer Since 2000 Designer of timepieces and Jewelry for international companies Since 2005 Lecture at the Jewelry & Fashion department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem 2007 Summer course at Penland Scholl of Cract, North Carolina, USA 2016 Member at the Judges committee for The Design Prize, Ministry of Cultural of Israel
1999 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Scholarship for the years 1999, 2000 1999 Second prize, competition for design of the statue of the Eurovision contest in Jerusalem 2000 Lockman Prize for practical Design, Bezalel 2000 First prize, Academies category, Biennale Internationale Design, Saint-ֹtienne, France 2001 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Scholarship for the years 2001, 2002 with distinction 2003 America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Scholarship for Excellency - M.A studies abroad 2005 Outstanding Artist Award, Absorption Ministry 2007 The Andy Prize for the Arts 2011 The Design Prize 2011, Ministry of Cultural of Israel The Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport’s Prize for Design
USA: 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 | The Netherlands: Modern Kunst Museum, Arnhem | Textile Museum, Tilburg | Droog Design Gallery, Amsterdam | Groningen Museum, Groningan | Israel: Ariela’s Hause, Tel-Aviv | The 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-tienne, France | pp gallery Taipei, Taiwan | Grand Hornu, Belgium | Basel World, Switzerland
From the press
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 and night." Noy argues that complex design enhances the wearer's engagement with his watch.
