Ron Arad (b. 1951) is an industrial designer, artist and architect. He attended the Jerusalem Academy of Art between 1971-73 and the Architectural Association in London from 1974-79.

He is Head of Design Products Department at the Royal College of Art.

Arad and his older brother, violist Atar Arad were born in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Biographical information from Wikipedia 

Ron Arad Retrospective
May – September, 2010
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

European Design since 1985: Shaping the New Century
March 8, 2009 – April 25, 2010
Traveling exhibition: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Ron Arad
February – March, 2010
Barbican Centre, London

Ron Arad: No Discipline
August 2 – October 19, 2009
Museum of Modern Art, New York

Drunken Bodyguards
March 1 – April 1, 2009
Gallery Mourmans, Lanaken, Belgium

Ron Arad: No Discipline
November 20, 2008 – January 26, 2009
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Ron Arad: Guarded Thoughts
November 7 – December 20, 2008
Friedman Benda, New York

Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008
March 7 – June 29, 2008
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York

In Their Own Words: In Collaboration with Josh Baer and Demisch Danant
February 23 – March 31, 2008
Friedman Benda and Demisch Danant, New York

Design contre Design – Deux siècles de créations
September 26, 2007 - January 7, 2008
Le Grand Palais, Paris

Ron Arad – Restless
September 19 – October 27, 2007
Friedman Benda, New York

Designing Modern Britain
July 30, 2006 – March 4, 2007
Design Museum, London

Ron Arad: There Is No Solution Because There Is No Problem
September 15 – 30, 2006
Friedman Benda, New York

Volumes and Voids
November 12, 2005 – January 21, 2006
Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN

Ron Arad: Paved With Good Intentions
December 1 – 10, 2005
Design Miami, Collins Building

Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981 – 2004
May 5 – June 24, 2005
Barry Friedman Ltd, New York

Ron Arad: New Works & Installations in Corian
May 2 – June 10, 2005
Barry Friedman Ltd / Phillips de Pury & Co, New York

Before and After Now
June 12 – October 1, 2000
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Ron Arad: New Acquisitions
1997
Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal

Ron Arad
1997
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

The Work of Ron Arad
1995
The Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland

L’Espirit du Nomade
1994
Cartier Fondation, Paris

Design in the 20th Century
1993
Grand Palais, Paris

Sticks and Stones: One Offs and Short Runs
January, 1990 – December, 1992
Traveling Exhibition: Centre for Contemporary Arts, Warsaw, Krakow, Poland, 1992; Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1990

A Break with Tradition
1991
Rohska Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden

Ron Arad Recent Works
1990
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Nouvelles Tendences
1987
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris