--- title: "Shay Alkalay" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/shay-alkalay" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Shay Alkalay ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T17:03:18+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Shay Alkalay - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/shay-alkalay) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/shay-alkalay) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/shay-alkalay/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/shay-alkalay/contributions) - [Website](http://www.raw-edges.com) Address: ## Shay Alkalay Raw-Edges Design Studio [www.raw-edges.com](http://www.raw-edges.com) Biography Both born in Tel Aviv in 1976, Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay studied at the Bezalel Art & Design Academy in Jerusalem before moving to London. After obtaining a diploma from the Royal College of Art in 2006, they founded the Raw Edges Design Studio. Yael likes to fold slim layers of all sorts of material as if they were paper, creating curved volumes and functional forms, while Shay has a passionate interest in a world where things move, function and interact. These two different approaches come together to create a series of original projects, characterised by a keen sensitivity towards the environment. 2009 was an important year: in addition to the Elle Decoration International Design Award for Stack by Established & Sons, in the Furniture section, at Design Miami/Basel the duo received the Designers of the Future Award 2009. They work with a number of international brands and producers, such as Arco, Cappellini, Bauhaus Ceramic Japan, Established & Sons and Stella McCartney. Articles about Shay Alkalay [PORTRAIT Boundless creativity 4/29/2020 “We have a great urge to experiment,” says Yael Mer. She and Shay Alkalay founded the studio “Raw Edges” back in 2007 and have been coming up with unusual approaches in design ever since.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/raw-edges-experiment-yael-mer-shay-alkalay) [FAIRS & EVENTS Eight ideas for the Home Office 10/27/2014 At Orgatec’s “Being Home 4+4” exhibition curated by Stylepark, eight well-known designers presented their ideas of today’s Home Office – giving their comment on it.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/eight-ideas-for-the-home-office) [FAIRS & EVENTS At home – what’s that? 9/25/2014 No London Design Festival without some special highlight. This year, four small houses were on show outside the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square – by Jasper Morrison, Raw Edges, Ilse Crawford and Patternity, created for the “A Place Called Home” project.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/at-home-whats-that) [FAIRS & EVENTS Kitchen, channels and any amount of Ki 4/23/2014 EuroCucina, which runs parallel to Milan’s Salone del Mobile, offers furniture for people who would love to cook. And shows the latest status objects that straddle architecture and design. A tour.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/kitchen-channels-and-any-amount-of-ki) [MAGAZINE Two fold a sofa 6/26/2008 The young design studio Raw-Edges in London was officially founded in July 2007. Yet the paths of Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay, who were both born in Tel Aviv in 1976, first crossed many years ago. They are currently exhibiting works at Fat Galerie in Paris with Peter Marigold.](https://www.stylepark.com/en/news/two-fold-a-sofa)