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About MikeDarnell

I was born in Jerusalem in 1974.

I am an autodidact with extensive experience as a graphic designer, and have specialized in branding, business-marketing communications and website design.

I am currently:

An artist creating Pop and Abstract art, digital prints with biblical, erotic, Jewish, mythical, political, and technological themes - browse my gallery at:
http://www.DigitalArtPrintGallery.com

Creative Director at http://www.Oleh.com
( see also http://www.readerimpact.com )

A stakeholder of http://www.Speakitz.com

A lecturer at the HIT's School of Design, were I have been giving a course in "Foundations of Design" since 2005.
Course blog:
http://hit-foundations-of-design.blogspot.com/

I serve as a consultant and lecturer at the Jerusalem's Business Development Center (MATI).
Course blog:
http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/userBlog.asp?FolderName=mati4internet

Since early 2006 I have also started creating digital images which are on display in a number of galleries:
http://ellagallery.co.il/mike-darnell.asp

I founded Tria Design Studio (tria.co.il) and was one of it's principals until late in 2007.

I have taught at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the Hadassah College in Jerusalem.

Recent Comments

To misquote the eternal Ellie Wallach - "You want to lead? LEAD! Don't talk..." Leadership is about doing, not yapping. It's ...
The woman supposedly heading this movement is now in custody for what is turning out to be one of the severest cases of child abuse in Israel's history. Her "Rabbi" fled the country and a request for his extradition has been ...

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Funky Jews Online

I'm really impressed with the wealth of cool Jewish culture available online. I grew up in Israel where Jewish culture is rarely regarded as "cool". I guess that state dictated mandates governing how we choose to express our Judaism bear a hefty part of the responsibility for this.

Online however there exists a veritable wealth of butt kyke-ing Jewish culture created by some sharp, witty and young people.

Here are a few examples:

First and foremost there is obviously this place...