Yaacov Kaufman

Yaacov Kaufman (; born 1945) is a Soviet-born Israeli industrial designer and academic. Kaufman's work has focused on lighting, furniture, and product design.

Career Kaufman has been a professor at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design for over 3 decades, training "several generations" of Israeli designers. The Jerusalem Report calls Kaufman, "the elder statesman of Israeli design."

2016 The Heart of the Matter, Eretz Israel Museum. 2015 Design Museum Holon 2011 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Awards and honors Kaufman won the Sandberg Prize in 1989. He received the 2003 Norwegian Design Council Award for Industrial Design Excellence.

Collections Kaufman's work is included in the collections of the Design Museum Holon, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.