Furniture and interior designer Zeev Aram, who promoted numerous modernist and emerging designers at London's Aram Store, has passed away at the age of 89.
Aram died in his home on 18 March. He was known for creating furniture pieces including the glass Altra Table, famously immortalised in a David Hockney painting, as well as being a patron to many emerging and under-appreciated designers.
Through his self-titled showroom, Aram Store, which opened on the King's Road in the 60s, he introduced great modernists including Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier and Charlotte Periand to the British public for the first time.
He was also responsible for bringing global attention to the work of architect and designer Eileen Gray after meeting her in her early 90s and securing the rights to her designs. Above: Aram pictured in his home. Top image: Aram in his Covent Garden store as photographed by Jessica Klingelfuss
His annual self-financed graduate show at the Aram Gallery for Experimental and New Design provided a platform for some of London's most promising young design talent including Thomas Heatherwick and Jasper Morrison.
"Zeev was not only a legend to many designers like me but he also became a friend over the years and he'll be very missed," Heatherwick told Dezeen.

"Apart from being the most wonderfully warm and enthusiastic person, Zeev was a design titan not just for his eye and his vision but for his endurance too," Morrison added.
"His generous sp...