Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, educated at the Jerusalem Academy of Art and later at the Architectural Association in London, Ron Arad co-founded with Caroline Thorman both the design and production studio 'One Off' in 1981 and later, in 1989, Ron Arad Associates architecture and design practice. From 1994 to 1999 he established the Ron Arad Studio, design and production unit in Como, Italy. Ron Arad is currently the Professor of Design Products at the Royal College of Art in London.

He designs for many leading companies including Kartell, Vitra, Moroso, Cassina, Fiam, Driade, Alessi, Flos for example. Other architectural projects include: the Tel Aviv Opera in Israel; the Belgo restaurants in London; the development of a concept of Sport Cafes Adidas/Kronenbourg in Toulon; an advanced technology private residence in London; the new Technology Hall at Selfridges, London; the Grand Hotel Salone in Milan; the Windwand and the Big Blue sculptures for Canary Wharf; various gallery and exhibition designs such as 'Winning: The Design of Sports' for the Glasgow 1999 UK City of Architecture and Design and 'Ron Arad - Before and After Now' at the V&A, London. Ron Arad presented the winning scheme for the new flagship Adidas Stadium, Paris.

His work has been widely featured in many design/architectural books and magazines worldwide. He has exhibited at many major museums and galleries throughout the world and his work is in many public collections including, among others: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y; Design Museum, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein.

The Louise T Blouin Foundation 2005 Award is a spiral, cut every 180 degrees, to form sections. Each section is connected to its adjacent section via a friction hinge, this enables each section to rotate, in turn, enabling a flat spiral to become a possible armature capable of creating numerous shapes.