Besides being a fulltime commercial typographer and type designer, Oded Ezer is also a lecturer and a typographic experimentalist. Having graduated in 1998 in Visual Communication Design from the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, Ezer went on to set up his own independent studio, Oded Ezer Typography, in Tel Aviv.
Ezer’s posters and graphic works are showcased and published worldwide. His designs have won local and international accolades, including the Gold Prize at the international design competition of the Nagoya Design Center, Japan (2000); Certificate of Excellence at the 4th annual competition of the New York Type Directors Club and Certificate of Excellence at the “Bukva raz”, a type design competition, Moscow, Russia (both 2001); the Israeli Education Ministry Prize for Design (2003); Bronze prize and two International jury awards at the 3rd International Poster Biennial, Ningbo, China (2004); Judges’ Special Award at the Taiwan International Poster Design Award, Taipei,Taiwan (2005) and Certificate of Excellence at the TDC52 competition of the New York Type Directors Club (2006).