Ayala Serfaty is a contemporary artist and designer who marches to the beat of her own drum. Endeavoring to blur the line between practical furnishings and sculptural focal points, her armchairs, table lamps and wall lights are as dazzling in appearance as they are functional.
Ayala Serfaty was born in 1962 in Tel Aviv. She studied fine arts at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem before moving to London, where she attended Middlesex University. After graduation, she moved back to and chose to settle in Tel Aviv. She continued painting, sculpting and studying fine art until the 1990s when she also began designing furniture.
Ayala Serfaty told the Wall Street Journal that inspiration struck in 1996 while on a snorkeling vacation at the Red Sea. Upon returning to Tel Aviv, she established Aqua Creations Lighting and Furniture Atelier and took on the designer and creative director role. Today, she is also regularly collaborating with Maison Gerard in New York City.
Serfaty's unique and handcrafted approach to furniture design and production means that each piece is entirely one of a kind. Every sculptural creation draws from an eclectic well of ancient traditions and modern design sensibilities. It can take up to six months from concept to completion.
Serfaty is perhaps best known for her SOMA lighting collection. The ethereal lamps are made from woven glass, giving them the look of organically grown crystals in underwater caves. They have a fantastically tactile appeal, which is an attribute of many of her designs.
She has exhibited at the London Design Museum, the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in Israel, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Her furniture has also been shown by Maison Gerard at the 2016 Winter Antiques Show and the 2021 Salon Art + Design. Her work is held in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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Ayala Serfaty, Janus, Patinated Bronze Side Table, Israel, 2025
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Lava is the manifestation of Alaya Serfaty's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abstraction. She creates affinity to natural phenomenon enabling a wide range of ref...
Bronze
Ayala Serfaty, Janus, Patinated Bronze Coffee Table, Israel, 2023
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Named for the two-faced Roman god of time, beginnings, transitions, and endings, Janus is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abs...
Bronze
Ayala Serfaty, Ash, Patinated Bronze Side Table, Israel, 2024
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Ash is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abstraction. She creates affinity to natural phenomenon enabling a wide range of refle...
Bronze
Ayala Serfaty, Masha, Janus Series, Patinated Bronze Coffee Table, Israel, 2023
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Masha is part of Serfaty's new Janus Series. Named for the two-faced Roman god of time, beginnings, transitions, and endings, Janus is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing res...
Bronze
On Hold|$6,800
H 16.5 in W 44.25 in D 25 in
Patinated Bronze Coffee Table Fitted with a Stone Mosaic Top
Located in Montreal, QC
Interesting patinated bronze rectangular coffee table fitted with an antique Classical Roman style stone mosaic top representing two bi...
Stone, Bronze
Tresor Patinated Set of 3 Coffee Table
Located in Paris, FR
Coffee table Tresor Patinated set of 3 with all structure of each table in solid brass in polished and patinated finish. With gloss varnished. Measures: Big/ Diameter 130 x H 30cm. M...
Brass
$2,898 / item
H 23.63 in Dm 19.3 in
Nature inspired acrylic patinated cast brass Alentejo side table by InsidherLand
By Joana Santos Barbosa, InsidherLand
Located in Maia, Porto
Alentejo side table is a glimpse over the South of Portugal where thousands of cork oaks trees raise their canopies to the sky. Resembling the typ...
Brass
Industrial Patinated Perforated Metal Coffee Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Striking perforated metal coffee table featuring uniform circular cutouts that create a strong geometric presence while allowing light to...
Metal
$4,500
H 15.5 in W 32 in D 60 in
1970s Nicos Zographos Solid Patinated Bronze Coffee Table with Glass Top 32x60
By Zographos Designs Ltd., Nicos Zographos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a rectangular Coffee Table, Model TA.35.60.72, initially designed by Nicos Zographos in 1960. This example was custom-made by Zographos Designs Limited in the 1970s in the US...
Bronze
$7,200Sale Price|23% Off
H 15 in W 48 in D 36 in
Karl Springer 'Banker' Coffee Table in Patinated Bronze and Lucite, 1970s
By Karl Springer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A commanding and sculptural 'Banker' bronze coffee table by celebrated American designer Karl Springer, dating to the 1970s. Known for his impeccable craftsmanship and bold materiali...
Bronze
Milo Baughman for Directional Ash Burl Drum Form End / Side Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century drum form end / side table with an ash burl wood veneer. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR DIRECTIONAL FURNITURE COMPANY)
Wood, Ash, Burl
Giacometti Style Patinated Bronze Finish Square Coffee Table
By Diego Giacometti
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Vintage 1980s cast-aluminum coffee table with original beveled glass top in the style of Diego Giacometti. The frame features a textured form with a bronzed finish that reveals touch...
Aluminum
Mers Side Table in Satin Bronze
By New Format Studio, Henry Norris
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Mers side table is fabricated from solid bronze and is suitable for use indoors and out. Form is inspired by the simple utilitarianism of West Coast aluminum fishing boats. Sh...
Bronze
Sculpted Steel Patinated Coffee Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large sculpted steel metal and glass coffee table constructed of six saber form legs joined by 2" thick flat bar box stretchers. The table is topped with recta...
Metal
$4,800
H 20.08 in W 24.02 in D 24.02 in
Red Lacquer Laminate & Patinated Brass Edges Side Table, France, 1970s
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
Elegant square deed burgundy laminate coffee or side table with patinated brass edges. In the style of Maison Jansen. In Fair vintage condition. 2.5cm long dent on top as shown on pi...
Brass
Warren McArthur Side Table with Patinated Top
By Warren McArthur
Located in Dallas, TX
Warren McArthur aluminum table with patinated wooden top.
Aluminum
Ayala Serfaty, Ash, Patinated Bronze Side Table, Israel, 2024
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Ash is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abstraction. She creates affinity to natural phenomenon enabling a wide range of refle...
Bronze
Ayala Serfaty, Janus, Patinated Bronze Coffee Table, Israel, 2023
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Named for the two-faced Roman god of time, beginnings, transitions, and endings, Janus is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abs...
Bronze