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The British Greenhouse - A series of seminars at Yad Haim Weizmann, moderated by Prof. Moti Golani (Jun-Aug 21)
An article about the Shamir brothers has been published on the Latvian Delfi.LV web portal. June 2021
A poster by the Shamir brothers "Enlist to the frontier force", from 1949, is offered for sale by the Farkash Gallery in Jaffa. Asking Price: $ 5500. May 2021
The Shenkar Institute for Research and Documentation of Design interviewed Yoram and Uri Shamir to celebrate the anniversary of the establishment of the Shamir Brothers website. See link at the bottom of the linked page. April 2021
David Sela, editor of the nostalgia website, recently found an Assis poster in the National Library collection that does not appear on our website. March 2021
The Shamir brothers 1943 Notrim poster is offered for sale by the Farkash Gallery in Jaffa. Asking price $ 5,800. March 2021
Farkash Gallery in Jaffa offers for sale a poster of Keren Hayesod designed by the Shamir brothers for the first Independence Day of the State of Israel. Asking Price $ 2200.
The Shamir Brothers poster for May 1, 1954 will appear in the French animated film "My Father's Secret" directed by Véra Belmont. The film is based on the graphic novel "The Second Generation" by Michel Kishka. March 2021
The poster "Welcome - Travel on the Hebrew ship!" was commissioned by the Israel Maritime company to welcome the passenger ship "Kedma" to the port of Tel Aviv. This was the first ship of the Zim company. February 2021
A 1951 poster by the Shamir brothers appears in David Sela's "70 Years After" section of "Israel Today" . It Instructs orange pickers how to pick properly: "Get less tired, earn more". January 2021
A surprise find! In the days of COVID19 a 1960s Shamir work for the Kupat Holim of the Histadrut explains the importance of the Vaccination process. It was discovered in an auction at "The Bidder", Gedera. January 2021.
A replica of the Shamir brothers designed banknote series (1959-60) printed on silver is issued by the Israel Medals and Coins corp. Jan 2021
The Shamir brothers poster for "Tava" stamp exhibition, 1952, was offered at an initial price of $150 at "Kedem"'s sale and fetched $550. Shamir included in the design previous works by them: the Jerusalem stamp 1949 and the 23rd Zionist Congress stamp 1951. January 2021
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - What's at the Bottom of the State Emblem
The five year anniversary of our Live Digital Archive has been reached. Please dive into it to enjoy its content. Dec 2020
Five Assis labels were revealed to us by Yair Lindenberg, an apprentice at the Shamir Brothers Studio 50 years ago. The labels were hand-painted. Yair wrote about his experiences for our story section - "Behind the scenes at Studio Shamir".
Two Shamir posters in this weekend's papers 13.11.2020
The Israel National Library posted a Blog "A collection of Histadrut posters designed by Shamir brothers". Written by Yoram and Uri Shamir. 25 May 2020
A new discovery - a Wyssotzky gift to retailers with an attached calendar. From the 1960s
A surprise find! An early Shamir poster (1933/4) was discovered for sale on 30 May 2020 by Artembassy auction house in Riga. 7 May 2020
A collection of Shamir Histadrut posters is presented to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its foundation in Dec 1920
A Shamir brothers poster "Israel's Independence - Power of the workers", 1952 illustrates David Sela's article "A Little History" in the Independence Supplement of "Israel Today". April 2020
David Sela continues to use the works of the Shamir brothers in his nostalgic article in "Israel Today" (21.2.2020). This time three works by Shamir.
Two posters by the Shamir brothers were presented as a source material in the matriculation exam in history, conducted on January 6, 2020
Farkash Gallery Special Hanukkah sale includes three 1940s Shamir posters. Asking prices of thousands of dollars.Dec 2019
Five posters by the Shamir brothers were auctioned in New York as part of the American-Israel Friendship League's annual event. November 2019
New sound on the phone - A 1968 ad by the Shamir brothers appears in a new nostalgia section in Yedioth Ahronoth to mark the paper's 80th anniversary. September 2019
In their vintage Israeli election posters sale (Sept 2019), Farkash gallery offer a Shamir Mapa'i poster for $3,800
Israel Airport Authority nostalgic display at Ben Gurion airport for Israel's 71st independence day uses Shamir artwork. 9/5/2019
The well-known Shamir brothers' poster "Enlist to A.T.S." on behalf of the British army, was sold at an excellent price, $ 9,375, at the Swann Galleries in New York. March 2019.
"Israel Today" marks the declaration of the State emblem on February 10, 1949 in the section "Seventy Years After" by David Sela. February 2019
"Do not Discard Waste Paper" Shamir World War II poster appears on the back cover of the magazine "Catedra". January 2019
The Face Behind the Poster - Naomi Segal, the daughter of the ATS Sergeant who modelled for the Shamir poster identified her mother, Leah Seidemann in the poster. Click for details
"Every politician has a symbol" was the subject of Yoram Shamir's lecture at the third Nes Ziona conference for the flag, symbol and anthem.
The exhibition "Independence in the Art of the Shamir Brothers", which was displayed in Latvia in Riga, Liepāja, and Daugavpils closed yesterday. November 5, 2018
A Shamir brothers' razor blades "Okava" poster appears in David Sela's "70 Years Ago" article of Israel Hayom. The Shamir brothers designed the factory emblem, posters and advertisements in the press.
A 1954 JNF stamp by Shamir Brothers that we were not aware of was discovered in the catalogue of the auction house Historama, October 2018
Recent research by Uri Shamir, discovered 41 works of the Shamir brothers or of other artists in connection with Shamir's works.
In the catalog of the exhibition "A Place for Fashion" currently being held at the Israel Museum, the half-Lira banknote is designed by Shamir Brothers takes pride of place, July 2018
Shamir poster "From the City to the Village" appears in the book "Israeli Lessons - Arcadia Industrial" published by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
A new TV advertisement by Tnuva for cottage cheese talks about the history of the cheese and mentions the designers with a photos of Gabriel and Maxim and that they designed the State emblem, the postal logo and more. May 2018
The original document that raised the need for the State emblem was discovered by Dr. Moshe Fuchs and Dr. Assaf Tarkatinsky in the State Archives, April 2018
Two works by Shamir Brothers appear in David Sela's weekly article "70 years after" in Israel Hayom, 23 Feb 2018
New find - The Secret Weapon, Soldier's Song books, by Yitzhak Itzhak, ca. 1944, cover design by Shamir Brothers 2/2018
Shamir's 1939 poster for the Hapoel Sports Association "Workers, your place in our ranks" appears in David Sela's article "70 years after" in today's Israel Hayom - 15 Dec 2017
The Metsada gold medal is offered for sale by the Israel Medal Company for NIS 5,400. The medal's reverse side was designed by the Shamir brothers, the obverse by Natan Karp. It was first issued in bronze in 1965 and later in silver and gold. The bronze one is now offered for sale at NIS 262. Dec 2017
Two posters of Shamir appear in "Israel Today" (17.11.17) in the series of David Sela "70 years after"
A poster for shaving soap Sherf designed by Shamir Brothers in 1936 is featured inDavid Sela's articlein Israel Hayom's weekly supplement. November 2017
A sketch of the State emblem of 1949, bearing the signature of David Ben-Gurion, presented in May of this year at the "Menorah" exhibition at the Vatican Museum, will be displayed in November at the Museum of Italian Jewry in Jerusalem in an exhibition entitled Secrets of Preservation - Curator: Doron Luria, designer: Moshe Ash. October 2017
The National Library publisheda 2017-18 calendar of postersfrom its collection. 12 posters from the beginning of the state include two posters of the General Federation of Labour, designed by the Shamir brothers October 2017
One Israeli pound note of the Bank of Israel, designed by the Shamir brothers in 1959, isdisplayed on the promenade in Tiberias. Photo from August 2017
The State Archives is digitizing. To our surprise, we discovered that the site uses at the bottom of its home page figures from the Shamir 50 pound bill for decoration. August 2017
An unknown election poster for the 1944 national assembly, designed by the Shamir brothers, is being offered for sale at the Kedem auction house. August 2017
Two posters of Sheftelowitz (Shamir) from Riga, Latvia were discovered, apparently from 1933/4, from the time that the Sheftelowitz brothers started work there.
Two posters of the Sheftelowitz brothers(Shamir) from Riga, Latvia, before their cost to Israel were discovered in 1934/5 July 2017
Wonderful Country! Posters designed by Shamir Brothers, Israel 1939-1970.An exhibition at the Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery. Opening June 22, 2017.
A Shamir poster from the 1940sand a customer we did not know was found at a sale at Kedem Auctions Ltd. June 2017
A poster for"Protect the Nation and Moledet - Join the Guard Corps", designed by the Shamir brothers in 1939, will be shown in another week at the "Blues for the wearers of uniforms" exhibition at the Museum of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem May 2017
In the first newscast of "Here", a poster of the Shamir brothers from 1939 will be screened. "Worker, your place in our ranks" was a poster of the Hapoel sports association. It will be screened in a report by Doron Tsabari on the privatization of Bank Hapoalim in 1977. May 2017
The intelligence organization published anadvertisement containing a puzzlefor those interested in working in the cyber division, May 1, 2017
A poster for the band "Leibach"in May 2017 is a copy of the 1946 Maccabi poster of the Shamir Brothers. April 2017 Update: The announcement was removed from festival site, May 2017
This week Shenkar College launched the digital book "Between Idea and Form" by Batya Donner, which describes the history of graphic design in the Land of Israel. April 2017
The "Shamir Posters - recruitment in Israel"presentationopened this morning a conference at Tel Aviv University "Jewish Soldiers in World War II" April 2017
A new discovery. The cover of the"Tel Aviv Port" brochurepublished in honour of the opening of Tel Aviv Port 1938 was discovered in April 2017
Two posters of the Shamir brothers of World War II appear ina new book by Daniel GordisFebruary 2017
A Shamir Brothersposter that was not known to uswas discovered through the Auction monitoring website Invaluable in February 2017
The Knesset has recently launched a campaign to encourage the use of the "Knesset transparent" Knesset application. At the top of the ads - the state emblem in gold. The original colours planned by the Shamir brothers were silver and blue. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose a gold version for his bureau. January 2017
The Shamir Brothers poster "Plant a Tree with Your Own Hands" is displayed in the exhibition "Nostalgia Eretz-Israel - JNF Posters" Produced by Efrat Sinai from the JNF's photo archive, was opened at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. The Shamir brothers designed the poster in several languages (English, German and Portuguese). January 2017
New discovery:Two Assis Tin Plate ads- Thanks to Omri Tzur who found them, October 2016
A new book- a selection of works by Shamir Brothers - was published in a limited edition and includes about 400 graphic works: symbols, posters, medals, stamps, banknotes and more. The introduction was written by Prof. Yarom Vardimon, Israel Prize laureate. Editor: Yoram Shamir. July 2016
This week sees the publication ofCalendar 2016-17, "There were times" based on works of the Shamir Brothers, published by Palpat. Shamir's previous calendar, which was also issued by Palpat, was devoted to posters, and this year - the selection varied: banknotes, labels, stamps and posters. August 2016
In Israel Hayom, a photograph by Efrat Eshelof Shabtai Gilboa (82)holding the Shamir Brothers' "The best for the sky" poster, which he modeled when he was an Air Force pilot.The poster publishes the Independence Day stamps, designed by the Shamir brothers, May 2016
In a new book on the Herut movement, "Righteous and Chased," which was published this month, the author Dr. Ofira Gravis Kowalski attributes 5 election posters to the founding assembly of the Shamir Studio, even though they are not signed.
Within a week, a double price for Shamir's poster.A poster for recruiting women in World War II to the British armywas sold last week at a pre-Kedem auction in Jerusalem for $ 4200. Today, Farkash Gallery in Jaffa offers the same banner at $ 8,500. March 2016
It is important to verify Shamir's signatures with us! The stamp of the Jubilee Bezalel, designed by the Shamir brothers in 1957, is currently on sale with the signature of the artist in English - The signature is suspected as false 2/2016
$ 24,000 in "pre-sales" for a500-fils banknotefor the West Bank, 1967