Shelly Agronin was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1980 and immigrated to Israel with her family in 1992. She holds a B.Des. in Industrial Design from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem (2004).

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After graduating, Shelly worked with leading product design studios, developing products for a wide range of industries, including consumer electronics, medical devices, toys, food, cosmetics, and hospitality.

In 2017, she established her independent design studio, where she continues to develop products for clients in Israel and worldwide.

Over the past decade, metal bending has become one of Shelly’s favorite production technologies. Even after developing hundreds of products, she remains fascinated by the transformation of a flat, two-dimensional sheet into a three-dimensional object. This fascination led her to create WALLABY - her metal origami brand, through which customers take part in the transformation by folding the products themselves.

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More recently, Shelly has expanded her practice into the design of original characters for 3D printing. Her ongoing project, Beasties, explores how form, expression, color, and interchangeable accessories can give a physical character a distinct personality—and allow people to recognize something of themselves in it.

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Shelly lives in Israel with her husband, three daughters, and two dogs.