There’s a focus on sports this summer, with the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 22nd Maccabiah Games, which led designers and artists to explore the intersection of sports and design in Jerusalem Design Week.

The event, titled “Victory Gate,” is taking place July 9 through July 16 at the capital’s historic Hansen House.

It’s an apt name for the event that opens at the grand entrance of the two-story former leprosy asylum designed by German architect Conrad Schick and established in the late 1800s by the Protestant community of Jerusalem.

Vibrant banners hang from the building’s roof, with colorful stadium seating alongside the entrance, mimicking the bleachers used to seat fans.

Inside and outside, in the gardens and galleries of the main building, artists have explored the ideas of winning, competition and sports membership in team colors, symbols, flags, sportswear and stadiums, in the event curated by Sonia Olitsky and Roni Azgad Hamburger and managed by Smadar Tzuk and Ran Wolf.

Visitors can explore different interpretations of familiar sports such as an alternative basketball hoop or covered ping-pong in the Hansen House yard installations.

The indoor galleries host various exhibits, including one examining trophies and how they could evolve and appear given recent historic events and........

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