Bocci was founded in 2005 in a red barn surrounded by hay
fields on the periphery of Vancouver. The company launched
with one piece and has since grown an eclectic portfolio of
work focused mostly on the medium of light as it interacts
with various artifacts produced through invented fabrication
methods. All Bocci pieces are developed, engineered, and
fabricated in-house through an infrastructure that provides
full control over concept, technique, quality, and scale.
Bocci is based in Vancouver and Berlin, operating as a co-
operative community that strives for a healthy, flexible, and
stable network united by the goal of creating and delivering
extraordinary objects.
Creative Director Omer Arbel explores the intrinsic
mechanical, physical, and chemical qualities of materials
as fundamental departure points for making work. His
interdisciplinary practice spans architecture, industrial
design, materials research, sculpture, invention, and high
craft manufacturing. Arbel’s work has been exhibited at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Monte
Clark Gallery, Mallett, and the Barbican, among others.
