Bocci is a multidisciplinary modern lighting design studio, research lab, and factory built around the core design principles of Omer Arbel.

Bocci is dozens of designers, glassblowers, chemists, engineers and architects. Our team brings together many different skills and is organized in a horizontal way. This inclusive, collaborative ecosystem fosters the envisioning and development of our creative projects, manifesting through work of different scales, from jewelry to sculptural lighting to architecture.

We explore novel production methods, allowing materials to respond according to their inherent properties, unveiling the hidden potentials within glass, metal, concrete, fire, electricity and others.

As makers, we’re pushing the boundaries of design through experimentation, and research. What happens when you relinquish control? Unforeseen outcomes are at the heart of our process. We embrace the beauty of unpredictability.

Omer Arbel trained as an architect in the late 1990s, and apprenticed under renowned architects including Enric Miralles and Patkau Architects. In 2005, he established his own studio practice and co-founded Bocci, centered on engaging in dialogue with materials. These conversations manifest in designs ranging from individual objects to architectural scales. omerarbel.com