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BOCCI 73
At MAISON&OBJET PARIS, from the 23rd to the 27th of January 2015, Vancouver-based design brand Bocci will unveil a mysterious new addition to its celebrated, process-driven collection: a handcrafted exploration of fabric and glass, called 73.
73 explores a technique whereby glass is blown into extremely heat-resistant ceramic fabric. The process begins by sewing a loose fabric vessel and blowing hot glass inside, granting the glass a formal and textural expression that becomes permanent as it cools.
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Posted 6 February 2015
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Forced air pressure creates the final form, while the temporary fabric shell provides both a shape and a texture counterintuitive to glass, evoking a formal language we intuitively associate with fabric. A flat LED lamp is positioned to fill the resulting volume with diffuse light, accentuating the perceptual dimensions of the piece.
By virtue of the loosely-controlled manufacturing process, each 73 is completely unique in proportion, size and shape. 73s are intended to nestle together in groups, creating increasingly more complex compositions with each added form.
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ABOUT OMER ARBEL
Based in Vancouver and Berlin, Omer Arbel is focused on the intrinsic mechanical, physical, and chemical qualities of materials as fundamental departure points for design. His interdisciplinary practice spans multiple scales and cultural-economic contexts to include architecture, industrial design, materials research, sculpture, invention, and high craft manufacturing.
Arbel’s work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Spazio Rossana Orlandi, and Mallett Antiques, among others. He is the recipient of several Red Dot and iF Awards, a Yellow Pencil Yearbook entry, the Ronald J. Thom Early Design Achievement Award, and three World Architecture Festival shortlists.
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There is a strange mystery that occurs when these pieces are filled with diffuse light. They become somehow evocative of more than both glass and fabric; they become something new entirely.”
- Omer Arbel Creative Director Bocci
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ABOUT BOCCI
Bocci is a decade-old design and manufacturing company based in Vancouver, Canada and Berlin, Germany. Founded in 2005 under the creative directorship of Omer Arbel, Bocci has a respected and growing portfolio of contemporary design, ranging from light installations through to furniture and electrical sockets. The designs are developed, engineered, and fabricated in-house, in both Berlin and Vancouver, through an infrastructure calibrated to provide unparalleled control over technique, quality and scale. Bocci is run as a multi-disciplinary cooperative, emphasizing sustainable practices, processes and material supply.
Head Office
info@bocci.ca
sales@bocci.ca
#500 1706 West 1st Ave
Vancouver BC V6J 0E4
Canada
https://bocci.ca
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Exposition view Maison&Object, Paris 2015
©Bocci
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