![]() ![]() He competed in fencing for Team Canada at the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel. As a youth, Arbel enjoyed considerable success as a compe*ive fencer, making the Canadian Junior National team numerous times and ranking in the top 20 at the Junior World Championships. Early lifeĪrbel was born and raised in Jerusalem until age thirteen, when his family relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The objects, installations, and buildings realized in this way are to some degree unpredictable and variable, a meeting place between nature and technology, a potentially endless series of exceptions for which there is no restrictive rule. Arbel invents processes (manual, mechanical, or chemical) that generate novel forms, privileging *og processes and traditional skills such as gl*blowing, concrete forming, and metalwork as ongoing sources of inspiration and innovation. Arbel's designs are numbered in order of creation (1.1 – 113 at the time of writing). He is one of two co-founders of Bocci, a Canadian design and manufacturing company. His output is broad, including materials research, lighting design, building design and site specific installations. ![]() Whether a long-time design enthusiast or only experiencing the transformative power of great design for the first time, everyone is encouraged to continue to learn more about Omer Arbel and take in this mesmerizing exhibition on view through the end of July.Omer Arbel (born 1976) is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Vancouver. It gave us great pleasure to offer our public the extraordinary experience of this event with Omer Arbel. Some of his accolades include several Red Dot and iF Awards, the Ron Thom Early Design Achievement Award, a World Architecture Festival Shortlist and, with Corrine Hunt, the commission to design the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Medals. His architectural work includes both the interior of a Vancouver penthouse and 23.2, a private family residence located on large, rural plot of land just outside Vancouver.Īrbel’s work has received some of the highest honors of contemporary industrial design and has been published extensively. Many of his other designs are currently in widespread production, notably the 14 series chandelier which hangs in the entrance of the Luminaire Chicago showroom and bears the effect of many tiny candles floating in delicate spheres of water. ![]() Among his most celebrated work is the critically acclaimed 2.4 Chair, currently considered a collector’s item. Intimately combining the fields of industrial design, architecture, manufacturing and materials research, Arbel’s work is characterized not only by its own inherent physical qualities but also by the way it connect others to the spaces through which they move.Īrbel seeks inspiration in the intrinsic qualities of materials, fascinated by physical, chemical and mechanical processes and the opportunities he finds to manipulate them. As Creative Director of manufacturing house Bocci, he also produces innovative, emotionally sensitive lighting. Trained as an architect, Arbel was only in his twenties when he established his own design firm Omer Arbel Offices (OAO). Omer Arbel was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1976 and raised in Vancouver where he currently lives and works. Following the talk, the designer engaged guests as they experienced his ethereal designs in the Luminaire showroom. On June 11 at Art Institute of Chicago, Arbel shared insights on his design methodology and body of work. This year Luminaire had the distinct pleasure of welcoming Omer Arbel, founder of Vancouver-based Omer Arbel Office and Creative Director of Bocci, to Chicago to open eyes, stimulate minds and stir souls. ![]()
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