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February PROFILE
OMER ARBEL, CO-DESIGNER
OF THE VANCOUVER
OLYMPIC MEDALS, TAKES

BOCCI BEYOND LIGHTING

WHO: Omer Arbel, Bocci
WHERE: Vancouver (604) 974-0005 or omerarbel.com
and bocci.ca
WHAT: Striking pendant lights, pleated benches
and marble tables that champion individuality.
The 28 series lights come in clear, white THE SCOOP: Leading a staff of 15, Arbel has won
and frosted glass as well as custom his design firm Bocci worldwide praise for creating
colours. 28.7 chandelier (shown), $3,010.
lighting and furniture that resist homogeneity. The
spheres for his 28 series pendant lights are purposely
Omer Arbel, founder and
creative director of Bocci. distorted using a technique where air is intermittently
injected and then drawn out of fired glass. For his
25 bench, randomly folded pleats are meant to
shift and crease in response to the bodies of sitters.
STANDOUT PRODUCT: The sleek 22 wall socket, a
flush-to-the-wall design that eliminates the need for
a clunky cover plate. The concept arose from Arbel’s
desire to mute visual noise.
BUZZ PROJECT: Arbel collaborated with native artist
Corrine Hunt to design the 2010 Winter Olympic and
Paralympic medals. Each medal is one of a kind, made
by cropping into details from two of Hunt’s artworks.
NAME DROPPING: British starchitect Norman Foster,
ABOVE: The minimalist 22 wall
socket, from $15/component. who designed the Millennium Bridge in London,
RIGHT: The 14 series lights recently ordered the 22 series lights (Bocci’s debut
appear in designer Philip Lim’s design) for his own home. — BROOKE LOCKYER
NY boutique, Club Monaco
Hong Kong, and Holt Renfrew in
Vancouver and Montreal. 14.26
chandelier (shown), $9,938.

ECO CHIC Text by Catherine MacIntosh (Eco Chic)/Photography by Janis Nicolay (Profi le)/Nancy Tong (Eco Chic)/Chairs, Inform Interiors (Profi le, chandelier photo)

TOTALLY RAD

It’s electric
Get the classic look and warm radiant heat of water radiators
in any house: Quebec’s EcoRad, which took first prize in
sustainable development at this year’s Montreal International
Interior Design Show, salvages radiators destined for the
smelter, refurbishes them and wires them for electricity,
making them as easy to install as baseboard heaters. With
styles ranging from sleek and modern to ornate and historical,
these energy-efficient, sculptural pieces bring back the
original character of older homes and add timeworn tension
to contemporary spaces.
From $695/rad; upgrading of existing radiators, from $475/rad. Visit ecorad.ca.

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