The company was founded in 2005 under the creative directorship of Omer Arbel in partnership with entrepreneur Randy Bishop. Every object is developed, engineered, and fabricated in-house in Bocci’s factory in Vancouver, using open-ended processes that prioritise technique and quality. Each member of the team brings their own signature to each piece they make, which is why no two Bocci products are exactly alike.

Still led by Omer Arbel, the team is now made up of dozens of designers, glassblowers, chemists, engineers and architects who work together in an inclusive, collaborative ecosystem that fosters the studio’s creative projects.

Omer Arbel trained as an architect in the late 1990s and worked for renowned architects including Enric Miralles and Patkau Architects. In 2005, he established his own practice and co-founded Bocci, focused on creating a dialogue with materials. What happens when you relinquish control? Unforeseen outcomes are at the heart of Bocci’s process, embracing the beauty of unpredictability. These conversations manifest in designs ranging from individual objects to architectural scales.

Bocci Berlin has been in Berlin since 2008 but officially opens its new premises in Spring 2024, featuring regularly rotating exhibitions of artists, designers, and other creatives, both based in the city and from Bocci’s wider international network. Bocci’s Milan apartment showroom is situated in an early twentieth-century building in Zona Vincenzo Monti and is the brand’s permanent base in Milan.

Collaboration is at Bocci’s core. It operates spaces for creative exchange in Vancouver, Milan, and Berlin where designers, artists, and architects from the international community are invited to share work, grow community, deepen relationships, and spark imagination.