Bocci 38 Series Hanging Pendants

Bocci 38 is a surrealistically motivated re-exploration of a technique of making originally developed for a previous project called 28, whereby air is pushed in and out of glass that is intermittently heated and cooled.

In the case of this project, the technique is stretched to the limits of possibility.  Large glass spheres are blown, and then a multitude ofwhite cavities are introduced into them haphazardly, intentionally intersecting and colliding with each other.  Several of these are deep enough to contain earth and succulent and cacti plantings.

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Bocci "28" Hanging Pendant Lights

28 series is an exploration of fabrication process which is part of creative director, Omer Arbel’s, quest for specificity in manufacturing.

Instead of designing form itself, the intent for the 28 series was to design a system that produces form. Arbel developed a method that has loose parameters built into it, which produces a different shape in every iteration of the fabrication procedure. Thus, every 28 series pendant made is formally different from any other in existence.

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'21' - Ultra Modern Hanging Pendants by Bocci

The 21 series is made with a random amount of raw porcelain, which is flattened and rolled into a pancake shape.

This is then wrapped around a frosted borosilicate glass inverted trumpet diffuser. The thin porcelain skin is allowed to flop over the borosilicate core to create whatever form is most natural to it. This makes a unique form, of varying size, in every iteration of the fabrication process. 

21 pendants are designed to be arranged in groupings, such that the pieces touch each other to form clumps. The relatively simple shapes of the individual pendants, when placed in a group, make a complex sculptural form.  See our other posts covering Bocci’s modern lighting designs.

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The 14 Series Chandeliers by Omer Arbel for Bocci

Traditionally, chandeliers have been understood as central, sculptural installations, which become the visual focus of a room.

The 14 series, designed by Omer Arbel in 2005, is the original chandelier to challenge this concept. Instead of a central sculptural object, the 14 series is an ambient chandelier, achieving its power through a strategy of composition and clustering. The 14 series fills the volume of a room, making the height and shape of its dimensions understood to the inhabitants in a direct physical manner.

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