Bocci | fuori salone 2025
Among the many venues of the fuori salone, when the entire city turns into a showroom during the Salone del Mobile, the exhibition that lingered most deeply in memory was that of Bocci. Marking Bocci’s 20th anniversary, the show presented new works by creative director Omer Arbel alongside pieces from earlier series.
Based in Vancouver, Canada, Bocci was founded in 2005 by architect and designer Omer Arbel. Its stance of respecting the accidents of glass and the hand of the craftsman lends every product the individuality of a one-off piece. The series are named simply with numbers, and while each object is a product, a conceptual-art-like line of thought runs through them all.
A glass installation was staged inside a room of a historic mansion.
In a stillness reminiscent of a museum, one could experience the sensation of light “floating” in space — a poetic world that only Bocci can create.
Every Bocci light is made by hand, and individual variations are clearly present.
It is precisely this individuality — this uniqueness — that forms the core of Bocci’s aesthetic, making each piece feel truly like an art object.
Simple yet possessed of depth, the pieces change impression according to angle and distance. The light sources are extremely subdued — less lighting fixtures than presences of light scattered through the space.
Bocci’s lighting exists not as light meant to brightly illuminate, but as “light that harmonises with the space.”
Overview
Bocci | fuori salone 2025
“The Numbers Between the Numbers”
Venue: Bocci Milan Apartment
Dates: April 4 (Fri) – 13 (Sun), 2025
Hours: 10:00 – 18:00
Curation: The Future Perfect, David Alhadeff
