Interior Designer Spotlight: Omer Arbel

I was searching some Vancouver based interior designers and I found award winner Omer Arbel.

Omer Arbel (born 1976) leads Omer Arbel Office (or OAO), a Vancouver-based design practice which aims to collapse traditional boundaries between the professions of building and industrial design, craft and materials research. OAO focuses on experimenting with material properties and fabrication methodology.^[1] The practice produces designs for buildings, objects, furniture, lighting and electrical accessories. Arbel is also the creative director of manufacturing and design company Bocci. - wikipedia

Here is some of his amazing work.

A spectacular eco home that blends into the surrounding landscape.

23.2 is a family house built on a large rural property outside Vancouver. It's design was inspired by the shape and length of hundred-year-old Douglas Fir beams reclaimed from a series of burned-down warehouses. In the dining room, Arbel's glass pendants hang above the table, creating a dreamy atmosphere in this contemporary space.

- House and Home

The 23 2 House in Vancouver

Kitchen 

www.cumbu.com

Here is some of his lighting

Simply shaped pendants create a complex sculptural form when placed in a group.

These delicate porcelain and glass pendants were inspired by the sporadic arrangement that barnacles make on a rock surface. Each piece is unique because the fabrication allows the material to bend and fold organically.

-House and Home

The 28 series shows off a special glass blowing technique developed by Arbel. The result is a slightly distorted glass sphere with an inner shape that houses the light bulb. The collection of pendants nestle into each other, offering a chandelier effect that can be composed and shaped to suit the room it's in.

 -House and home


Here is a plant Chandelier I saw at TacoFino restaurant in Vancouver.

Designer Omer Arbel created this commissary for a taco food truck in Vancouver with a stripped down, beachy feel. TacoFino Commissary was conceived as a ‘series of horizontal layers,’ he says. The upper layer is a chandelier of blown glass orbs and planters of cacti suspended amidst a tangle of copper tubing, created by Arbel and Bocci.

- Retaildesignblog.net

I would also like to say Tacofino is super yummy! Check out the Menu here:  http://tacofino.com/comissary/commissary-menu

And finally, a Penthouse by Omer Arbel via http://loveisspeed.blogspot.ca/

This man has so much talent it's scary! <3 <3 <3

I hope you enjoyed this! I want to start showcasing local Interior Designers. There is so much talent in Vancouver!

xoxo- Michelle