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This 17.18 table is carved out of one single block of marble allowing for a perfect continuation of the nuances of the stone. Each table produced has a composition of bowl shaped cavities carved into the table top which accept corresponding handmade porcelain bowls. The composition of these cavities is random and totally different in each piece produced - again emphasizing the obsession for the idea of the ?mass produced one off? which has been integral to Arbel?s designs since the start of his career.

Bocci, started in 2005, is a contemporary design and manufacturing house located in Vancouver, Canada, operating under the creative directorship of Omer Arbel. Bocci is committed to fostering a healthy cooperative community of designers, craftspeople, technicians, manufacturers and fine shops, with the goal of creating practical but also quite enchanting consumer goods of the highest quality.
Bocci is well known thus far for large chandelier installations and custom fabrications of extremely large proportions. These are featured in hotels, restaurants, high-profile homes, and establishments worldwide. Large chandeliers by Bocci have made their way to various high profile locations including the Philip Lim boutique in Soho; W Hotels in Montreal and Atlanta; Neda in San Francisco and Dubai; Club Monaco in Hong Kong; Axis Casino in Nottingham UK, Ilori stores throughout North America; STK restaurants in New York and Los Angeles; Stanford Hospital, George Brown College in Toronto, and many others.
About Omer Arbel:
Omer Arbel, Bocci?s creative director, trained in late 1990s as an architect under Enric Miralles in Barcelona and John and Patricia Patkau in Vancouver. His architectural background is evident in his furniture and lighting design ? his pieces are characterized not only by their own inherent qualities but also by the way they affect the spaces around them. Arbel?s work has received some of the highest honors of contemporary industrial design and has been published extensively.