Omer Arbel leads Omer Arbel Office, 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. The practice produces designs for buildings, objects, furniture, lighting and electrical accessories. Arbel is also the creative director of manufacturing and design company Bocci and is faculty at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture.
17 November, Thursday, 6:30pm
The Glass Corner, Rm 206, 25 East 13th Street