Omer Arbel /
Arbel, Omer,author.
Rebick, Stephanie,editor.
A dynamic, highly visual, and in-depth study of the celebrated multi-disciplinary designer and master of sculptural lighting0The work of Omer Arbel Office moves fluidly between the fields of design, architecture, sculpture, and invention. This monograph brings together twenty-two compelling projects - from lighting works for Bocci to furniture and standalone homes - to reveal practice founder Arbel's radical design ethos, which is rooted in material experimentation and collaboration. Organized by four thematic chapters and richly illustrated with beautiful product photography interwoven with preparatory drawings and ephemera, this book provides unique insight into Arbel's highly diverse practice.
Includes index.
Prima materia: the architecture of Omer Arbel -- The uncanny -- The fall of the House of Usher -- Confessions of an English opium-eater -- The estrangement of things -- Entropy and the new monuments -- Entropy and art: an essay on disorder and order -- Omer Arbel's parametric design: an ongoing experiment -- Charter of transdisciplinarity -- Statement of purpose -- Theory of the dérive -- The onging museum: sketch for an exhibition of Omer Arbel's transdisciplinary practice -- Blindsight -- The dispossessed: an ambiguous Utopia -- Tentacular thinking: anthropocene, capitalocene, chthulucene.
A dynamic, highly visual, and in-depth study of the celebrated multi-disciplinary designer and master of sculptural lighting0The work of Omer Arbel Office moves fluidly between the fields of design, architecture, sculpture, and invention. This monograph brings together twenty-two compelling projects - from lighting works for Bocci to furniture and standalone homes - to reveal practice founder Arbel's radical design ethos, which is rooted in material experimentation and collaboration. Organized by four thematic chapters and richly illustrated with beautiful product photography interwoven with preparatory drawings and ephemera, this book provides unique insight into Arbel's highly diverse practice.
Arbel, Omer.
Architecture
Decoration and ornament