omer arbel office: seating

‘2.4 chair’, 2003 (cast resin, stainless steel)
photo: shannon loewen

omer arbel office is a vancouver-based design practice that was founded in 2003 specializing in furniture,
lighting and architectural design. the studio, founded by designer omer arbel, is now well known for their
experimental furniture designs. one of their first projects was the ‘2.4 chair’ made from cast resin with
a stainless steel skeleton. the chair is cast in layers on its side using a variety of opaque and transparent
colours, making each chair completely unique. following this the studio produced the ‘8.0 chair’ made
using an ultra strong concrete that allowed the design to be extremely thin with a seemingly impossible
cantilevered seat. on the softer side, their ’25.0 chair’ does away with upholstery foam, compensating
by providing a vast excess of fabric, which is allowed to fold and pleat haphazardly.

http://omerarbel.com

‘2.4 chair’, 2003 (cast resin, stainless steel)
photo: shannon loewen

‘2.4 chair’, 2003 (cast resin, stainless steel)
photo: shannon loewen

‘25.0 chair’, 2008 (stainless steel, moulded plywood, industrial felt)
photo: robert keziere

‘8.0 chair’, 2005 (ductal concrete by lafarge)
photo: shannon loewen

molding the ‘8.0 chair’
photo: shannon loewen

molding the ‘8.0 chair’
photo: shannon loewen

molding the ‘8.0 chair’
photo: shannon loewen

molding the ‘8.0 chair’
photo: shannon loewen