BCXSY

Background

BCXSY (pronounced "bi-k-see", for Boaz Cohen X Sayaka Yamamoto) is an Amsterdam-based, Dutch-Japanese design collective founded in 2007. The two founders are Boaz Cohen (IL/NL) and Sayaka Yamamoto (JP). Sayaka grew up in the Japanese countryside, where the delicacy, hues and peculiar motifs of nature became a source of inspiration, and she studied fashion, jewelry and product design. Boaz was drawn as a child to how individual things work and how they coincide.

Signature Style

Collaboration and interdisciplinary dialogue are fundamental to the studio's approach, which aims to invite the audience to pause, connect and interact. The delicate, deliberate detail in the work carries subtle elements of surprise, wit and humor. The archive runs from furniture to wallpaper and installations, and the conceptual aesthetic stays rooted in emotion and human experience.

Notable Works

• Tubelight, a suspension lamp for Moooi that transforms the traditional fluorescent tube (2024)
• Projects with partners including Kvadrat, Grand Seiko, J.&L. Lobmeyr, Philips Lighting and Ace Hotel

Legacy

Award-winning BCXSY designs are in the permanent collections of the V&A, the Shanghai Museum of Glass, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Wereldmuseum, TextielMuseum and M+.