The Occhio Journey: In Pursuit of Light

1. Tracing the Source of Light

Though intangible, light defines the way we see the world.
The name Occhio means “eye” in Italian — a tribute to our innate connection with light.

To Occhio, every beam of light is perfectly placed, an organic expression of vitality — a living work of art.
You only begin to understand what Occhio truly stands for when you see its light: uncompromising quality, and a relentless pursuit of perfection.

But before the journey began, we go back — to the 1990s.

“I could never find the perfect car... so I built one myself.”

Just like the founder of Porsche, Axel Meise, obsessed with light since childhood, couldn’t find a coherent, unified lighting system in a market flooded with fragmented products.
So in 1999, as a designer and innovator, he founded Occhio — and introduced a revolutionary idea: a modular system based on interchangeable heads and bodies.

Over the next two decades, Axel guided Occhio to become one of the world’s most forward-thinking lighting brands — grounded in the belief that

“Light has the power to improve lives.”

Today, Occhio offers a complete system that unites lighting quality, design excellence, and joy of interaction.

Just like the founder of Porsche, Axel Meise, obsessed with light since childhood, couldn’t find a coherent, unified lighting system in a market flooded with fragmented products.
So in 1999, as a designer and innovator, he founded Occhio — and introduced a revolutionary idea: a modular system based on interchangeable heads and bodies.

Over the next two decades, Axel guided Occhio to become one of the world’s most forward-thinking lighting brands — grounded in the belief that

“Light has the power to improve lives.”

Today, Occhio offers a complete system that unites lighting quality, design excellence, and joy of interaction.
 

2. A Culture of Light

Light doesn’t just brighten a room —
It brings emotion, depth, and meaning into life.

Occhio creates high-quality light modeled after natural sunlight, using LEDs with near-perfect color rendering.
But beyond function and aesthetics, Occhio is about experience — inviting people to interact with light, to become the designers of their own space and atmosphere.

This is more than lighting — it's a new way of living with light.

3. The Evolution of Light

From subtle evolution to bold transformation,
Occhio has spent 22 years building an ecosystem that fuses German precision engineering with the design heritage of Europe — sharing light culture with the world.

At every step, unity is the principle.
The X, L, M, and E product families form a system where even a single component, when recombined, can produce millions of possibilities — tailored for everything from intimate rooms to vast architectural spaces.

This is not just a product line —
It’s a universe of light.

At Occhio, light and shadow are not opposites.
Nature and technology can exist in harmony.
Light culture brings clarity, beauty, and intuitive interaction — a pure experience of design and control.

Occhio is with you — day and night.

Occhio, Always with You

Visit the Occhio Brand Gallery in Taiwan to explore the future of living with light.

Whether it’s a showroom, a private residence, or a commercial project —
Occhio offers personalized lighting design solutions for every kind of space, with light that adapts to your world.