About The Orb
A design house where new work begins.
Designers, makers and ideas, drawn into one orbit. We find exceptional design, represent the people behind it, and create new work through collaboration.
Online and in Lisbon
Why The Orb
An orb pulls things into its orbit.
PeopleIdeasMaterialsDisciplinesThe Orb exists to bring the right things into proximity — and give them somewhere to become real.
Santos · Lisbon
A house to come back to.
Come for tea or lunch. Discover the Gallery. Stay for a listening session, an exhibition, a conversation — or whatever is happening that day.
The Orb Lisbon brings design, food, sound and people together under one roof.
Opening autumn 2026Enter the house →
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Listening + gathering
Why OGATA
Two shores, one cup of tea.
Nagasaki ↔ Lisbon
Shinichiro Ogata was born in Nagasaki — the port that opened to Portuguese ships more than four centuries ago.
In Lisbon he found it again: the light on the water, the hills, the tiles, the same slow welcome.
Chá ↔ Cha
In Portuguese it is chá. In Japanese, cha. The word crossed the same sea.
Now, inside The Orb, the two worlds meet again. OGATA is the center of gravity of the house — the communal table, where people gather around the ceremony of tea and food, and stay.
Founded by Alejandra Albarrán
The Orb grew from a belief that the most interesting work rarely happens in isolation — it happens when the right people, disciplines and ideas find each other.
Come into orbit.
Original Works →Enter the house →
New work, exhibitions and what’s happening in Lisbon.