Santa & Cole Corso Wall Light

About the Designer
Antoni Arola Spain (1960 - )

Antoni Arola was born in Tarragona in 1960. He studied at the Eina School in Barcelona until 1984, after which he started working in prestigious professional studios. He stayed for five years at the Lievore and Pensi studio, and four more at the Associate Designers, AD, a leading firm in technological design, directed by Ramón Bigas and Pep Sant. In 1994, Arola left AD and set up his own studio, Estudi Arola. Arola’s first experience in the lighting field was in 1994, when he designed a series of lamps. In 1997, he designed the Nimba lamp for Santa and Cole, a lamp with a shape of a light halo that received the ADI-FAD Award. Fascinated by Africa and by the extraordinary designs of satellites and spaceships, his work is pervaded with the subtle influence of shapes and icons of other cultures - Japanese and African. In these asiatic cultures Arola finds a symbolism and a way of understanding the universe that he incorporates to his daily life and work. His works also show his sculptural abilities, his love for drawing and his interest for contemporary art. But above all, what Arola admires most in design is common sense.

Corso is a wall lamp whose illuminated arm runs from left to right, like a scanner of vertical light on a horizontal background with degradations of colour, made from a gently reflective material. Using this simple principle of reflection, Corso becomes the first fluorescent lamp to allow variations of chromatic shades just by moving its arm, which is moved manually and is thermally cold, as the two fluorescent tubes are housed there, protected by an internal diffuser.

Features:

• Metal frame, coloured flat surface
• Wattage: 55W
• Accommodates (2) T5 Fluorescent tubes