Antoni Arola

Antoni Arola (1960–) is a Spanish designer best known for his work in lighting and lamps. A Catalan from Tarragona, Arola studied at ENIA in Barcelona and worked with prominent architects and designers including Alberto Lievore, Jorge Pensi, and Ramón Bigas. Active independently since 1994, one of his earliest clients was the brand Santa & Cole, with which he began a collaboration destined to last decades. Over the course of this partnership, Arola established himself as one of the company’s leading designers, creating major successes such as the Nimba pendant lamp (1997, awarded the ADI-FAD prize—often considered the Spanish equivalent of the Compasso d’Oro) and the popular Cirio lamp series (2010). Another Spanish lighting brand with which Arola developed a long-lasting and fruitful partnership is Vibia, with highly successful products such as the poetic Flamingo lamp, which won a Wallpaper* Design Award in 2017. Antoni Arola has also designed lighting products for Viabizzuno, furniture for Kendo Mobiliario, and has curated significant interior design projects such as the Mos gourmet shop in Barcelona.