Industrial Design: designing luminous objects
Germination of the Idea
A course by Antoni Arola , Designer
About the video: Germination of the Idea
Overview
“Every project has a beginning, here I tell you how flamingo was born and some other anecdote.”
In this video lesson Antoni Arola addresses the topic: Germination of the Idea, which is part of the Domestika online course: Industrial Design: designing luminous objects. Learn the creative process behind designing luminous objects.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this unit we are going to see the process of creation and germination of the idea of the lamp. In... in any case we will first put an example of a... lamp that has a very simple and direct process to contrast it with the process really we are going to delve which is the Flamingo which is much more long and... and... and it continues. Now we will start with the short, It is a Rothko lamp and that we already saw in its moment... Uh... Sorry, Corso lamp. Rothko is because it is born from this painting of... by Rothko, uh... looking through a book of this American painter... I really liked t...”
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Course summary for: Industrial Design: designing luminous objects
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Areas
Furniture Design & Making, Industrial Design, Interior Decoration, Lighting Design, Product Design
Antoni Arola
A course by Antoni Arola
Antoni Arola was born in Tarragona in 1960 and currently lives in Barcelona.
After studying at the EINA School of Design in Barcelona, he began his professional career in 1984 at the Liévore y Pensi studio before moving on to AD Associate Designers. In 1994, he founded Estudi Antoni Arola.
He's collaborated on projects in a wide variety of fields, such as lighting for Santa & Cole, Viabizzuno, and Metalarte, furniture, perfume bottles, interior design, and exhibitions. He combines his professional career with teaching, workshops, artistic experimentation, and light research.
His never-ending search for beauty, inspired by ancient cultures and his particular vision of light, have helped him develop a singular style that accentuates each project.
His work has earned him numerous awards, including the 1999 and 2001 Silver Delta Award, the 2003 National Design Award, the 2009 I-Plus Award for best lighting, and the 2012 Red Dot Award. More recently, he was named an honorary member of the APDI.
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