Antoni Arola / Jordi Tamayo

Antoni Arola was born in Tarragona in 1960 and now lives in Barcelona. He studied at the EINA School in Barcelona and started his professional career at Estudio Liévore y Pensi in 1984. He then joined AD Associate Designers and founded Estudi Arola in 1994. His portfolio also includes complementary sculptural activities in which drawing and sculpture are of particular importance. Arola's projects cover very diverse areas such as industrial design, furniture, perfume containers and interior design for various design firms such as Santa & Cole, Vibia, Vilagrasa and Viabizzuno. He combines his professional career with teaching, workshops and artistic experiments. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the world in cites such as Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, London, Mexico, New York and Tokyo.

Jordi Tamayo joined the Estudi Arola team in 1993, where he was in charge of collaboration, development and design in product projects including several exhibitions at Innoval and many projects at trade fairs. He is also currently involved in major interior design projects, such as the development of a new office model for La Caixa, and serves as head of the product design department at Estudi Arola, where he manages a number of projects on different themes.