DECORATIVE
by
Paul Day
82 DESIGN FILE
ANTONIO ARÉVALO
DESIGN FILE...
ANTONIO ARÉVALO
Antonio Arévalo pins
much of his creative
inspiration on his
upbringing in El Salvador
and in particular on watch-
ing his grandmother working
as a patisserie chef. Years later,
in England, he was party to an
altogether more industrial design
process when he secured employ-
ment at PDD Ltd. His education
continued and he gained a BA in
Product Design at Ravensbourne
College and an MA with the Royal because
College of Arts in Product Design, of the
all the while nuturing his ability to connota-
Shiine (2008)
view “European design through tions of the
Stealth (2008)
Latin American eyes” lend- bomber plane. But my
ing what he believes to be “an feeling toward Stealth is
unfamiliar edge” to his version of that it is capturing a moment
“Everything is
familiar household and commer- of movement, something that
cial objects. you wouldn’t usually be able to
designed with Wasting no time in getting his pin down, something mysterious
a fresh set of
creations into the marketplace, but sophisticated. As you view the
Antonio chose last year’s 100% lampshade from different angles
eyes because
Design show to launch his own the bulb is concealed and then
my background
company, AAREVALO. revealed, evoking
The company’s philosophy is to the idea of intel-
is routed in a
create “enduring, sophisticated ligent movement that
culture with a
design with a mysterious and has captured a unique
wondrous quality that makes you instant of form.”
different design
Stealth
want to look again and again.” ith these being very early
(main pictures)
aesthetic to that
The range of products with which days for the company, it is and Shiine (over
the company have launched are unerstandable that AAREVALO
Antonio’s head)
of Europe”
all lighting related. Shown here is is in a nascent state. There are
Stealth, available in two different plans to offer productrs outside
sizes and manufactured from a the lighting sphere, as well as that we are currently working
single piece of smooth perspex. to provide a shop window for on are lighting installations, or
There’s no doubt that a name can other designers, although the next custom made lighting projects
be evocative and this name is cer- launch is set to be a candelabra so designing a lighting scheme
tainly no exception. “The names called Drift, inspired, bizarrely, by within the context of building
that you give to products support the idea of what would happen if would be closely connected to our
the character behind that product. a dragon blew out its candles. current work.“
They are incredibly important. If As mondo*arc gives so much So perhaps we will be seeing
you were to call everything Prod- space to lighting installation, it is plenty more of Antonio within
uct 01, or Product 02, you would always informatiuve to ask de- these pages. And perhaps next
miss out an enormous amount signers such as Antonio whether time, we might be able to offer
of character that each product they would relish a commission of you a portrait which brings him
embodies or deserves. ‘Stealth’ that scale, in this case, it’s a clear out of the shade.
can be seen as very aggressive yes, “50 per cent of the projects
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