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Shiro
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Shiro, which translates as “white” in Japanese, carries deep significance in the country’s philosophical tradition, evoking emptiness, honor, purity, and calm. Far from simply being absence of color, Shiro represents a void brimming with potential, an expression of energy contained. A spiritual openness that invites contemplation and discovery.
Available in three sizes, it can be fixed in place or stand freely. The smaller offers additional versatility: battery-operated, wired, or elevated as a beacon.
Shiro
Antoni Arola, 1998 / 2025
Yukimi Shoji
Designed for both indoor and outdoor settings, this lamp draws inspiration from the delicate relationship between nature and the architecture of “yukimi shoji”, traditional Japanese sliding panels that, from the intimacy of the interior, evoke the presence of the outside world. Shiro's rational, refined structure doesn’t confine but filters light through slats arranged in a cubic form. The result is a soft, grazing illumination that opens a suspended moment between inside and out.
Projects
Residential / Seva, Spain
Casa Seva
Retail / Barcelona, Spain
HEREU Studio and Showroom
“The contrast with the shapes of the plants led me to design a very rational, clean object: a cube made of louvers. The influence of traditional Japanese architecture is clearly present. They are, after all, true masters of the relationship between architecture and the garden.” – Antoni Arola