Cirio is the result of a historical study of the great archetypes of lighting. Its scalable design originates from a cylindrical shade, inspired by the solemnity of ceremonial candles, which captures the formal simplicity of that ancient object of devotion.
From a minimal gesture to a monumental constellation, Cirio expands and transforms space through light, playing with repetition and density.
It reinterprets the concentric lamps of mosques, the great classical chandeliers, and the cascades of light found in scenographic architecture, translating them into a contemporary language.
Cirio Oval
Cirio Lineal
Cirio Chandelier
Cirio Cascada
Cirio Múltiple
Cirio Cuadrada
Cirio Simple
Four finishes and infinite forms
Cirio was originally conceived in porcelain, invoking the warmth of a candle (from the Latin cereus, “of wax”). Today, the system is composed of four types of shades, each responding to a different way of illuminating.
The porcelain by Sargadelos offers a very warm and enveloping light. In its pana version, it provides greater texture and three-dimensionality. Opal glass, with higher luminous efficiency, is the most neutral and voluminous alternative. Finally, due to its opacity, brass provides a more focused illumination.
Lampshades: White porcelain, White opal glass, Polished brass, White Pana porcelain
Cirio Pana Mayor
Cirio Pana Mayor, with a shade of equal height and width, produces a focused, broad light that softly surrounds the space. Its ribbed texture evokes the softness and relief of corduroy fabric, through a subtle pattern of fine vertical grooves.
Cirio Pana Mayor
Porcelain and light
Individually crafted through a process that requires time and the skill of expert artisans, Cirio’s porcelain shades are handmade in Sargadelos, the renowned Galician ceramics company with more than two centuries of history.
Inside the making of our lampshades in Sargadelos.
Antoni Arola
Born in Tarragona in 1960 and trained at Barcelona’s Eina School of Design, Antoni Arola—recipient of Spain’s National Design Award in 2003—is one of the most influential voices in contemporary Spanish design. His intuitive approach has allowed him to move seamlessly between designing perfume bottles, lighting pieces, and large-scale interiors.
After working with established names like Lievore, Pensi, and the AD studio, he founded Estudi Arola in 1994 and began exploring lighting with a hands-on, experimental mindset—one where craftsmanship takes precedence over industry. Arola sees light as a sensitive material, somewhere between the physical and the emotional. His work weaves together space, temperature, rhythm, and atmosphere with technical rigor and poetic intent. “The designer is just a catalyst,” he says. “Everything is in the air. You just have to make it real.”
More than objects, his lamps create spaces you can inhabit—environments where light and architecture are one and the same. It’s a kind of mastery that goes beyond form, shaping what the naked eye can’t see into tangible experience.
Arola draws from faraway cultures—African, Japanese—finding symbols and ways of life that become visual language. His outlook is shaped by a sculptor’s hand, a love of drawing, and a constant conversation with contemporary art. He designs the way one observes: with depth, focus, and a kind of spiritual curiosity.
