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Updated on: September 24, 2026
“The common denominator of all our designs is desire. Almost everything we do comes from very concrete concepts or gestures, details and experiences that we gather from our environment and translate into everyday objects. We seek to transmit those sensations through design.”
– Inés Llasera & Guillermo Trapiello of Tornasol Studio
The idea of Spanish design brings to mind bright colors, bold patterns, and artisanal craftsmanship, all notions which apply to the contemporary collectible scene. This moment in Spanish design is also focused on craft tradition, multidisciplinarity, and individuality. Designers draw inspiration from techniques, forms, and materials with long histories, matching them with their own artistic personalities, collective memories, and personal inquiries.
Integrating viewer experience, playful design, and natural phenomena, Tornasol Studio presents an eclectic practice focused on materiality, visual metaphor, and experiential experimentation. Designers Inés Llasera and Guillermo Trapiello of the Madrid-based studio combine their backgrounds in product design and architecture to create projects that connect directly to the viewer’s senses, emotions, and perceptions.
Tornasol Studio and contemporary Spanish design
Tornasol Studio’s playful approach to design draws on popular references, individual memories, and cultural interactions. From functional pieces reminiscent of summer swimming sessions (the “Pool” Chair), to whimsical lighting emitting sunset colors (the “Sunset” Lamp), to seating that references childhood games (the “Mikado” Bench), the studio connects its curiosity for design with strong craftsmanship. As journalist and curator Ana Dominguez Siemens has described, Spanish design today blends craft tradition with individual perspectives, and Tornasol sits right at that intersection.
All images courtesy of Tornasol Studio. The pieces shown in this feature are no longer available on ADORNO.
Interview with Inés Llasera and Guillermo Trapiello
With reference to your backgrounds in product design and architecture, can you describe how you’ve come together to develop Tornasol Studio’s design practice?
We started working together in our workshop four years ago. At that time, we were especially curious to build things and learn from practice. After collaborating on several projects, and after not much [time], we ended up sharing everything, studio included. Our common interest in crafts, nature, and design history got us together really quick.
Tornasol Studio is the mix between formations, concerns, and experiences of both. We have found in object design the perfect intersection to develop our ideas.
How would you describe your practice in relation to the larger, contemporary Spanish design scene?
We are living good times in design as there are many eyes upon what is being done here. Some of us are focusing our practice on what is called “functional art or art design”, pieces halfway between furniture and sculptures. Our philosophy is to create unique pieces by playing with visual metaphor, material identity, and experimentation, without losing functionality.
Your work often draws inspiration from different traditions, cultures, and materials. What is the greatest influence for you as designers from these sources?
The common denominator of all our designs is desire. Almost everything we do comes from very concrete concepts or gestures, details and experiences that we gather from our environment and translate into everyday objects. We seek to transmit those sensations through design.
We like to work with visual metaphor, everyday situations that somehow amaze us. We look for popular references that are also interesting for us because of their materiality, evocative power, or, simply, because of their symbolic value.
We surround ourselves with books, objects, materials, tools, and models, which together work as a sample book both of memories and of opportunities.
Pieces like “Pool” Chair, “Sunset” Lamp, and “Drift” Armchair shift common understandings of material and form in a very playful way. Why have you been drawn to this experimental and playful aspect of design, and how does it shape your design process?
One of [the] recurring themes in our work is to look for materials and references outside of conventional design and bring them into everyday life; in that journey, new ways of living objects appear. In the case of the “Pool” Chair, this is done in a very evident way by extrapolating the geometry, technique, and finishes of prefabricated pools to the world of chairs. This literalness with which we treat the concept brings the user closer to the design and produces an almost immediate connection.
What do you see in the future of contemporary, collectible Spanish design?
We believe that we are living in a moment of great opportunity, both on an industrial and a communication level. In Spain, thanks to the real estate boom, there are many companies dedicated to the [manufacturing] of construction components, the challenge for us designers is to use these tools to transport existing knowledge to the world of product design.
We have been working with Spanish and Portuguese craftsmen, great professionals, people with whom you learn a lot, brands that are willing to accept atypical jobs, who like challenges and who master technique.
It is also important to understand that the crafts of the future operate with inputs beyond manual work and the workshop itself, we could call it digital crafts: the intersection between traditional crafts, high technology, and [multidisciplinarity]. Therefore, this way of working is in the process of being redefined and we believe that it is important to leave behind the romantic vision in which for something to be purely artisan it has to be ultra-specialized or there should be no machines involved. We find it much more interesting to work on the border between traditions, experimentation, and the composition of knowledge, mixing technologies and interests far [beyond] the label of what we understand as craftsmanship today. This mixture of processes gives us the opportunity to produce experimental pieces that, although being sculptural, still maintain their functionality.
Where do you see yourselves in this future?
Our goal as a studio is to become a platform capable of taking risks and from which we can experiment and investigate by mixing our own interests with the collective imaginary. We would like, over the years, to extend our range of action in order to have an even greater perspective of the world we live in and to be able to apply our design approach to increasingly global and interconnected needs.
About Tornasol Studio
Tornasol Studio is an architecture and product design studio based in Madrid. Its projects establish emotional relationships through perception and symbolism, focusing on natural phenomena and their relationship with users: light, sound, movement, materiality, color, scale and proportion. The studio collaborates with publishers, producers, other architecture studios and communication agencies. It was founded by Inés Llasera and Guillermo Trapiello in 2017.
Contemporary Spanish design to shop now
Tornasol’s pieces are no longer available on ADORNO, but the spirit of playful, functional art lives on across the Spanish design scene. These pieces by other Spanish studios carry the same blend of craft, material curiosity and humor. Explore the full Spanish design collection for more.
Pitufi Lounge by Heaps & Woods
Pitufi is a lounge chair by Spanish studio Heaps & Woods that brings a playful character to seating, in the spirit of Tornasol’s own work. It comes in two versions. Notably, it is in stock.
€4.375 – €4.500 incl. tax
Knot Low Stool / Side Table In Solid Ash Wood by Luis Gimeno Design
Shaped in Spain from solid ash, the Knot low stool doubles as a side table, with sculptural, knot-like curves. It is a small piece of functional art for a living room or bedside. In other words, it is versatile, tactile and in stock.
€800 incl. tax
Citadel Table Lamp in 3D printed PLA by Ultramar Studio
Citadel is a table lamp 3D-printed in PLA by Ultramar Studio. It is a clear example of the “digital craft” Tornasol describes, where new technology shapes a sculptural, functional object. It is currently on sale.
€990 incl. tax
Sacque Gown Vase In Dark by Mina Wright
Named after the 18th-century sacque gown, this dark ceramic vase by Mina Wright brings a historical reference into a contemporary sculptural form. As a result, it is playful, elegant and in stock.
By Mina Wright
€588 incl. tax
Olé Vase Tierra Morena by Hania Jneid
Hania Jneid’s Olé vase comes in warm, earthy Tierra Morena tones, and its name nods directly to Spanish culture. It brings color and character to a shelf or table. Moreover, it is in stock.
By Hania Jneid
€2.000 incl. tax
B.A.R.E Series Table Lamp in Brick and Copper by Lucas Muñoz Muñoz
Lucas Muñoz Muñoz builds the B.A.R.E lamp from brick and copper, turning building materials into a domestic object. It reflects exactly the reuse of construction components Tornasol talks about. It is in stock.
€250 incl. tax
Frequently asked questions
Who are Tornasol Studio?
Tornasol Studio is a Madrid-based architecture and product design studio founded in 2017 by Inés Llasera and Guillermo Trapiello, known for playful, functional pieces inspired by natural phenomena and everyday references.
What is functional art?
Objects that sit between furniture and sculpture: pieces designed to be used, but made with the expressive freedom of art.
What defines contemporary Spanish design?
A mix of craft tradition, multidisciplinary thinking and individual expression, often with bold color, playful references and a strong connection to materials.
Can I still buy Tornasol Studio pieces on ADORNO?
The pieces featured here are no longer available, but you can explore other Spanish designers working in a similar spirit in our Spanish design collection.
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