a-emotional light Design Team

In 2020, Marcos Rioseco and Miguel Martínez took over the a-emotional brand, founded in 1994. The duo draws on their longstanding experience within the business to maintain the creative legacy of the Galician lighting brand and its founder, Arturo Álvarez. Working as a team of in-house designers and collaborating with external talent, the a-emotional design team combines varied perspectives while remaining true to the brand’s original belief that light should do more than illuminate; it should create atmosphere, stir emotion, and give a space its own distinctive character.

Working from the company’s workshop in Galicia, the designers combine skilled handcraftsmanship with ongoing experimentation in form, texture, and material. Their sculptural lights often explore metal mesh, fabric, and other expressive surfaces to transform light into a sensory presence rather than a purely functional element.

“We evolve. We experiment, innovate and design. We bet. We make lamps by hand, but above all we create emotions. Emotions provoked by light. We begin a new stage that is born from our experience creating handmade lamps.” – a-emotional light