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Carpyen

Carpyen has designed and made lamps in its own Barcelona workshops since 1948, joining art, craft and industry. The collection is built from natural materials that change with the light: solid oak, translucent alabaster, porcelain, linen and woven fibre.

Carpyen Aitana Cotton-Shade Floor Lamp by Carpyen
1948Founded in Barcelona
1982ADI-FAD Delta award
66Carpyen pieces here
SpainMade in Barcelona

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Carpyen Wall LightsWall Lights17 piecesCarpyen Floor LampsFloor Lamps15 piecesCarpyen Pendant LightsPendant Lights13 piecesCarpyen Table LampsTable Lamps12 piecesCarpyen Ceiling LightsCeiling Lights5 piecesCarpyen Cordless LampsCordless Lamps3 pieces
Ink portrait of Barcelona industrial designer Gabriel Teixidó

The designers

Gabriel Teixidó and friends

Each Carpyen piece is drawn by a designer with a clear point of view, from Gabriel Teixidó’s quietly useful classics to Nahtrang’s poetic lanterns and a portable alabaster lamp by Foster + Partners.

Barcelona, the city of light, and its Mediterranean horizon are the brand’s starting point. Its lamps light hotels, restaurants and homes across Europe.

Natural materials, Barcelona craft

Oak, alabaster, porcelain and linen give each Carpyen lamp a warm, tactile glow, made the way the workshop has worked for seven decades.

Why buy Carpyen from LoftModern

Made in Barcelona

Designed and made in Carpyen’s own Spanish workshops.

Natural materials

Solid oak, alabaster, porcelain and linen that soften the light.

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Ask us about sizes, finishes and placement. We answer every question before your order is placed.

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Designers and architects can open a LoftModern trade account for project pricing.

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Made in Barcelona since 1948 🇪🇸ADI-FAD Delta award, 1982

Carpyen has been designing and making lamps in Barcelona since 1948. Seven decades on, it still works the way it began: in its own Barcelona workshops, joining art, craft and industry, from timeless standards to fully custom pieces.

The collection is built from natural materials that change with the light: solid oak in natural and black finishes, translucent alabaster, porcelain, linen and woven saguran fiber. Each piece is drawn by a designer with a clear point of view, from Gabriel Teixidó's quietly useful classics to Nahtrang's poetic lanterns and a portable alabaster lamp by Foster + Partners.

Barcelona, the origin of the light

Carpyen calls Barcelona “a city of light”, and its Mediterranean blue horizon is the brand's starting point. Pieces from its workshops light hotels such as the Mercure Versailles, Paris J'adore, Servotel Nice and L'Esquisse, as well as homes around the world. Black-oak custom editions show how far a single change of material can take a design.

The designers

Portrait of Gabriel Teixidó, designer for Carpyen

Gabriel Teixidó
Gabriel Teixidó was born in Barcelona in 1947 and trained at the city's School of Applied Arts and Artistic Trades. A freelance industrial designer since 1970, he calls himself a “fairly industrial” designer: his work avoids fashion and showmanship in favor of formal restraint and quiet usefulness. He won SIDI awards for the Bolero chair in 1986 and for the Columba lamp, made by Carpyen, in 1987, and has received the ADI-FAD Delta de Plata several times.

Portrait of Dani Vila & Ester Pujol (Nahtrang), designer for Carpyen

Dani Vila & Ester Pujol (Nahtrang)
Nahtrang Disseny is the Barcelona studio of Daniel Vila and Ester Pujol, specialists in lighting and furniture. Their philosophy rests on simplicity, function and emotional connection: objects that tell a story and create an atmosphere, linking the person and the piece. Their work is human in scale, accessible and carefully made, and the studio has collaborated with leading international brands.

Portrait of Jordi Veciana, designer for Carpyen

Jordi Veciana
Jordi Veciana is a Catalan industrial designer known for a minimalist approach and a search for the essence of each object. After a career in New York working for major international brands, he returned to Barcelona to found his own studio, where he designs lighting and furniture with a timeless, function-first style.

Portrait of Foster + Partners, designer for Carpyen

Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners was founded by Norman Foster in London in 1967 and is one of the world's most influential studios of architecture, engineering and design. Its work spans buildings, cities, industrial design and lighting, always multidisciplinary, built on innovation, technical excellence and sustainability.

Portrait of Xavier Solé, designer for Carpyen

Xavier Solé
Xavier Solé is a Barcelona architect and designer whose work joins sustainability and function. Moving between furniture and lighting, he favors responsible use of resources and a modern aesthetic shaped by an ecological point of view.

Portrait of Pascual Salvador, designer for Carpyen

Pascual Salvador
Spanish industrial designer Pascual Salvador came to prominence with the Galilea lamp, awarded the ADI-FAD Delta de Plata in 1995. His work combines function, sustainability and a clean aesthetic, balancing technical innovation with artistic sensitivity.

Portrait of Girós et Coutellier, designer for Carpyen

Girós et Coutellier
Girós et Coutellier is a Paris interior architecture studio that approaches each project as a synthesis of creativity, function and precision. Its objects have great formal clarity, each decision weighed against use, materials and manufacture, so they settle naturally into architecture and homes alike.

Portrait of Manel Molina, designer for Carpyen

Manel Molina
Manel Molina is an industrial designer and founder of Lúcid, a Barcelona studio for strategy, innovation and product development. His designs start from observing how people actually live, and result in clean-lined objects made to last, balancing form, function and industrial process.

Portrait of Toni Clariana, designer for Carpyen

Toni Clariana
Catalan designer Toni Clariana specializes in socially responsible, sustainable design, from urban furniture to lighting. He combines traditional techniques with innovation, and his ethical and aesthetic approach has earned him numerous recognitions.

Explore the collection

Floor lamps: Aitana Cotton-Shade Floor Lamp, Carla Floor Lamp with Side Table, Gala Black Metal Floor Lamp, Galilea Floor Lamp, Greta Oak Floor Lamp, Isamu Ribbon-Shade Floor Lamp, Jerry Cotton Shade Floor Lamp, Kelly Disc Floor Lamp, Lineal Aluminum LED Floor Lamp, Nirvana Floor Lamp, Robin Arc Floor Lamp, Sputnik Dual-Light Floor Lamp, Tema Articulated Task Floor Lamp, Totora Carbon Fiber Arc Floor Lamp, Tripod Oak Floor Lamp

Table and portable lamps: Alabast Alabaster Portable Lamp, Capsule Alabaster Portable Lamp, El Cubo Metal Table Lamp, Greta Oak Table Lamp, Greta Portable Oak Table Lamp, Isamu Black Metal Table Lamp, Jerry Round Cotton-Shade Table Lamp, Kelly Architectural Metal Table Lamp, Lineal Biblo Aluminum Table Lamp, Mei Porcelain Table Lamp, Melina Oak Table Lamp, Nirvana Minimalist Metal Table Lamp, Sasha Outdoor Table Lamp, Sasha Portable Cordless Lamp, Tema Table Lamp

Pendant lights: Aitana Pendant Light, Colette Lacquered Metal Pendant, Isamu Pendant Light, Lineal Linear Pendant Light, Mandarina Silk Cone Pendant, Medusa Glass Pendant Light, Mei Móvil Porcelain Lantern Pendant, Mei Porcelain Pendant Light, Neil Alabaster Pendant Light, Nura Aerodynamic Pendant Light, Pippet Slim Metal Pendant, Robinson Carbon Fiber Arm Pendant, The Line Alabaster Pendant Light, Triana Faceted Metal Pendant Light

Wall lights: Gala Black Metal Wall Light, Greta Oak Wall Light, Hotel-Python Reading Wall Light, Jerry Wall Light with Switch, Jerry-Hotel Reading Wall Light, Kelly Wall Light, Kerry Compact Metal Wall Light, Lineal Aluminum Wall Light, Mei Porcelain Wall Light, Nura Aerodynamic Wall Light, Oliver Flexible-Arm Wall Reading Light, Parme Wall Light, Pedra Sculptural Wall Light, Quadrat Wall Light

Ceiling and wall/ceiling lights: Boop! IP55 Opal Glass Ceiling Light, Boop! Opal Glass Ceiling Light, Boop! XL Ceiling Light, Códol Porcelain Wall and Ceiling Light, Isamu Silk Ribbon Ceiling Light, Medusa Tinted Glass Wall or Ceiling Light, Punt Die-Cast Aluminum Wall or Ceiling Light, Venus Glass Wall and Ceiling Light

Recognition

Carpyen received an ADI-FAD Delta award in 1982. Pascual Salvador's Galilea floor lamp won the ADI-FAD Delta de Plata in 1995, and Gabriel Teixidó won a SIDI award in 1987 for the Columba lamp he designed for Carpyen.

Questions about Carpyen

Where are Carpyen lamps made?

In Barcelona, Spain. Carpyen has designed and made lighting there since 1948 and still produces its collection in its own Barcelona workshops.

Which designers work with Carpyen?

The collection is shaped by Barcelona designers such as Gabriel Teixidó, Nahtrang Disseny (Dani Vila and Ester Pujol), Jordi Veciana and Xavier Solé, alongside Foster + Partners of London and the Paris studio Girós et Coutellier.

Which Carpyen designs have won awards?

The Galilea floor lamp by Pascual Salvador won the ADI-FAD Delta de Plata in 1995, and Carpyen received an ADI-FAD Delta award in 1982.

What materials does Carpyen use?

Natural materials worked with care: solid natural and black oak, alabaster, porcelain, linen and saguran natural-fiber shades, alongside lacquered metal and integrated LED technology.

How long does a Carpyen lamp take to arrive?

Pieces in U.S. stock leave our warehouse in 3–5 business days. Others are crafted for you in Barcelona and arrive in about 4–6 weeks.