Tekio by Santa & Cole blends modular design, Japanese craft, and warm light to create poetic, adaptable lighting for any space.
Tekio
Light as Modular Poetry
Santa & Cole’s Tekio is a masterclass in restraint, adaptability, and quiet beauty, a lighting system that reads like sculpture yet performs like architecture. Designed with an almost calligraphic sensibility, Tekio fuses modern engineering with traditional craft: each module is wrapped in delicate Japanese Washi, softening and warming the LED source beneath. The result is a fixture that feels both contemporary and timeless.
The genius of Tekio lies in its modular intelligence. Its components connect into graceful lines, gentle arcs, or expansive networks, allowing designers to compose custom constellations of light that respond to the unique character of a space. Whether suspended in a long ribbon or arranged in sculptural clusters, Tekio retains its airy, tactile presence, the Washi diffusing light into a soothing glow while the slender structure reads like an elegant stroke across the room.
Last summer, Tekio took center stage at Hangzhou’s Space 101, installed for a major modern furniture exhibition curated by 101+. Suspended through the building’s lofty atrium, Tekio threaded soft illumination across the 1,200-square-meter hall, an elegant demonstration of how modular lighting can define scale, guide circulation, and create atmosphere without overpowering the architecture.
From hospitality and corporate environments to residential interiors, Tekio offers a rare combination of material warmth and technical flexibility. It can anchor a hotel lobby with a sweeping, signature installation, carve out intimacy within an open-plan office, or form a poetic canopy over a living space. More than a lighting fixture, Tekio is a design language, an adaptable, cultured solution for those who see light not just as illumination, but as an experience to be shaped.
