Santa & Cole M68 Pendant Lamps

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M68 PENDANT LAMPS

M68 PENDANT LAMPS

Designed by Miguel Milá, 2017

The redolent shades of M68, in vibrant red, white or matt black, as well as polished aluminium, were inspired by the shape of a woman’s shoulders and are the most familiar way to brighten a good table.

From the top centre of the bell-shaped lamp run the electric cable and the fine steel wire from which it hangs.

DESIGNER

MIGUEL MILÁ

Barcelona, 1931

Born in Barcelona into an aristocratic family linked to the artistic world (his uncle Pedro Milá Camps commissioned Gaudí to build the famous Casa Milá, known as La Pedrera), Miguel Milá began working as an interior designer in the family studio shared by his brother Alfonso Milá and Federico Correa. It was the 1950s, a time of autocracy and constant crisis, when hardly anyone knew what industrial design was.

Milá s youthful curiosity introduced him to the world of material experimentation, leaving aside his architectural studies in favour of more useful craftsmanship. Three years later, together with his two architect friends, Francisco Ribas Barangé and Eduardo Pérez Ulibarri, he founded Trabajos Molestos, or Tramo, a company focused on the design and production of interior furniture.

This led to the first versions of the TMC lamp (1958) and the TMM lamp (1961), two timeless classics that continue to captivate current generations.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Milá founded his own interior design studio, safeguarding his processes and perfecting his technique: "I m actually a pre-industrial designer.

I feel more comfortable with those technical procedures that allow me to correct mistakes, experiment during the process and control it as much as possible. Hence my preference for noble materials, which know how to age well.

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