Enrique Franch

ENRIC FRANCH (Barcelona, 1943-2024) for Metalarte.
Table lamp, 1970s.
Chromed steel and lacquered metal.
Measurements: 41 x 44 x 21 cm.

Table lamp designed by Enric Franch and produced by Metalarte. An attractive hemicycle in red lacquered metal forms the diffuser, attached to a cylindrical foot in chromed steel that sits on a circular base. The diffuser allows for various movements.

Enric Franch was an important reference in the world of design, intellectual and creative at the same time. He was born in Barcelona in 1943 and graduated from the Escuela Superior de Ciencias Sociales de Barcelona. In 1968 he began his work as an industrial designer, which he expanded into the world of interior design and in particular exhibition design and museography, where he is a clear reference. He participated in the ICSID congress in Ibiza in 1973, being a member of ADI-FAD. He collaborated with the company Metalarte (National Design Award in 2004) for years as a consultant and designer. In 1975 he signed for this company the Calder table lamp, undoubtedly his most emblematic product, an icon of the start of Spanish design, with international repercussions and which would come to equip the office of François Mitterrand's Eliseo.