Federico Correa

FEDERICO CORREA (Barcelona, 1924-2020).
Author's personal desk.
Ukola wood.
Manufactured by Gres.
It has some minor rubbing on the sides of the top.
Measurements: 90 x 180 x 72 cm.

This desk, designed by himself, was the one used by the Catalan architect and designer Federico Correa in his apartment. The author made a version without drawers that can still be seen today in some Furest stores in Barcelona, once decorated by Correa. The author, a key figure (along with his partner Alfonso Milà) of modern design in pre-Olympic Barcelona, made this model with two front drawers for personal use. It consists of a triangular stretcher frame that joins the two lateral supports, made of a double sheet of wood, in the form of a frame. The rectangular top has rounded corners, which gives fluidity to the design and contrasts with the marked angles of the structure and the protruding drawers.

The tandem of Catalan architects Federico Correa and Alfonso Milá, both born in 1924, were one of the most prominent references of the Modern Movement in the second half of the 20th century. Correa and Milá followed the slogan that interior and industrial design were part of the same architectural project. Collaborators of José Antonio Coderch, they founded their own studio in 1953. Architecture of summer houses in Cadaqués, institutional and residential buildings, sports stadiums, factories and offices, interior design for the legendary restaurants FlashFlash or Il Giardinetto and singular and iconic design pieces to equip their own works and for furniture companies such as Gres.