Miguel Milá

MIGUEL MILÁ (Barcelona, 1931)
MM Bookshelf. 1962
Wood and leather.
Measurements: 90 x 322 x 29 cm.

Iconic bookcase designed by Miguel Milá for Gres in the early sixties. An ingenious and simple system of leather straps, slatted supports and wooden shelves make up this piece of furniture adaptable to different heights, widths and lengths, with the image of lightness, simplicity and sobriety that characterizes Milá's work.

Miguel Milá began his studies at the School of Architecture, although he soon abandoned them to work in the office of Federico Correa and Alfonso Milà. In 1958 he set up his own business as an industrial and interior designer. In the early sixties he witnessed the birth of Spanish industrial design, and throughout his long career he has been awarded the ADI FAD Delta de Oro prize six times, the first time in 1961, for the "TMC" lamp. He was also awarded the National Design Award in 1987, the Sant Jordi Cross in 1993, and in 2010 the CoNCA National Culture Award.