Over seven decades, Miguel Milá (1931–2024) , a pioneer of Spanish industrial design, transformed the furniture landscape with simple, sensible proposals. His approach, which valued natural craftsmanship over technological rigidity, redefined the discipline's ethos. Functional refinement became his hallmark, an antidote to waste and affectation that lives on in his more than 200 timeless and enduring pieces, echoing his maxim: "Design that isn't useful tires and, what's more, ends up being ugly."