Spheres and potatoes. Undisciplined portrait of Gabriel Ordeig Cole

Design Biographies

Spheres and potatoes. Undisciplined portrait of Gabriel Ordeig Cole

Design Biographies
Revised and Expanded Edition 2025 Designer? Interior architect? Master of light? Cultural agitator? Artist? Design editor? Gabriel Ordeig Cole (London 1954 – Barcelona 1994) was all of these at once, holding a singular and privileged place in the Spanish design scene of the 1980s.
ISBN 978-84-127752-9-7
VV. AA., Various Authors - 2025
English
Otabind, 28.7 x 22.4 cm / 11.193" x 8.736"
288 pp, 301 Color illustrations

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His training in Art, combined with his Anglo-Saxon roots and Mediterranean temperament, shaped a unique designer with a special gift: the mastery of light. A gift he expressed with exquisite sensitivity both in the creation of lamps and in the crafting of atmospheres capable of conveying emotion.
In 1985, with the founding of Santa & Cole, he entered the field of design publishing—an entrepreneurial model little known at the time. Thanks to him, objects now regarded as classics of Spanish design were brought back to life.
This book offers a comprehensive view of his personal and professional journey: from the bohemian, passionate, and obsessive Ordeig, to the sensitive and perfectionist designer, without forgetting, of course, the unpredictable and dreamer artist.