Miguel Milá. A Life in Design

Miguel Milá is considered one of Spain’s first and most influential industrial designers. Starting out as an interior designer amid the country’s early modernist movement, Milá began making the objects he needed but could not yet find on the market. He took raw and renewable materials and crafted prototypes by hand, occasionally evolving designs to perfect his now-iconic lighting and furniture collection.

Drawing on Apartamento’s recently published book, from which the exhibition takes its name from, this tribute to Milá offers a fresh look at his figure through a variety of perspectives.

Miguel Milá: A Life in Design is a detailed look back at his most emblematic works, produced between 1956 and 2021, with archival photos and drawings, as well as original photographs of Milá’s home in Barcelona by Nacho Alegre. Introducing the book is seminal British designer Jasper Morrison, while the products are catalogued and described by design academic Kiko Gaspar Quevedo, who also contributed with a biographical text on Miguel’s life, career, and the tenets behind them both.

Photography Claudia Mauriño