Pedro Miralles. Compass desk

Attributed to PEDRO MIRALLES CLAVER (Valencia, 1955-1993) for Punt Mobles.
Compass" desk.
Cherry wood.
In good condition. This vintage lot may have some wear, such as scratches and other signs of age.
Measurements: 110 x 100 x 53 cm.

Pedro Miralles designed this unique desk, which he called "Escritorio Compás" in 1990 for the Valencian company Punt Mobles, which also produced the Alfiler Console (1992). The piece of furniture, in cherry wood, takes the form of a compass open at an angle of about thirty degrees, with a louvered top that houses a desk top and shelves for stationery and pens.
Pedro Miralles was a Spanish industrial designer and architect, linked to the Movida Madrileña. He was one of the leading Spanish designers of the late twentieth century. He graduated in Architecture, studies that began in Valencia and finished in Madrid. He met people linked to postmodern culture in the Spanish capital: the architect Rafael Moneo, his teacher at the university, and some of the representatives of the Movida Madrileña movement, such as the film director Pedro Almodóvar and the fashion designer Jesús del Pozo. A year later, he held his first individual furniture exhibition in Valencia. As an industrial designer, in 1987 he took a master's degree at the prestigious Domus Academy in Milan. Since then, he has worked for Spanish, French and Italian companies. His outstanding works include the Hakernar Chair (1987); Andrew Sisters Chairs (1988); Lyns Chair (1989); Compass Desk (1990), Liquid Lamp (1991); Arabesque Chair (1992). He would work for Punt Mobles and Andreu World, with the Eboli collection (1988); he worked as art director at Ebanis, where he created the Maklas collection (1989)... in addition to his contributions to companies such as Muebles DO+CE and Arflex & Martínez Medina.