Pedro Miralles

PEDRO MIRALLES CLAVER (Valencia, 1955-1993) for Akaba.
Pair of stools "Dry Martini", design 1985.
Aluminum structure.
Upholstered in blue fabric.
In very good condition.
Measurements: 78 x 33 x 33 cm.

"Dry Martini" is a postmodern stool designed by Pedro Miralles Claver in 1985 for the Spanish firm Akaba. It presents an attractive design based on a play of hallmarks in the diagonals traced by the supports and the curved lines of the openwork footrest and the base.

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 20th 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); Compás 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.