Miguel Milá

MIGUEL MILÁ (Barcelona, 1931-Bilbao, 2024) for Polinax.
Ceiling lamp, 1960s.
Polyethylene globe. Black plastic support.
Signed on the support.
Measurements: 34 cm (diameter); 80 cm (total length drop).

Suspension lamp designed by Miguel Milá in 1965 and originally produced by Polinax. It is part of an extensive series of lamps and wall lamps in different sizes and versions. A low-pressure tinted polyethylene globe is screwed to a black injected plastic bracket that includes the brass lamp holder. It can be positioned at different heights, providing a warm, soft light at all times.

Miguel Milá began his studies at the School of Architecture, although he soon abandoned them to work in the office of Federico Correa and Alfonso Milà. In 1958 he set up his own business as an industrial and interior designer. In the early sixties he witnessed the birth of Spanish industrial design, and throughout his long career he has been awarded the ADI FAD Delta de Oro prize six times, the first time in 1961, for the "TMC" lamp. He was also awarded the National Design Award in 1987, the Sant Jordi Cross in 1993, and in 2010 the CoNCA National Culture Award.