Furniture Design

Plaza Mayor The new design will debut banks to complete the renovation, scheduled to end later this month. The street furniture will occupy the place of Summer, space to the entrance to the grounds, among painters and Gran Via, is the work of Catalan designer Miguel Mila and has been charged to the company Santa & Cole, with offices in Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Milan, Frankfurt and Toulouse.

Under this company requires, it is the bank called Pata NeoRomántico Lightweight, made of wood and aluminum, designed in 2000 and adaptation of the classic NeoRomántico bank, which includes arms and a simpler structure. The piece "is intended to complement urban or private areas that need a comfortable bench, if possible, than its predecessor," detailing. This model was awarded in 2003 with the Delta de Plata Award of Industrial Design Association based in Catalonia.

The direction of the work of the Plaza Mayor reported last week that he is waiting to receive the new material, which will begin to settle upon completion of the paving work on the premises. Responsible for remodeling next week said the work could be finished, if no unforeseen last minute.

The designer Miguel Mila (Barcelona, ​​1931) belongs to the generation of the pioneers of 50's design. Some of his furniture and lighting have become true classics, detailing Santa & Cole, noting that Mila was recognized in 1987 with the first edition of the National Design Award and in 2008 received the Compasso D'Oro in recognition of his professional and its contribution to the dissemination of Spanish design abroad.

The provider of furniture added that Mila has played a key role in the history of modern Catalan design. His work has been based in updating the tradition. Several of his pieces have passed the circumstances in which they occurred and remain valid today, "thanks to being born in an era in which we assessed the rigor and honesty," said Mila itself, among which is included Light Pata NeoRomántico bank to be installed in the main square.