A Life in Design

Miguel Mil is considered one of Spains first and most influential industrial designers. Starting out as an interior designer amid the countrys early modernist movement, Mil began making the objects he needed but couldnt 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. Miguel Mil: A Life in Design is a detailed look back through his most emblematic works, produced between 1956 and 2021, with archival photos and drawings, as well as original photos shot at Mils Barcelona home by Nacho Alegre. Introducing the book is seminal English designer Jasper Morrison, while the products are catalogued and described by design academic Francisco Gaspar Quevedo, who also contributed a biographical text on Miguels life, career, and the principles that sprang from both.