TMM, Moragas, Tripod and Cesta. All of them from the lamp manufacturer Santa & Cole.

The universe of lamps, increasingly taken into account in interior design and decoration projects, is that a lamp, correctly chosen, closes the circle and puts light in the room, extolling all the decorative elements but taking center stage at key moments.

Traditionally, only a part of the population entrusted the decoration of their homes to design and decoration professionals. Times have changed and it is increasingly common to turn to decorators and experts to enjoy a more accurate, personalized and unique overall project. Lighting in general and decorative lamps in particular play a key role today. This has led lighting manufacturers to finally see their reward. Now, more than ever, we all value the importance of their design, innovation and delicacy in the manufacture of their pieces. Pieces that we could perfectly call jewels or pieces of art.

Over the years we have witnessed collections that have become light icons and today we are going to talk about 4 classic jewels, designed in the distant 60s but still in the forefront and even gaining strength now, in the present day.

TMM

TMM, designed by Miguel Mila in 1961, was awarded the ADI FAD Critics Award in 1962. It is a floor lamp with structure in cherry wood, beech, walnut, natural oak or black oak and height-adjustable lampshade in white cardboard (optional white methacrylate upper diffuser - only for energy-saving bulbs) or beige.

In an exquisite demonstration of formal serenity and functional efficiency, Miguel Milá succeeded in brilliantly separating the three essential elements of any lamp: its structure, its electrical components and its shade, so that the user can assemble them with extreme ease and enable better maintenance during their very long useful life. And time beautifies it.

A base in the form of a spade supports a first section of the shaft, of square section, which changes into a circular section when it reaches its midpoint. The screen moves up and down through it, retained at the desired height by the resistance of a simple O-ring. A true lesson in intelligence and good taste with the minimum use of components. This was the first Miguel Milá product reissued by Santa & Cole, in 1986, when it was already twenty-five years old, and today presents a range of five different woods for its structure, and two shade colors, white or beige.

Moragas

Moragas, designed by Antoni de Moragas Gallissá in 1957. It is a table lamp consisting of a solid wood cylinder that rises to a luminous head composed of three bulbs, protected by a large circular lampshade. The white cotton ribbon shade with lateral silk ribbing evokes the binding of books, and its asymmetry produces pleasant chiaroscuros in the light.

A balance between the forceful and the volatile

Antoni de Moragas Gallissà designed this lamp for his own use in his professional office in the middle of his forty-four years. Rationalist architect, promoter of architectural renovation in the post-war years in Spain, he was the first president of the Industrial Design Association of the FAD. It is said that, having this lamp on his desk on a daily basis, Moragas used to use it as a place to place his notes and recently received business cards, inserted between the passes of the tape.

Tripod

Tripod, designed by Santa&Cole's own team, humanizes neutral spaces with its colorful and functional sobriety. It is manually taped, turn after turn, and its base enjoys the best possible stability. When lit, it provides a characteristic warm light, rich in nuances. And when switched off, it is a small volumetric sculpture that invites immediate use.

The simplicity of an international influencer

Santa & Cole continues to champion the use of hand-taped shades to dress all types of light sources. The collaboration with the Raw Color studio in Eindhoven (Holland) resulted in new colors with three yarns of different finishes: a russet, a mustard and a green, in addition to the basic colors of the cotton ribbon collection.

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Cesta, designed by Miguel Milá in 1962. Based on the traditional lantern that illuminates coastal houses, country estates and open terraces, the Cesta is one of the most iconic lamps created by Miguel Milá. This object-lamp finds its place indistinctly on a table or on the floor, a light that accompanies. Composed of a subtle cherry structure that protects the opal glass globe, diffuser of its light. It is produced by hand, by European craftsmen, using traditional techniques of steaming the wood for bending, which is carefully polished and firmly assembled. And despite its peculiarity, or precisely because of it, its appearance and function are still fully valid today.

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Strolling through Barcelona in the 1960s, the designer Miguel Milá found an abandoned opaline globe in front of a glass factory. He decided to take it in and over the years it became the epicenter of a large family. As its name suggests, Cesta arose in response to the need to embrace this fragile piece.