Miguel Milà (Barcelona, 1931 - 2024) was a Catalan industrial and interior designer of great importance and influence in the history of international design. He was born into a large family of the progressive aristocracy of Barcelona, connected to the artistic field. His uncle, Pere Milà Camps, commissioned Gaudí to design the famous Casa Milà.
Since 1950, he collaborated in the architecture office of Federico Correa and his brother Alfonso Milà, until in 1958 he created his own company, TRAMO, where he launched his now iconic designs on the national scene. In the 1970s, he designed furniture for interiors and lighting for the company Polinax together with his brothers (Leopoldo and Alfonso).
Miguel Milà was a witness and protagonist of the birth of Spanish industrial design in the early 1960s. His work, which remains relevant thanks to the rationalism and functionality that he imbues in it, has been the subject of numerous anthological exhibitions. In addition, he has received various recognitions, including the National Design Award in its first edition in 1987, the ADI-FAD Golden Delta Award six times, the special Golden Delta in 1986, the Silver Delta ten times, and the Compasso d’Oro Internazionale in 2008.
In 1991, Miguel Milà created the modular Tram bench together with Escofet, which stands out for its ergonomic and comfortable design that lightens the presence of concrete and gives the user the sensation of a flexible bench. Later, in 2009, he signed the Laurel & Hardy waste bin and ashtray set in collaboration with his son Gonzalo, and in 2014 the Bruno urban bench made of UHPC Slimconcrete.
