Santa & Cole possesses a great deal of the qualities and principles that pertain to good design, equality and vocation. A small and independent outfit, Santa & Cole is an editor of well-designed wares. The company’s base is located in Belloch, set in a wooded estate 30 km north of Barcelona.Material CultureExploring industrial design since 1985, Santa & Cole is adept at examining and determining the utility of everyday objects and their material value. In a world where materials and tactility suffer at the hands of varied abstract technologies, Santa & Cole (and many of its contemporaries) understands the need for substance and touch in our day-to-day being. Referring to the concept of ‘material culture’, Santa & Cole has underscored the need for usefulness, simplicity, honesty, longevity and conservation in the objects it chooses.Cesta table and floor lamp designed by Miguel Milá.EditingSanta & Cole selects works made by others: items imagined and conceived by good designers. Its edits cover three catalogues: indoor lighting products and furnishings; urban elements and city lighting; books. As editors, the company outsources the entirety of its industrial production, with a network of suppliers in Spain (for the most part) and other countries. Santa & Cole will choose the products for its catalogues, developing each one on a technical level, financing their production and administering the retail element. Moreo...