Pedro Miralles Barstool "Dry Martini" for AKABA

Condition: Metal frame; seats upholstered in black leather. Good used condition with signs of wear consistent with age. Pedro Miralles was a Spanish architect and industrial designer. He was also active as a film set designer and actor. Miralles earned his degree in architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (ETSAV) in Valencia. His designs combined postmodern aesthetics with functionalism. During his time in Madrid, he was part of the *Movida Madrileña* movement. The *Movida Madrileña* was an urban cultural movement of the early post-Franco era; its most famous member was the film director Pedro Almodóvar. Fueled by the newfound freedom following Franco's death, the movement embodied exuberance and hedonism. The "Dry Martini" bar stools by Miralles, offered here and dating from 1985, stand firmly in this very tradition.