Timeline

Santa & Cole is founded: Javier Nieto Santa, Gabriel Ordeig Cole, and Nina Masó.

(Javier as president, Gabriel as editor, Nina as stage director)

A logo, a manifesto, and a way of being: design editors.

First editions: Carlos Riart, Gabriel Ordeig, and Pete Sans.

Official launch at La Sala Vinçon, Barcelona.

The Snark Design catalog is incorporated — Santiago Roqueta’s production studio.

(Zeleste and Babel, Lamparaalta, …)

The TMM lamp enters the catalog, marking the beginning of a lasting relationship with Miguel Milá, a pioneer of Spanish design centered on simplicity and honest craft.

(Tramo, TMM, Cesta, and Milá to this day)

Santísima Trinidad del Monte opens its doors: a new landmark showroom in Barcelona.

Traveling companions: bulthaup and La Cornue. Kitchen distribution breaks new ground.

Olympic Barcelona gives birth to the Urban Collection, now established as an independent company: Urbidermis.

(Lamparaalta by Màrius Quintana and Beth Galí. Lampelunas, Milky Way streetlights, elements by Batlle and Roig)

Editorial handover: Gabriel Ordeig falls ill, and Jordi Miralbell becomes the new editor.

(Acquisition of Neoseries S.L., a company owned by Mariona Raventós and Jordi Miralbell)

Book publishing begins: Design Classics.

Monographs co-published with the Barcelona School of Architecture (UPC), under the direction of Santiago Roqueta: Antoni de Moragas, followed by Jacobsen, along with lamp editions of both. Further titles to follow.

Absorption of Non Bis, Marta Ventós’s company. She becomes the new S&C Barcelona showroom manager.

Absorption of Disform, Carlos Riera’s company. He becomes the new Editor.

Gabriel Ordeig Cole passes away.

ULM is created (Unidad de Logística y Manufactura) to distribute multiple catalogs: Santa & Cole, Disform, USM, Ingo Maurer, Azucena, Thonet, Cappellini, Shaker Workshops, and more.

We learn from those we admire.

First edition of Nimba, marking the start of our collaboration with Antoni Arola. Light as material: precision and atmosphere.

A change of scale: large lamps for shared spaces.

National Design Award for its business innovation and cultural contribution.

New Headquarters: Parc de Belloch.

(30 km north of Barcelona, 200 hectares of fields and forest, and the former school residence of Manuel Baldrich, envisioned as a knowledge park centered on design, ecology, and management.)

Belloch Forestal is born, a tree nursery at our headquarters.

The Intramundana group is formed: Santa & Cole Neoseries, Urbidermis, Belloch Forestal, and Parc de Belloch.

Prince Felipe Award for Business Excellence.

Nina Masó, Design Editor.

Design Management Europe Award.

The Rise of LED: A New Paradigm.

Cirio as a path toward a new form of industrial craftsmanship.

A mature business model: Santa & Cole as a landmark case before WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).

The Tekiò family by Anthony Dickens joins the catalog.

(Between the ancestral and the avant-garde, between East and West.)

With the re-edition of the Tatu lamp, André Ricard joins the catalog: a pioneer of Spanish design applied to mass-market objects.

The Urban Division spins off from Santa & Cole to become Urbidermis

Santa & Cole Inc. is established in the USA.

A cultural endeavor: the Art Division is born.

Andrea Coll, Art Editor.

Contemporary Neoseries.

New pocket book collection: Perdigones.

A new physical presence: Galería Santa & Cole.

(Belloch, NYC, and Mexico City)

David Martí Vilardosa, Design Editor.

Nina Masó passes away.

Museum Neoseries

(Thyssen-Bornemisza, MNAC.)

Toward energy self-sufficiency at Belloch.

Archive Neoseries

(Federico Correa, Gabriel Ordeig, etc.)

With the edition of BibLuz, Oscar Tusquets joins the catalog: architect, designer, artist, and a pioneer in the craft of “design editing.”