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Patricia Urquiola

Patricia Urquiola studied architecture and design

at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and

completed her studies at the Politecnico di Milano

(Technical University of Milan) graduating under

the mentorship of Achille Castiglioni.

She worked with Vico Magistretti at De Padova and

later as head of design at Lissoni and Partners.

In 2001 she founded her studio in Milan, specialising

in industrial product design, architecture, art

direction, and strategy consulting. As well as

serving as creative director of Cassina since 2015,

Urquiola collaborates with some of the world’s

most important brands including Haworth, Louis

Vuitton, B&B Italia, Moroso, Flos, Kvadrat, BMW,

Starbucks, and Ferrari among others. Her work is

exhibited in art and design museums across the

world including the MOMA in New York, the

Decorative Arts Museum in Paris, the Triennale

Museum in Milan, the Vitra Design Museum in

Basel, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the

Stedelijk Museum of modern and contemporary art

in Amsterdam and the Philadelphia Art Museum.

She has given lectures at universities across the

world, is part of the Advisory Board of Politecnico

di Milano and the Scientific Committee of the

Foundation of La Triennale Museum in Milan. She

was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine

Arts, conferred on her by the Spanish government.

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