Patricia Urquiola

Patricia Urquiola

Patricia Urquiola was born in Oviedo, Spain, in 1961. She lives and works in Milan. She attended the School of Architecture of Madrid Polytechnic and Milan Polytechnic, where she graduated in 1989 with Achille Castiglioni. From 1990 to 1992, she was an assistant lecturer to Achille Castiglioni and Eugenio Bettinelli in Milan and Paris. From 1990 to 1996, she was responsible for the product development office of De Padova, working with Vico Magistretti. In 1996, she became head of Lissoni Associati’s design group. In 2001, she opened her own studio working on product design, architecture, and installations.

Patricia Urquiola creates design products for Boffi and other Italian and international companies. Her work is displayed in museums and collections including MoMA in New York, Musée des Arts decoratifs in Paris, the Museum of Design in Zurich, the Vitra Design Museum in Basel, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Stedelijk in Amsterdam, and the Triennale Museum in Milan. She has received the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Designer of the decade from Home and Häuser, and Designer of the Year from Wallpaper, Ad Spain, Elle Decor International, and Architektur und Wohnen Magazine. She was the Ambassador of the Milan Expo in 2015 and has been the Art Director of Cassina since September 2015. In 2014, she designed the kitchen Salinas for Boffi, which received the Wallpaper* Design Awards and EDIDA as Best Kitchen in 2015.

Designers

Alberto Colonello

Alberto Colonello was born in Milan in 1976. He is a designer associated with an experimental concept of design based on technological innovation. After graduating in Interior Design and completing his master’s degree, he began his career in 1998 and gained recognition in international competitions such as Cevisama, Young &Design, and Intérieur. He presented his furniture collection at the Salone Satellite in Milan in 2002 and 2003. For Boffi, Alberto Colonello designed the Single kitchen in 2004. In 2005, the mono-block kitchen was awarded Best Kitchen for small spaces in Wallpaper* magazine and included in the ADI Design Index 2005. He also designed the On/Off Kitchen Block in 2008 and the On/Off ST Kitchen Block in 2014. In 2006, he designed the coat hook Ambrogio for Moco, a division of Minottiitalia Trading, and was invited to exhibit his works at the “Idee” show at East & Studios in Milan.

Elisa Ossino

Elisa Ossino is an architect, stylist, and interior designer. Born in Sicily, she trained in Milan at Politecnico. In 2006, she established Elisa Ossino Studio, focusing on art direction, set design, styling, residential and commercial interiors, and product design. Her work combines geometrical abstraction, monochromes, and metaphysical and surrealist references. Essential lines and geometries are central to her designs, and she designed the Elementi bathroom system for Boffi in 2017.

Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid was an architect who pushed the boundaries of architecture and urban design. Her work ranged from urban-scale projects to products, interiors, and furniture, exploring new spatial concepts and intensifying existing urban landscapes. She studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1972 and received the Diploma Prize in 1977. She became a partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, taught at the AA with OMA collaborators Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, and later led her own studio at the AA until 1987. She was Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and she was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.