Experts
Paola Antonelli
Curator for Architecture and Design, MoMA
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Erasing the difference between the original and the serial model. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Future
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The designer is a practical creature, says Antonelli. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Business & Economics
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Antonelli talks about connections and open-source design. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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From propeller blades to Dove models, the definition has changed greatly. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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What forces have shaped humanity most?
Designers are history's great synthesizers, says Antonelli. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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From pyramids to iPods. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Helping people see the world with different eyes. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Belief
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Antonelli describes finding that something that grabs her eye. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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What inspired the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition?
Design helps us navigate progress, Antonelli says. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Antonelli is still an architect at heart. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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Is contemporary design green enough?
If designers are good, they think in economic terms, says Antonelli. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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Should designers draw on science?
Antonelli talks about her new MoMA salon. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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What are your favorite designs?
Antonelli talks about her upcoming show, "Design and the Elastic Mind." Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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Which designers are you watching?
You don't need a $50,000 mold to make a plastic chair anymore, says Antonelli. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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How is technology changing the world of design?
A designer's job is to act as translator. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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How does design inform our lives?
How do we use design - and brands - to identify ourselves? Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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This is the biggest and hardest question of them all, says Antonelli. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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Antonelli sees herself as a loudspeaker. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Arts & Culture
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From Sardinia to Milan, then back to Sardinia. Read More
February 19, 2008 | In Identity
Paola Antonelli is an Italian-born curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and one of the world’s foremost experts on contemporary architecture and design. She received her MA in Architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 1990, and worked at the design magazines Domus and Abitare before coming to MoMA in 1994. At MoMA, where serves as curator for the Department of Architecture and Design, Antonelli has been a strong of advocate of treating design as art: she’s written that "everything is designed, one way or another.” Antonelli is known for her eclecticism, and has curated well-received shows such as Workspheres (2001), devoted to the workplace of the near future. Her recent exhibit SAFE included – among other materials – a UN refugee tarp, camouflage cream, and a baby buggy. Antonelli has taught design history and theory at UCLA and Harvard and is the author of Humble Masterpieces: Everyday Marvels of Design, and co-author of 2008 book Design and the Elastic Mind.
