Italian Design: does such a concept still exist? April 1, 2009

Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Paola Antonelli is on a mission to introduce - and explain - design to the world.
Since she stepped back from practicing architecture in order to focus on writing about design, teaching and curating museum exhibitions, Antonelli has become a celebrity within the design world.
The lecture will focus on the geography of contemporary design.

Paola Antonelli is one of today's leading international experts on design. Originally from Sassari, she graduated from the Politecnico di Milano and taught at Harvard before becoming associate curator at the MoMA in 1994. She has curated exhibits also in Italy, France, and Japan and was among the winners of the prestigious National Design Awards in 2006.

Introductory comments by Henry Urbach, Helen Hilton Raiser Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco MoMA.

Official Website: http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/IIC_SanFrancisco/