Paola Navone

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Paola Navone

The effervescent creative energy of Paola Navone rejects dogmatism and the idea of design sanctification.
A globetrotter and scavenger, a scenographer with her ephemeral architectures, an omnipresent designer with a thousand projects. Never satisfied with discoveries, she actually thrives on the unexpected, which stimulates the imagination. She embraces upcycling and customization that reinvent forms and uses. Her eclectic style, enchanting international design for over 30 years, is a somewhat anarchic hybrid of simplicity and imperfection. It’s a mix of artisanal craftsmanship and industrial techniques learned at the Politecnico di Torino.

In 1979, she joined the Alchimia team, a collective embodying the radical wave of Italian design. There, she met the iconoclasts Ettore Sottsass and Andrea Branzi. She then took on a consultancy mission for the United Nations, which brought her to Asia, a perpetual source of inspiration.

Among Navone’s bestsellers is the Ghost range of modular, removable-cover chairs and sofas. Particularly minimal in the white version with crumpled linen, it is ghostly only in its airy, almost weightless appearance.

The charm of her free-spirited, joyful, bohemian atmospheres earned her the 1983 Osaka International Design Award, and she has been the artistic director of Gervasoni since 1988. She collaborates with prestigious publishers such as Knoll, Alessi, and Roche Bobois. She also designs new collections for Baxter, Linteloo, Serax, and Cappellini, including a post-Memphis collection.

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