Patricia Urquiola: The Busy
Your customer list reads like the "who's who" of Italian design: B & B Italia, Driade, Molteni, Moroso, Foscarini. , , The Spaniard Patricia Urquiola Milan is at your feet. The Italians have lovingly christened her "Hurricane" because she sweeps through the design scene like a whirlwind and has tens of projects in the works at the same time.
Patricia Urquiola finds her inspiration in her environment: "Sometimes it's something emotional, sometimes something very simple, commonplace, that brings me to an idea, for me, design is a surprising process, you have an idea and mix it with other ingredients, but never know what comes out in the end. " Her designs - especially furniture, but also lights, rugs and objects for the table - are comfortable, perfectly proportioned and straightforwardly elegant.
Only with the trend of impropriety, which makes curvy shapes and ornaments sociable, has Patricia Urquiola ventured into more flowery decoration: At the Milan Furniture Fair, the company Moroso showed the much acclaimed loungers called "Antibodi", in which pieces of felt are sewn to flowers together , Patricia Urquiola appreciates the experimentation of the Italians: "The entrepreneurs here are less afraid of risks, they are flexible, they drive things forward and I like this agile way."
your CV
1961 Patricia Urquiola is born in Oviedo (Spain)
1989 She ends her architectural studies at the "Politecnico" technical college in Milan under the design legend Achille Castiglioni
1990 she starts her collaboration with Vico Magistretti as consultant for the company De Padova
1996 She takes over the management of the design department of Piero Lissoni
2001 she founds her studio in Milan (www.patriciaurquiola.com)
