Patricia Urquiola
Subtitle: time to make a book
By: Patricia Urquiola : edited by Silvia Robertazzi and Alessandro Valenti ; foreword by Murray Ross ; essay by Gianluigi Ricuperati ; designed by Omar Sosa
Contributors: Robertazzi, Silvia, editor; Valenti, Alessandro, editor
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780847839728
Subjects: Catalogs; Design; Pictorial works; History
Description: The first monograph on the works of Patricia Urquiola, whose eclectic approach to product design and architecture has established her as one of the key figures in contemporary design. A superstar in the world of design, Patricia Urquiola's portfolio of architectural projects and product designs is as diverse as it is intensely personal-from a house for Patrizia Moroso, to the interiors of boutique hotels, to industrial design, and with products that include chairs, watches, and cutlery. Since the opening of her own design practice in Milan in 2001, Urquiola has taken on an ever-expanding number of projects, and has worked with all the great international design houses, including Moroso, De Padova, B&B Italia, Bisazza, Alessi, Driade, and Flos, to name a few. Urquiola's distinctive works straddle the boundary between architecture and design, the product of a rigorous, interdisciplinary education.