Curator of design and architecture, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Paola Antonelli joined the Museum of Modern Art in 1994 and is a curator at the Department of Architecture and Design.

Her first acclaimed exhibition at MoMA, Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design (1995), was followed by Thresholds: Contemporary Design from the Netherlands (1996), Achille Castiglioni: Design! (1997- 98), and projects 66: Campana / Ingo Maurer (1999), Open Ends and Matter (September 2000 / February 2001).

Her most recent exhibition, Workspheres (2/8 - 4/22/2001), was devoted to workplace design of the near future.

She holds an MA in architecture, graduating from the Polytechnic of Milan in 1990. Paola Antonelli has curated several architectural and design exhibitions in Italy, France, and Japan. She has been a contributing editor of Domus (1987-91) and the Design Editor of Abitare (1992-94).

She has also contributed articles to several publications, among them Metropolis, The Harvard Design Review, I.D. magazine, Paper, Metropolitan, Home, Harper's Bazaar and Nest.

Between 1991 and 1993, Paola Antonelli was assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she taught design history and theory. She has lectured on design and architecture in Europe and the US and has served on several international architecture and design juries.

Paola Antonelli, whose goal is to make design the most loved, understood, and celebrated discipline of the 21st century, is currently working on a book about food from all over the world as examples of outstanding design, and apart from seeking to have a Boeing 747 included in the MoMA collection she is also working on an exhibition entitled Emergency.