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Paola Navone
1950 Born in Turin, Italy
1973 Earns a degree
in architecture from the
Polytechnic University of Turin
1974 Publishes Architettura
Radicale with Bruno Orlandoni
1977 Joins Studio Alchimia, a
group that includes Alessandro
Mendini, Ettore Sottsass
and Andrea Branzi
1978 Presents first collection,
Bau.Haus uno, at the Salone
del Mobile in Milan
1983 Wins the Osaka
International Design Award
1985-1988 Acts as consultant
for Unido and the World
Bank Group for the Philippines
and Indonesia
2017 Is asked to help revamp
Joyce Central in Hong Kong,
part of a chain of boutiques
in Greater China
2019 Serves as jury member
for the Frame Awards