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Naslonjač “Polder” Hella Jongerius za Vitru / “Polder” sofa, Hella Jongerius for Vitrawhere she also spent a lot of time developing her career.After graduation, she originally worked in Padovawhere she met famous designer Vito Magistretti, whogreatly influenced her professional and creative growth.In 1998, she began working for Moroso as they immediatelyrecognized her elegant and comfortable design.Patricia mainly focused on creating imaginative seatingensembles, which were flexible, modern and adjustableto every home. After she opened her own design studio,she started receiving awards for her work. For example,her sofa Lowseat was chosen to represent Italy at the FurnitureDesign Tour in 2001, while her Fiord collection forMoroso won the Best System Award in 2003. Her work wasrecognized by the biggest designer brands, so she gotthe chance to design for Agape, Alessi, Artelano, Axor,B&B Italia, Driade, Foscarini, Kartell, Molteni, Moroso, PaoliLenti and Rosenthal among others, while also taking timeto design numerous hotels, public interiors and exteriors.24Hella JongeriusSofa “The Worker” za Vitru /“The Worker” sofa for VitraDekorativni podni jastuk “Bovist”, Vitra /“Bovist”, a decorative floor cushion, VitraPaola Navone – Ahead of Her TimePaola Navone is yet another Italian woman with an impressivecareer in the world of design. After graduatingarchitecture in 1973, she worked with many famous clients,such as Centrokappa, Abet Laminati and Alessi,while also gaining professional experience in the process.The mid-eighties signalled the start of a very importantperiod and a large turning point in her life. She becamea World Bank consultant for Southeast Asia’s image andproduct development. She lived in Hong Kong duringthis period, and that is where she discovered styles ofthe Far East while also finding crucial inspiration for hercurrent projects. “I was fascinated by their craftsmanshiptechniques. They used them to produce somethingcontemporary and modern, even though they used verytraditional methods.” Paola enriched Italian chic and elegancewith a flavour of the Far East, which causes hercreations to have an exotic and specific atmosphere,while still being familiar, accessible and urban enough.“As a very curious person, I’m always continuing to travel.I’m always trying to see the future and predict my development.That is why, during my stay in Asia, I startedto imagine designing a collection that could be differentevery year and could include elementsof different cultures.” PaolaNavone came back from Asia toEurope with that idea in mindand started the Mondo projectwith Giulio Cappellini, and it mustbe said that company Cappellinistill nurtures that project as aseparate collection to this very