Speakers
Paola Antonelli
Senior Curator, Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art
Paola Antonelli joined The Museum of Modern Art in February 1994 and is Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design. Her first exhibition for MoMA, Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design (1995), was followed by several others, covering all facets of architecture and design in the contemporary world. Her most recent exhibition, Design and the Elastic Mind (2/24-5/12/2008), was devoted to the relationship between design and science. Paola Antonelli’s goal is to insistently promote design’s understanding, until its positive influence on the world is fully acknowledged and exploited. She is currently working on several shows on contemporary design; on Design Bites, a book about foods from all over the world appreciated as examples of outstanding design; and on trying to get a Boeing 747 into the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.