Paola Piva

PAOLA PIVA

(1950-2017) Paolo Piva was born in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. He studied archi­tec­ture in Venice from 1968 to 1973 under Carlo Scarpa. During his grad­u­ate studies in Rome, he pursued archi­tec­ture and indus­trial design. 

He worked as architect and has created numerous designs for renowned furniture companies, like Poliform/Varenna, De Sede, B&B Italia and Wittmann Austria. Since 1988 Piva was a Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.

He worked and lived in Venice, Vienna, and Biella (Piedmont).