
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).