Paolo Nava was born in Seregno in 1943, has graduated in architecture at the Polytechnic of Milan and has attended the Advanced Course of Industrial Design in Florence and co-operated with Industrial Design Studios in London. In 1970 he independently starts a design studio which in 1982 Antonio Citterio becomes a partner of. From 1983 until today, Paolo Nava continues his activity as a designer with his own design studio, co-operating with important Italian and international companies. As well as working as a designer, Paolo Nava is a lecturer and is regularly called upon to hold speeches at conferences in several different countries.