Paola Antonelli, 2012
Oil on linen, 60” x 40”
Paola Antonelli is one of the world’s foremost authorities on design. Paola is the Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art. Paola was born in Sardinia, Italy and she has a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic of Milan. Paola is known for treating design as art and she has showcased objects that play a strong role in the life of a city. In the late 1990’s Paola selected the New York City Transit Authority Graphic Standards Manual to become part of MoMA’s permanent collection. The subway’s typeface (Helvetica) is now one of the most recognizable in the world. Paola is a lecturer at Harvard’s School of Design and has authored numerous catalogues for MoMA exhibitions including “Humble Masterpieces” and “Objects of Design.” In 2004, Paola was named one of the 100 most powerful people in the art world by Art Review. In 2006, Paola received the “Design Mind” Award, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Design Award and in 2007 Time Magazine named Paola as one of the 25 most incisive design visionaries.
I met Paola in the late 1990’s when she reached out to the MTA to include the New York Transit Authority’s Graphic Standards Manual in the permanent collection at MoMA. Paola also identified the MTA’s Help Point Intercom (HPI) and it was accepted into MoMA’s permanent collection in 2006. Recently, I worked with Paola on the inclusion of the MetroCard Vending Machine (MVM) in MoMA’s “Talk to Me” exhibition in 2011. The HPI and the MVM were designed by Antenna Design in concert with Arts for Transit and Urban Design.
Oil on linen, 60” x 40”
Paola Antonelli is one of the world’s foremost authorities on design. Paola is the Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art. Paola was born in Sardinia, Italy and she has a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Polytechnic of Milan. Paola is known for treating design as art and she has showcased objects that play a strong role in the life of a city. In the late 1990’s Paola selected the New York City Transit Authority Graphic Standards Manual to become part of MoMA’s permanent collection. The subway’s typeface (Helvetica) is now one of the most recognizable in the world. Paola is a lecturer at Harvard’s School of Design and has authored numerous catalogues for MoMA exhibitions including “Humble Masterpieces” and “Objects of Design.” In 2004, Paola was named one of the 100 most powerful people in the art world by Art Review. In 2006, Paola received the “Design Mind” Award, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Design Award and in 2007 Time Magazine named Paola as one of the 25 most incisive design visionaries.
I met Paola in the late 1990’s when she reached out to the MTA to include the New York Transit Authority’s Graphic Standards Manual in the permanent collection at MoMA. Paola also identified the MTA’s Help Point Intercom (HPI) and it was accepted into MoMA’s permanent collection in 2006. Recently, I worked with Paola on the inclusion of the MetroCard Vending Machine (MVM) in MoMA’s “Talk to Me” exhibition in 2011. The HPI and the MVM were designed by Antenna Design in concert with Arts for Transit and Urban Design.