Born in Seregno in 1943, Paolo Nava is an Italian architect and designer trained in industrial design. After a period of study in England, in 1972 he co-founded the Citterio–Nava studio with Antonio Citterio, initiating a practice that significantly influenced the evolution of domestic design from the 1970s onward. His work focuses on defining functional and formal archetypes, developed through direct experimentation with materials and three-dimensional testing in the workshop. Nava conceives design as a rigorous and concrete process, where project, use, and durability over time are inseparable elements.