Answer the following question: Facts:   - caption: antonelli munich , 2008 at the digital life and design conference ,      - birth date: 1963    - name: paola antonelli    - image: paola antonelli in 2008.jpg    - birth place: sassari , sardinia , italy    - occupation: author , editor , and curator   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of paola antonelli .
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paola antonelli -lrb- born 1963 in sassari , sardinia , italy -rrb- is an italian author , editor , and curator .she is of lombard ancestry .she is currently the senior curator of the department of architecture & design as well as the director of r&d at the museum of modern art -lrb- moma -rrb- , new york city .she was recently rated one of the one hundred most powerful people in the world of art by `` art review '' .although a recipient of a laurea degree in architecture from the politecnico di milano university in 1990 , she has never worked as an architect .antonelli has curated several architecture and design exhibitions in italy , france , and japan .she has been a contributing editor for `` domus '' magazine -lrb- 1987 -- 91 -rrb- and the design editor of `` abitare '' magazine -lrb- 1992 -- 94 -rrb- .she has also contributed articles to several publications , among them `` metropolis '' , the harvard design review , `` i.d. '' magazine , `` paper '' , `` metropolitan home '' , `` harper 's bazaar '' , and `` nest '' .in 2014 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the royal college of art .