H 70,5 - L 100 - D 72 cmThe 'Smock' design by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso is an armchair in injected flame-retardant foam over internal steel frame. The arms in steel upholstered in leather, same colour as the armchair. A rotary base in varnished steel. Two rings be armrests similar to the simple style of a bamboo bag; the shell, which has something of the feel of a baseball mitt, is an open tanktop ready to be slipped into.    Originally from Oviedo, Spain, Patricia Urquiola studied architecture and design at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid andpleted her studies at the Politecnico di Milano where she graduated under the mentor of Achille Castiglioni. Her career highlights include: assistant lecturer to Achille Castiglioni and Eugenio Bettinelli in Milan and Paris, responsible for the new product development office of De Padova, working with Vico Magistretti, head of Lissoni Associati's design group…Patricia Urquiola starts each project by building an empathic connection with the user that will eventually interact with her designs, something she learned from Achille Castiglioni, establishing the “fundamental element” as he used to call, the basis of each project which always keeps her on track and apanies her whole design process: thinking spaces or objects in relation to people. Pushing the limits of research and technology, Patricia Urquiola constantly experiments and dares to move towards better design and architecture, following her earlier mentors' teachings such as Vico Magistretti and Maddalena de Padova. Used to confrontplex processes, working with scales from micro to macro, she works with the available technology to go beyond the limits of what has been already experimented.  Studio Urquiola is frequently asked to design not only objects and architectures but also to think about the future of mobility, workplace and production cycles. Creating links between craftsman and industrial research, the heritage together with innovation and technology, Patricia Urquiola also drivespanies she works with to upcycle once-waste material and tries to re-image entire processes leading them to change, evolution and innovation.Patricia Urquiola believes in an original design point of view merging humanistic, technological and social approaches. Her design thinking is the intersection of challenges and breaking prejudices, finding unexpected connections between the familiar and the unexplored.  Patricia Urquiola has been the Creative Director of Cassina since 2015 and works with important Italian and international designpanies, including Agape, Alessi, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Baccarat, Boffi, Budri, De Padova, Driade, Coedition, Ferragamo, Flos, Gan, Georg Jensen, Glas Italia, Haworth, Kartell, Kettal, Kvadrat, Listone Giordano, Louis Vuitton, Molteni, Moroso, Mutina, Rosenthal and Verywood… Amongst her latest projects in architecture are Il Sereno Hotel ino, the Room Mate Giulia Hotel in Milan, the