Born in Seregno (Italy) in 1943, has graduated in architecture of interiors at Politecnico University of Milan. He attended the Superior Course of Industrial Design in Florence (Italy) where he graduated in 1966. He completed his training in England where he has collaborated with several industrial design studios. In 1972 he started his own professional activity and founded the Citterio-Nava office with Antonio Citterio, developping projects for B&B Italia, Artvis, Flexform, Snaidero, Boffi, Malobbia and Xilitalia.