Anna Lenti started her career as a nuclear engineer working in the aerospace industry. Since joining her older sister, designer Paola, as chief executive of the Paola Lenti brand, she’s been instrumental in developing some of the most out-of-this-world furniture around.

Using high-performance proprietary textiles in retina-spinning colours worked into statuesque silhouettes, the brand is famous for weather-resistant outdoor furniture, and is particularly appealing to owners of luxury superyachts.