Cini Boeri, born in Milan in 1924, has worked for many furniture designers and companies before making a name for herself. After graduating from Milan Politecnico, she worked for one of Italy's most famous architects, Gio Ponti. He helped kick-start her design career. Most of her works adapt to humans and the environment it is used in. In honor of her excellence in home and office furniture design, she has been rewarded many prestigious designer awards that are difficult to attain. I also found that aside from being a designer, she also is a lecturer at colleges and design schools to upcoming or striving designers, giving them advice on how to create successful pieces and being individual to their designs. It's good to see someone taking interest in other designers' success. In my opinion, I think Boeri's designs are an interesting way to show abstraction through lines and form in furniture. Her pieces are puzzling to look at and I think that's why I took notice to her. I like to look at something and think about it. Boeri does just that through her creations.
Some of Boeri's pieces:
"Serpentine Sofa"
Eco-friendly rocker table
"Serpentone"
Sources:
Greenberg, Cara. Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s. 1st ed. Boston: Little, Brown and, 1999.
Whittaker, Jessica. "Cini Boeri." Free Articles Directory | Submit Articles - ArticlesBase.com. 24 Oct. 2008. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://www.articlesbase.com/home-improvement-articles/cini-boeri-615586.html.>
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