Cini boeri biography definition

Maria Cristina Mariani Dameno—better known as Cini Boeri—is a leading Italian architect and designer, the mother of the internationally renowned architect Stefano Boeri.

She graduated in architecture in from the Politecnico University in Milan.

After a short experience with Gio Ponti—a famous master of Italian design and architecture—she started to collaborate with Marco Zanuso, another acclaimed architect and designer.

In she opened her own studio in Milan focusing on architecture, interior, and exhibit design both in Italy and abroad.

She always gave a great care to the psychological relation between human being and environment developing uncommon and innovative design solutions.

During her career, she designed some furniture pieces that became world classics such as the charming Ghost Chair (Fiam Italia, ), made of a single glass sheet, cut and bent to form simultaneously the seat, the armrests, and the backrest.

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