Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992) was a prolific architect, designer and thinker, whose work, absorbing her native Italy and then Brazil, her adopted homeland from 1946, spans across architecture, furniture, stage and costume design, urban planning, curatorial work, teaching and writing. 

This collection of essays is the first English anthology of her of writing. It includes texts written when she was still living in Italy as well as later contributions to a number of Brazilian newspapers, journals and magazines. An acute critic and a creative thinker, Bo Bardi proposes a series of new parameters for design thinking and practice, such as the notions of ‘historical present’, ‘roughness’ and ‘tolerance to imperfection’. Presented collectively, her texts present a wealth of inspirational thoughts articulated in a refreshingly simple, straightforward fashion.

9781907896200, 2013
18 × 11cm, illustrated, 132pp, paperback