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Ghost (1987) — Cini Boeri, Tomu Katayanagi

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Modular 535 Sit Up Sofa by Tomu Katayanagi

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Cini Boeri (19 June 1924 – 9 September 2020)

Cini Boeri was, together with Gae Aulenti, the better known Italian woman architect in her generation. She opened her studio in 1963 after working along such great architects as Gio Ponti and Marco Zanuso. As well as many of the most famous names of Italian architecture, her concern about the habitable environment prompted her to combine architecture, interior design and product design, so that her most renowned work belongs to this last discipline.

Since the beginning of her career as a designer, she stood out for her innovative use of materials, such as the polyurethane foam that she used for designing the modular sofa Bobo in 1967 or the continuous sofa Serpentone in 1971. 

The Ghost Chair, designed in 1987 together with her fellow designer Tomu Katayanagi, is the best example of her testing of the limits of materials. It is made by cutting and bending a single sheet of 12 millimetre-thick glass to form the seat, the armrests and the back of a sculptural and evanescent piece.

Ghost chair manufactured by Fiam, Italia,

Height: 93/30 cm, Width: 92 cm, Depth: 78 cm

Courtesy: Mass Modern Design

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Fauteuil Ghost - Cini Boeri (né en 1924) & Tomu Katayanagi - édition Fiam Italia depuis 1987 - Phaidon du Design.

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The Daily New: Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri and Tamu Katayanagi