Lina Bo Bardi
Architect, graphic and industrial designer in the areas of publishing, exhibition design, product, costume and theatrical scenography. Pioneer of hybrid visual culture. She has a multidisciplinary profile. Lina is Italian but Brazilian nationalized. She was born in Rome in 1914 into a militant family of the communist party while fascism dominated Europe. This gave her an ideology that she shared both openly and in the shadows of the underground. This context influenced her towards the struggle for freedom, which is especially evident in her work. Bo Bardi moves to Milan, where he dedicates himself to architecture, illustration and collaborates with editorials. Until his studio is hit by a bombing in 1943. This fact makes her more attached to her ideological position, which leads her to be part of the planning to rebuild the city once the war is over. In 1946 she leaves Europe permanently and settles in Brazil with her husband. There she developed her most significant works. She