{"product_id":"stones-against-diamonds","title":"Stones against diamonds","description":"\u003cp\u003eLina Bo Bardi (1914–1992) was a prolific architect, designer and thinker, whose work, absorbing her native Italy and then after 1946 her adopted home-land, Brazil, spans across architecture, furniture, stage and costume design, urban planning, curatorial work, teaching and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays is the first-ever English anthology of her of writings. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AA Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57357491274068,"sku":"A8B-27693","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/after8_20200523_174914.jpg?v=1790812129","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/stones-against-diamonds","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}