An exhibition at the Design Museum Gent brings together the largest collection of furniture by architect Lina Bo Bardi ever presented in one place. Curator Evelien Bracke selects her highlights.
The show ? which opens on the 25 October and is titled Lina Bo Bardi & Giancarlo Palanti. Studio d'Arte Palma 1948-1951 ? comprises 41 pieces by the preeminent Brazilian Modernist.
Many were created in collaboration with fellow architect Giancarlo Palanti, with whom she founded the titular Studio d'Arte Palma design practice.
Beyond highlighting Palanti's often overlooked involvement in the designs, the exhibition hopes to establish Bo Bardi as a master of all trades, whose holistic philosophy spanned various disciplines.
"Her work goes beyond just architecture or design ? she created an entire universe," Bracke told Dezeen. "The show not only undertakes a critical reappraisal of Lina Bo Bardi's contributions to architecture, design, education and social practice, but also introduces her work to audiences outside of the specialised field of architecture."
Bo Bardi's interest in furniture first appeared when she was tasked with creating a home for the Museu de Arte de SĂŁo Paulo (MASP).

The museum was founded by her husband, the writer and curator Pietro Maria Bardi and Assis Chateaubriand, the owner of local media conglomerate Diários Associados, after the couple moved to Brazil from their native Italy in 1946.
As Bo Bardi set about transforming a floor of ...