Cini BOERI (designer)<br />
 Tomu KATAYANAGI (designer)<br />
 FIAM, Tavullia (manufacturer)<br/>
<em>Ghost, chair</em> (1987) {designed}; (2016) {manufactured} <!-- (view 1) --><br />

glass<br />
62.0 x 79.5 x 94.0 cm<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017<br />
2017.1<br />
© Tomu KatayanagI and Cini Boeri
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Ghost, armchair

Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi

Ghost, poltrona

Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi

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Discover stories of Italian art, design, culture and life in the NGV Collection through dedicated events and resources, and explore two millennia of Italian painting, sculpture, prints and drawings, decorative arts and textiles, brought together for the first time on this site.

Supported by the Italian Australian Foundation

NGV ITALIA

Discover stories of Italian art, design, culture and life in the NGV Collection through dedicated events and resources, and explore two millennia of Italian painting, sculpture, prints and drawings, decorative arts and textiles, brought together for the first time on this site.

Supported by the Italian Australian Foundation

A collaboration between Cini Boeri and Tomu Katayanagi for Italian manufacturer Fiam, the Ghost, armchair marked an important breakthrough in the manufacture of glass furniture and is an icon of twentieth-century design. Italian architect and designer Boeri founded her own studio in 1963 in Milan and is recognised for her trailblazing furniture and lighting designs from the 1970s and 1980s. She remains one of the few female designers to receive the prestigious Compasso d’Oro industrial design award, which was established in Italy in 1954.

Frutto della collaborazione tra Cini Boeri e Tomu Katayanagi per l’azienda italiana Fiam, la poltrona Ghost ha segnato una svolta importante nella produzione di mobili in vetro ed è un’icona del design del XX secolo. L’architetta e designer italiana Cini Boeri fondò il suo studio nel 1963 a Milano ed è nota per i suoi progetti di mobili e illuminazione all’avanguardia degli anni Settanta e Ottanta. Rimane una delle poche donne designer a ricevere il prestigioso premio Compasso d’Oro per il design industriale, istituito in Italia nel 1954.

Cini BOERI (designer)
Tomu KATAYANAGI (designer)
FIAM, Tavullia (manufacturer)
Ghost, chair (1987) {designed}; (2016) {manufactured}
glass
62.0 x 79.5 x 94.0 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM, 2017
2017.1
© Tomu KatayanagI and Cini Boeri

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