MARIA BRUNO NEO

Maria Bruno Néo was born in Lisbon, 1985, she opened her big brown eyes and started observing the world around her to learn as much she could. Soon developed a critical thinking, and curiosity about the world and how things were done. That led her to read as much as she could, trying to build opinions on several matters. She started travelling very young with her family, being exposed to several cultures and traditions very early. After graduated in Product design in 2008 in Fine Artes Faculty of Lisbon University, she applied for an internship in north of portugal, where traditional techniques and cultural heritage is based in furniture area. In 2009 Maria Bruno won a scholarship to developed her ideas in colaboration with Tord Boontje Studio in Bourg argental, France. In 2010 Maria Bruno decided to develop her skills with patterns applied to furniture and interior projects in Edward van Vliet Studio in Amsterdam. Winning another scholarship brought her back to north of Portugal to..