Architect, PhD, I deal with the perceptual and emotional qualities and identities of design, especially color, combining professional, research and educational activities.
Since 2001 I have been carrying out and coordinating teaching and research activities at the Color Lab research center, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano.
Since 2013 I have been Adjunct professor of Color and perception at the School of Design, Politecnico di Milano, and since 2022 co-director of the Master Sensorial Surface Design: Color, material and finish design for interiors and furniture by POLI.design, Politecnico di Milano.
I am Co-founder and current president of the Color placemaking Association which deals with the processes of transformation and appropriation of places through color. As a designer I work above all in the field of color, sensorial and emotional design of interiors and products.
books
Boeri C. (2019), Color Emotion Palette. Relazioni e associazioni dei colori, Maria Pacini Fazzi editore, Lucca.
Boeri C. (2018), Color loci placemaking. La pianificazione e la progettazione del colore urbano tra continuità e rinnovamento, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna.
Boeri C., Bordin M., Faccincani G. (2015), I luoghi dell’infanzia. Riflessioni intorno al progetto, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna.
Boeri C. (2012), Color Relationships, in DeLong M., Martinson B., eds., Color and Design, Berg, London, pp. 35-45.
Boeri C. (2010), ed., Colore. quaderni di cultura e progetto del colore / notes on colour culture and design, IDC Colour Centre, Milano.
Bandini Buti L., Bisson M., Boeri C., Gellini G., Zingale S. (2010), eds., Progetto & multisensorialità. Come gli oggetti sono e come appaiono, Franco Angeli, Milano.
Bisson M., Boeri C. (2006), eds., Variazioni sul colore. Contributi per una riflessione sul progetto e sulla cultura del colore, FrancoAngeli, Milano.
magazines
Giani C., Boeri C. (2023), An experimentation on children’s colour preferences in generic terms and applied to a school context, in Color Culture and Science Journal, vol. 15, n. 1, pp. 42-47.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23738/CCSJ.150106
Boeri C. (2020), An educational experience about color emotion and its design implications, in Color Culture and Science Journal, vol. 12, n. 1, pp. 48-56.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23738/CCSJ.120106
Boeri C. (2019), Color emotion as a feasible tool in a participatory project for a Primary School, in Color Culture and Science Journal, vol. 11, n. 1, pp. 19-27.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.23738/CCSJ.110102
Boeri C. (2019), An educational experience on the exploration and experimentation of colour associations and relationships, in Journal of the International Colour Association, vol. 24, pp. 1-10.
https://aic-color.org/resources/Documents/jaic_v24_01.pdf
Boeri C., Calabi D., Bisson M. (2018), Il colore come strumento temporaneo di rigenerazione urbana / Color as a temporary tool of urban regeneration, in Agathón, International Journal of Architecture Art and Design, n. 4, pp. 243-250.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.19229/2464-9309/4302018
Boeri C. (2017), Color loci placemaking: The urban color between needs of continuity and renewal, in Color research and application, vol. 42, n. 5, pp. 641-649.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22128
Boeri C., Pastore M., Zingale S. (2012), Il filo rosso di Arianna. Wayfinding: un percorso di sperimentazione all’ospedale San Paolo di Milano, in NB I linguaggi della comunicazione, n. 2, pp. 79-81.
Boeri C. (2012), Il colore nel progetto, in A+D+M architettura design materiali, n. 39, pp. 8-12.
Boeri C. (2010), Una riflessione sul ruolo e sul significato del colore nella città, in Architettare, n. 7, pp. 82-87.
Calabi D., Boeri C. (2009), Texture Design, in Print Buyer, n. 19.
Boeri C. (2009), Bianco e nero e… Intervista a Narciso Silvestrini, in Colore. Quaderni di Cultura e Progetto del Colore, n. 64, pp. 10-14.
Boeri C. (2009), Alessandro Mendini, estetica e poetica del colore, in Colore. Quaderni di Cultura e Progetto del Colore, n. 62, pp. 40-52.
Boeri C. (2009), Relazioni tra i colori / The relations among colours, in Colore. Quaderni di Cultura e Progetto del Colore, n. 61, pp. 78-91.
Boeri C., Gagliardi R., Maini M. (2008), Basic design per la psicomotricità, in Talea, n. 10, pp. 77-80.
Bisson M., Boeri C., Calabi D. (2007), Colore e città, in Multiverso, n. 4, pp. 54-57.
conference proceedings
Giani C., Boeri C. (2021), Children’s colour preferences in the school context, AIC 14th Congress Milano 2021 – August 30th– September 3rd 2021, pp. 673-678.
Boeri C. (2020), Color (loci) placemaking: colore e processi di appropriazione dei luoghi, in Marchiafava V., Picollo M., eds., Colore e Colorimetria. Contributi Multidisciplinari, vol. XVI A, Atti della XVI Conferenza del Colore, Bergamo 2020, Gruppo del Colore, Milano, pp. 222- 228.
Boeri C. (2019), Color and the emotional characther of interiors, in Schindler V.M., Griber Y.A., eds., The Scientific Notes of the Color Society of Russia, vol. 1, Proceedings of the First Russian Congress on Color, pp. 25-30.
Boeri C. (2019), Color plans: Cultural and methodological foundations, in Bisson M., ed., IIIrd International Conference on Environmental Design, Proceedings (reviewed papers) of the IIIrd International Conference on Environmental Design, Mediterranean Design Association, 03-04 October 2019, Marsala, Italy, Palermo University Press, Palermo, pp. 15-21.
Boeri C., Calabi D., Bisson M. (2019), Colour experimentations of urban regeneration, in Bisson M., a cura di, IIIrd International Conference on Environmental Design, Proceedings (reviewed papers) of the IIIrd International Conference on Environmental Design, Mediterranean Design Association, 03-04 October 2019, Marsala, Italy, Palermo University Press, Palermo, pp. 23-27.
Oberti I., Poletti L., Boeri C., (2019), Participatory pilot project for a primary school, in Bisson M., ed., IIIrd International Conference on Environmental Design, Proceedings (reviewed papers) of the IIIrd International Conference on Environmental Design, Mediterranean Design Association, 03-04 October 2019, Marsala, Italy, Palermo University Press, Palermo, pp. 339-345.
Boeri C. (2017), Una sperimentazione finalizzata a comprendere l’impatto della componente cromatica all’interno degli ambienti dedicati alla cura dell’autismo, in Bisson M., ed., Environmental Design : IInd International Conference on Environmental Design, Proceedings (reviewed papers) of the IInd International Conference on Environmental Design, Mediterranean Design Association, 30-31 March 2017, Torino, Italy, De Lettera Publisher, Milano, pp. 33-38.
Boeri C., Calabi D., Bisson M. (2017), Il contributo del colore all’interno dei processi di rigenerazione urbana, in Bisson M., ed., Environmental Design : IInd International Conference on Environmental Design, Proceedings (reviewed papers) of the IInd International Conference on Environmental Design, Mediterranean Design Association, 30-31 March 2017, Torino, Italy, De Lettera Publisher, Milano, pp. 379-386.
Boeri C. (2014), Urban Colour Design. Pianificazione e progetto del colore urbano, in Cor. 3° Seminário Internacional da Cor, Universidade Lusíada, Lisbona, pp. 157-188.
Boeri C. (2013), The city colour planning, between instances of conservation and need for renewal, in MacDonald L., Westland S., Wuerger S., eds., AIC Colour 2013, 12th Congress of the International Colour Association, 8-12 July 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Colour Group, Great Britain, proceedings vol. 1, pp. 219-222.
Boeri C., Braz de Oliveira I., Giambruno M. C. (2013), Colour design and industrial landscape, in III CITCEM Conference, Landscape – (IM)Materiality, CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar «Cultura, Espaço e Memória», PORTO (Faculdade de Arquitectura e Faculdade de Letras), BAIÃO (Douro Palace Hotel), 21st – 24th November 2013
http://www.citcem.org/3encontro/programme.html
Boeri C. (2012), Urban Perceptual Colour: Un approccio percettivo alla lettura della complessità cromatica della città contemporanea, in Cor, Segundo Seminário Internacional da Cor, Universidade Lusíada, Lisbona, pp. 151-165.
Boeri C. (2012), Il colore negli spazi pubblici. Nuovi orientamenti di ricerca e progetto, in Luce, colore, materiali: progettare gli spazi pubblici, Atti del seminario A+D+M Academy, Publicomm, Savona, pp. 6-11.
Boeri C. (2011), A perceptual approach to the chromatic complexity of contemporary city, in Schindler V. M., Cuber S., eds., Interaction of Colour & Light in the Arts and Sciences, Conference Proceedings Midterm Meeting of the International Color Association, Zurich, Switzerland, 7–10 June 2011, pro/colore, Zurich, pp. 276-279.
Zingale S., Boeri C., Pastore M. (2011), Colore e wayfinding: una sperimentazione all’ospedale San Paolo di Milano, in Rossi M., ed., Colore e Colorimetria. Contributi Multidisciplinari, vol. VII A, Atti della Settima Conferenza Nazionale del Colore, Gruppo del Colore, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma 15-16 settembre 2011, Maggioli, Santarcangelo di Romagna, pp. 91- 96.
Boeri C. (2010), A perceptual approach to the urban colour reading, in Zennaro P., ed., Colour & Light in Architecture, International Conference, Venezia 11-12 novembre 2010, Knemesi, Verona, pp. 459-463.
Boeri C. (2010), Il colore come strumento di riqualificazione del costruito, in Torres Barchino A., Garcia Codoner A., eds., El Color en la arquitectura y en el diseno, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria del Diseno, Valencia, pp. 101-105.
Ceconello M., Bisson M., Boeri C., Vignati G. (2008), Colour plan for urban design, in Teller J., Tweed C., Rabino G., eds., Conceptual Models for Urban Practitioners, Proceedings (Reviewed Papers) of the 2nd Workshop of the COST Action C21 Towntology Urban Ontologies for an Improved Communication in Urban Civil Engineering Projects, Castello del Valentino, Torino 17-18 ottobre 2007, Società Editrice Esculapio, Bologna, pp. 159-170.