Nostalgia

From the very beginning (since 1971) Cristiana was a unique girl. Not the usual gal from Ipanema. She grew up in the amazing ?Zona Sul? in Rio where she used to walk by herself along the beach before going to school. The sweet souvenir of her holidays spent to take care of coffee trees around her family?s farm near S㯠Paulo, still lies in her heart. She now continues this tradition with her two children every year.

Little birdy goes off the nest.

When she reached the critical age of 18, the urgent need (read ?parents pressure?) to become somebody, to have a real job and so on lead her to the gates of an administration school. After two morn years she found a way to escape bureaucracy?s paradise. She flew to England, Paris and Switzerland (supposedly to improve her language skills). She discovered the treasures of european culture and experiences when far from home. Your eyes, ears and arms are wide open but almost everybody sees you like you come from another planet. Strongly decided to build her world there, she worked 2 years to be accepted at L?ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d?Art de Lausanne) were she quickly hooked on computers, technology & the wonderful little art library she found there.

When 1 + 1 equals more than 2.

In 1992 she met her future husband and partner. Laurent Bolli. They started working together to build bridges between industry, art, sense, people, countries... Looking for a better and meaningful life. Using their spare time to do various internships in fields like industrial design, fashion and visual communication, meeting people like Giovanni Bianco, Advertising in Brazil. – Names dropping ends here-

In 1997, after getting her professional degree in visual communications, Cristiana joined the start up company Netface as an Art Director. Netface is the place where she met Laurent Haug and their long collaboration began. In 1998, Cris & Laurent Bolli founded their own agency, Bread and Butter. 1999 is the year Le Tearoom was born as well as their first daughter.

Their goal is to develop new forms of communication that combines the power of design, meaning and functionality. For Bread & Butter, a successful message has to speak to the heart as well as the mind. Bread and butter is a creative design mixed media agency.they provide information and resources to business people interested in sourcing design and innovation services. Their mission is to help their clients maximize their return on investment in design: THEY DO things.