Lina designed Bardi's Bowl in 1951, when her interior and furniture design partnership with Giancarlo Palanti had come to an end. She went on to complete her residence in São Paulo, the Casa de Vidro. It was not until 1953 that the design began to receive international attention: the American magazine Interiors published an article entitled 'Bowls, Baskets and Bags', comparing the design to the chairs of Eero Saarinen, Irena Schawinsky and Roberto Mango.