Difference between revisions of "Tomás Maldonado"

From Monoskop
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(12 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
[[Image:Tomas_Maldonado.jpg|thumb|258px]]
+
[[Image:Tomas_Maldonado.jpg|thumb|258px|Tomás Maldonado, Ulm School of Design, 15 March 1956. Photo: Hans G. Conrad. Copyright: René Spitz.]]
−
'''Tomás Maldonado''' (1922, Buenos Aires) is a painter, industrial designer, teacher and design theoritician who has been highly influential on design thinking and practice since the 1960s.
+
'''Tomás Maldonado''' (25 April 1922, Buenos Aires - 26 November 2018, Milan) was a painter, industrial designer, teacher and design theoretician who has been highly influential on design thinking and practice since the 1960s.
  
 
{{TOC limit|3}}
 
{{TOC limit|3}}
Line 6: Line 6:
 
He studied at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. In 1942, together with Jorge Brito, Alfredo Hlito, and Claudio Girola, he signed the ''Manifiesto de cuatro jóvenes'' rejecting the selection carried out at the Salón Nacional. In 1945, he co-founded the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención and co-wrote ''The Manifiesto Invencionista''.
 
He studied at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. In 1942, together with Jorge Brito, Alfredo Hlito, and Claudio Girola, he signed the ''Manifiesto de cuatro jóvenes'' rejecting the selection carried out at the Salón Nacional. In 1945, he co-founded the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención and co-wrote ''The Manifiesto Invencionista''.
  
−
In 1948, he met [[Max Bill]] during his travel to Europe; later he invited him to teach design at the [[Ulm School of Design]], where he taught between 1954 and 1967; in 1955-56 serving as Vice Dean, and from 1960 as Dean.  
+
In 1948, he met [[Max Bill]] during his travel to Europe; later invited him to teach design at the [[Ulm School of Design]], where he taught between 1954 and 1967; in 1955-56 serving as Vice Dean, and from 1960 as Dean.  
  
−
Maldonado is Professor of Environmental Design (Progettazione Ambientale) at Politecnico di Milano University.
+
Maldonado was Professor of Environmental Design (Progettazione Ambientale) at Politecnico di Milano University.
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
Line 24: Line 24:
 
** ''Vanguardia y racionalidad: artículos, ensayos y otros escritos, 1946-1974'', Barcelona: G. Gili, 1977, 271 pp. {{es}}
 
** ''Vanguardia y racionalidad: artículos, ensayos y otros escritos, 1946-1974'', Barcelona: G. Gili, 1977, 271 pp. {{es}}
  
−
* ''Disegno industriale: un riesame: definizione storia bibliografia'', Milan: Feltrinelli, 1976, 93 pp. {{it}}
+
* ''Disegno industriale: un riesame'', Milan: Feltrinelli, 1976, 93 pp. {{it}}
 
** ''El diseño industrial reconsiderado'', trans. Francesco Cantarelli, Barcelona, 1977; rev.ed., Barcelona, 1993. {{es}}
 
** ''El diseño industrial reconsiderado'', trans. Francesco Cantarelli, Barcelona, 1977; rev.ed., Barcelona, 1993. {{es}}
  
Line 48: Line 48:
 
** ''[[Media:Maldonado_Tomas_Critica_de_la_razon_informatica.pdf|Crítica de la razón informática]]'', trans. Juan Carlos Gentile Vitale, Barcelona: Paidós, 1998, 239 pp. {{es}}
 
** ''[[Media:Maldonado_Tomas_Critica_de_la_razon_informatica.pdf|Crítica de la razón informática]]'', trans. Juan Carlos Gentile Vitale, Barcelona: Paidós, 1998, 239 pp. {{es}}
  
−
* ''Escritos preulmianos'', eds. Carlos A. Méndez Mosquera and Nelly Perazzo, Buenos Aires: Infinitio, 1997, 134 pp. Selection of 18 articles written before joining the HfG Ulm in 1954. {{es}}
+
* ''Escritos Preulmianos'', eds. Carlos A. Méndez Mosquera and Nelly Perazzo, Buenos Aires: Infinito, 1997, 134 pp. Selection of 18 articles written before joining the HfG Ulm in 1954. {{es}}
  
−
* ''Memoria e conoscenza. Sulle sorti del sapere nella prospettiva digitale'', 2005. {{it}}
+
* ''Memoria e conoscenza. Sulle sorti del sapere nella prospettiva digitale'', Milan: Feltrinelli, 2005, 312 pp. {{it}}
 
** ''Memoria y conocimiento. Sobre los destinos del saber en la perspectiva digital'', 2007. {{es}}
 
** ''Memoria y conocimiento. Sobre los destinos del saber en la perspectiva digital'', 2007. {{es}}
 +
 +
* ''Digitale Welt und Gestaltung: ausgewählte Schriften'', ed. & trans. Gui Bonsiepe, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2007, 421 pp. {{de}}
  
 
===Articles===
 
===Articles===
Line 64: Line 66:
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Ulm School of Design]]
 
* [[Ulm School of Design]]
 +
* [[Design research]]
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
* [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/563 Profile in CompArt database]
 
* [http://dada.compart-bremen.de/item/agent/563 Profile in CompArt database]
 
* http://www.designboom.com/design/tomas-maldonado/
 
* http://www.designboom.com/design/tomas-maldonado/
 +
 +
{{featured article}}
 +
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maldonado, Tomas}}

Revision as of 17:08, 25 February 2019

Tomás Maldonado, Ulm School of Design, 15 March 1956. Photo: Hans G. Conrad. Copyright: René Spitz.

Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922, Buenos Aires - 26 November 2018, Milan) was a painter, industrial designer, teacher and design theoretician who has been highly influential on design thinking and practice since the 1960s.

He studied at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. In 1942, together with Jorge Brito, Alfredo Hlito, and Claudio Girola, he signed the Manifiesto de cuatro jóvenes rejecting the selection carried out at the Salón Nacional. In 1945, he co-founded the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención and co-wrote The Manifiesto Invencionista.

In 1948, he met Max Bill during his travel to Europe; later invited him to teach design at the Ulm School of Design, where he taught between 1954 and 1967; in 1955-56 serving as Vice Dean, and from 1960 as Dean.

Maldonado was Professor of Environmental Design (Progettazione Ambientale) at Politecnico di Milano University.

Publications

Books

  • Max Bill, Buenos Aires: Nueva Visión, 1955, 148 pp. (English),(French),(German),(Spanish)
  • Beiträge zur Terminologie der Semiotik, Ulm: Ebner, 1961. (German)
  • La speranza progettuale, Turin: Einaudi, 1970, 146 pp. (Italian)
    • Umwelt und Revolte : zur Dialektik des Entwerfens im Spätkapitalismus, trans. Gui Bonsiepe, Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1972, 118 pp. (German)
    • Design, Nature, and Revolution: Toward a Critical Ecology, trans. Mario Domandi, New York: Harper & Row, 1972, xi+139 pp. (English) Commentary: Sadler (2013).
    • Ambiente humano e ideología. Notas para una ecología, trans. Hernán Mario Cuevas, Buenos Aires, 1972, 166 pp. (Spanish)
    • Environnement et idéologie. Vers une écologie critique, trans. Giovanni Joppolo, Paris: Union générale d'éditions, 1972, 192 pp. (French)
  • Avanguardia e razionalità: articoli, saggi, pamphlets 1946-1974, Torino: Einaudi, 1974, xvii+306 pp. (Italian)
    • Vanguardia y racionalidad: artículos, ensayos y otros escritos, 1946-1974, Barcelona: G. Gili, 1977, 271 pp. (Spanish)
  • Disegno industriale: un riesame, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1976, 93 pp. (Italian)
    • El diseño industrial reconsiderado, trans. Francesco Cantarelli, Barcelona, 1977; rev.ed., Barcelona, 1993. (Spanish)
  • editor, Tecnica e cultura: il dibattito tedesco fra Bismarck e Weimar, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1979, 309 pp. (Italian)
    • Técnica y cultura: el debate alemán entre Bismarck y Weimar, Buenos Aires: Infinito, 2002, 316 pp. (Spanish)
  • Il futuro della modernità, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1987, 230 pp. (Italian)
    • El Futuro de la modernidad, Barcelona: Júcar, 1990, 261 pp. (Spanish)
  • Cultura, democrazia, ambiente: saggi sul mutamento, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1990, 156 pp. (Italian)
    • Hacia una racionalidad ecologica, trans. Alexandra Lomonaco, Buenos Aires: Inginito, 1999, 92 pp. (Spanish)
  • Reale e virtuale, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1992, 118 pp. (Italian)
    • Lo real y lo virtual, trans. Alberto Luis Bixio, Barcelona: Gedisa, 1992, 261 pp. (Spanish)
    • Virkelig og virtuel: et essay, Oslo : Aschehoug, 1993, 111 pp. (Norwegian)
  • Tre lezioni americane / Three American lectures, trans. Kate Singleton and William S. Huff, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1992, 72 pp. Lectures in New York, Buffalo and Cincinnati in 1989. (Italian)/(English)
  • Che cos'è un intellettuale? Avventure e disavventure di un ruolo, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1995, 118 pp. (Italian)
    • Qué es un intelectual : aventuras y desventuras de un rol, Barcelona: Paidos, 1998, 130 pp. (Spanish)
  • Critica della ragione informatica, Milan: Feltrinelli, 1997, 219 pp. (Italian)
  • Escritos Preulmianos, eds. Carlos A. Méndez Mosquera and Nelly Perazzo, Buenos Aires: Infinito, 1997, 134 pp. Selection of 18 articles written before joining the HfG Ulm in 1954. (Spanish)
  • Memoria e conoscenza. Sulle sorti del sapere nella prospettiva digitale, Milan: Feltrinelli, 2005, 312 pp. (Italian)
    • Memoria y conocimiento. Sobre los destinos del saber en la perspectiva digital, 2007. (Spanish)
  • Digitale Welt und Gestaltung: ausgewählte Schriften, ed. & trans. Gui Bonsiepe, Basel: Birkhäuser, 2007, 421 pp. (German)

Articles

See also

Links

Retrieved from "https://monoskop.org/index.php?title=Tomás_Maldonado&oldid=90270"