How to Design a Revolution

The Chilean Road to Design

Hugo Palmarola, Eden Medina, Pedro Alonso

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English

Lars Muller Publishers
01 May 2024

A bold project for change unfolded in Latin America at the beginning of the 1970s. After an electoral victory in Chile, the socialist government led by Salvador Allende and his governing coalition, Unidad Popular, embarked on a mission to bring about a socialist revolution through existing democratic institutions to address the most pressing needs of the Chilean people. The result was an unprecedented alliance of socialism, democracy and design.

This book provides the most complete analysis of the graphic and industrial design projects developed during Salvador Allende's presidency. The book's twelve chapters tell some of the most remarkable histories of this innovative design experience, including histories of the powdered milk measuring spoons designed to combat child malnutrition, the posters that encouraged collective action and a state-of-the-art operations room built to manage Chile's state-run industries. Through these and other projects we see how Chile's designers worked to create a path to social and material justice.

Fifty years after the civil-military coup d'état that put an end to democracy in Chile, and with it these design initiatives, the book provides a reminder of Latin America's transformative capacity and a source for reflection and creative inspiration.

AUTHORS: Hugo Palmarola is associate professor in the School of Design at the Pontifi cia Universidad Católica de Chile and holds a PhD in Latin American Studies from UNAM Mexico. He was curator and editor of Flying Panels: How Concrete Panels Changed the World at ArkDes Stockholm, and Monolith Controversies Pavilion of Chile at the 14th Venice Architecture Bienniale.

Eden Medina is a historian of science and technology and a professor in the MIT Program for Science, Technology, and Society. She is the author of Cybernetic Revolutionaries: Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile and coeditor of Beyond Imported Magic: Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America.

Pedro Ignacio Alonso is associate professor in the School of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and head of the PhD Program in Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies. He was curator and editor of Flying Panels: How Concrete Panels Changed the World at ArkDes Stockholm and Monolith Controversies: Pavilion of Chile at the 14th Venice Architecture Bienniale.

390 illustrations

Edited by: Hugo Palmarola, Eden Medina, Pedro Alonso
Imprint: Lars Muller Publishers
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: Paperback original
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm,
ISBN: 9783037787335
ISBN 10: 3037787333
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design

"The book communicates the richness of the creativity that defined the period and flourished in so many different places across Chile. Not only artistic creativity, or creativity in the service of social mobilization, but also creativity in problem solving.--Marianela D'Aprile ""New York Review of Architecture"""