Tomás Maldonado
Tomás Maldonado (1922, Buenos Aires) studied at the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. 1954 to 1967 Docent at the Ulm School of Design; 1955-56 Prorektor, from 1960 Rector. Teaches environmental planning at Politecnico in Milan.
Contents
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, Einaudi, 1970, 146 pp. (Italian)
- Design, Nature, and Revolution: Toward a Critical Ecology, trans. Mario Domandi, New York: Harper & Row, 1972, xi+139 pp. (English) Commentary: Sadler (2013).
- Environnement et idéologie. Vers une écologie critique, trans. Giovanni Joppolo, Paris: Union générale d'éditions, 1972, 192 pp. (French)
Articles
- "Neue Entwicklungen in der Industrie und die Ausbildung des Produktgestalters / New Developments in Industry and the Training of the Designer / Les nouvelles perspectives industrielles et la formation du 'designer'", ulm 2 (Oct 1958), pp 25-40, HTML (de). (German)/(English)/(French)
- "Design-Objekte und Kunst-Objekte / Design-Objects and Art-Objects", ulm 7 (Jan 1963), pp 18-32, HTML (de). (German)/(English)
- "Ist das Bauhaus aktuell? / Is the Bauhaus Relevant Today?", ulm 8-9 (Sep 1963), pp 5-13, HTML (de). (German)/(English)
- with Gui Bonsiepe, "Wissenschaft und Gestaltung / Science and Design", ulm 10-11 (May 1965), pp 12-29, HTML (de), PDF (de). (German)/(English)
- "Die Ausbildung des Architekten und Produktgestalters in einer Welt im Werden / The Emergent World: A Challenge to Architectural and Industrial Design Training", ulm 12-13 (Mar 1965), pp 2-10, HTML (de). A lecture given at the Royal College of Art, London, on 4 Mar 1965. (German)/(English)
- "Die Aufgabe des Produktgestalters in der Stahlindustrie / The Role of the Industrial Designer in the Steel Industry", ulm 14-16 (Dec 1965), pp 8-15, HTML (de). (German)/(English)
- "Anstöße gegen das Behagen in der Design Erziehung / How to Fight Complacency in Design Education", ulm 17-18 (Jun 1966), pp 14-20, HTML (de). (German)/(English)
