Title: How to Design a Revolution, The Chilean Road to Design
Photographer(s): Various photographers
Writer(s): Hugo Palmarola, Eden Medina, Pedro Ignacio Alonso
Designer(s): YazmÃn Jiménez
Publisher(s): Lars Müller Publishers,Zurich, Switzerland
Year: 2024
Print run:
Language(s): English, Spanish
Pages: 336
Size: 16,5 × 24 cm
Binding: Softcover
Edition:
Print: DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg, Germany
Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Chile, 1970-1973
ISBN: 978-3-03778-733-5
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.