Tomás Maldonado

Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and philosopher. He was born in Buenos Aires. He was one of the main theorists of design theory From 1954 to 1967, Maldonado worked at the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG) in Germany.^[1]^[2] He created a system of codes for the design program of the Italian firm Olivetti and the department store La Rinascente.

Maldonado died in Buenos Aires on 26 November 2018 from complications of pneumonia at the age of 96.^[3]

References

↑ "Ulm School of Design | HfG Ulm Archive". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
↑ Lindinger, H., (1991), Ulm Design: The Morality of Objects, Cambridge: The MIT Press.
↑ Tomás Maldonado y su Arte Concreto : "Éramos jóvenes insoportables" Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

Other websites

Tomás Maldonado at Centro Virtual de Arte Argentino (CVAA)

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[Ulm1-1] "Ulm School of Design | HfG Ulm Archive". Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-11-27.

[Ulm2-2] Lindinger, H., (1991), Ulm Design: The Morality of Objects, Cambridge: The MIT Press.

[3] Tomás Maldonado y su Arte Concreto : "Éramos jóvenes insoportables" Archived 2018-11-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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