Organic Design, MoMA 1940. The Breath of Modernity Arrives in Latin America

Abstract

Abstract In 1940 MoMA New York Museum, called the cpuntry’s designers to present their best furniture designs inspired in the new trend of organic design. Also, for the first time, designers of another twenty Latin American countries were invited to participate in a contest with the hope they would reflect the identity of their region through forms and materials to express their progress in design and that could even be commercialized in the United States. This text analyzes the group of participants, shows the progress of design in each of their countries, the prize expectations, and the subsequent events which showed the reality and the possibilities of USA and Latin America.

Keywords

• Hegemonic history
• micro history
• modernism
• design pioneers