We are back with the Latino Design Histories series!
In 2021, AIGA Baltimore and the Society of Design Arts (SoDA) hosted 4 virtual events created to promote the rich and plural histories of Latin American production in design.
The development of railways in Mexico became a landmark of modern life, as in several other countries in the 19th century. Interesting information design objects were created for the construction and development of the railway system back then, such as maps and charts. However, the knowledge related to such objects has remained in the realm of cartographers and other specialists. The study reported in this presentation shows that information design can help us understand the history and be acquainted with questions, such as: why it took so much time to build one railway line, what problems were faced, what comparisons can be made, and what were the consequences of the advent of the railway.
AIGA Baltimore and SoDA member Raquel Castedo will moderate this event, and Baltimore-based visual artist Edgar Reyes will join us for the Q&A session.
On May 22, 2021, AIGA Baltimore and the Society of Design Arts (SoDA) held this online talk by Rafael Cardoso that attracted guests from 11 different countries. AIGA Baltimore and SoDA member Raquel Castedo moderated the event, part of a virtual series created to promote the rich and plural histories of Latin American production in design.
As one of the leading historians of modern art and design in Brazil, Cardoso has authored numerous books and essays and curated major museum exhibitions. In his new book Modernity in Black and White, he provides a groundbreaking account of modern art and modernism in Brazil.
Rafael Cardoso | Presenter Raquel Castedo | SoDA and AIGA Baltimore Program Leader and Moderator Valerie Anderson | AIGA Baltimore Host and Co-Producer Gerardo Herrera-Cortes | AIGA Baltimore Co-Producer Natacha Poggio | AIGA Unidos Co-Producer
On July 29, 2021, AIGA Baltimore and the Society of Design Arts (SoDA) held this online talk by Wustavo Quiroga, a designer, cultural manager, institutional advisor, and researcher from Argentina. He is the president of the IDA Foundation (2013) in Buenos Aires. Quiroga shared his experience as the editor of the publication “Material Ideas. Argentine Art and Design in the 1960s.”
AIGA Baltimore and SoDA member Raquel Castedo moderated the event, part of a virtual series created to promote the rich and plural histories of Latin American production in design.
Wustavo Quiroga | Presenter
Raquel Castedo | SoDA and AIGA Baltimore Program Leader and Moderator
Gerardo Herrera-Cortes | AIGA Baltimore Host and Co-Producer
Frances Miller | AIGA Baltimore Co-Producer
On September 30, 2021, AIGA Baltimore and the Society of Design Arts (SoDA) held this online talk by Nicole Cristi and Javiera Manzi, from Chile. The event was part of AIGA Unidos’ Hispanic Heritage Talks 2021.
Manzi and Cristi shared their research about the two of the most prolific graphic collectives during the military dictatorship in Chile (1973-1989): Agrupación de Plásticos Jóvenes (APJ) and Tallersol Cultural Center. The work of both groups was tackled from a perspective that focuses on the production process as a political practice, rather than only on the explicit political content of a graphic piece.
This presentation was be based on an article published by the authors in the Journal of Design History. It unravels a fragment of the history of the political posters in Chile that has been marginalized from design historical discourses and highlights a processual perspective for the study of the work of graphic activisms.
AIGA Baltimore and SoDA member Raquel Castedo moderated the event, part of a virtual series created to promote the rich and plural histories of Latin American production in design.
Nicole Cristi and Javiera Manzi | Presenters
Raquel Castedo | SoDA and AIGA Baltimore Program Leader and Moderator
Frances Miller | AIGA Baltimore Co-Producer
Natacha Poggio | AIGA Unidos Co-Producer
On November 18, 2021, AIGA Baltimore and the Society of Design Arts (SoDA) held this online talk by design historians Livia Rezende and Patricia Lara-Betancourt, co-editors of the volume Locating Design Exchanges in Latin America and the Caribbean, a special issue of the Journal of Design History (Oxford University Press, 2019).
They discussed what happens when researchers foreground Latin American and Caribbean agency in design, a proposition that underpins the edition. Guided by this challenge, they proposed a new approach to the discourse on Latin American and Caribbean design and considered ways to decolonize and globalize the study of design history in and from that region.
AIGA Baltimore and SoDA member Raquel Castedo hosted this event, part of the virtual series created to promote the rich and plural histories of Latin American production in design.
Livia Rezende and Patricia Lara-Betancourt | Presenters
Raquel Castedo | SoDA and AIGA Baltimore Program Leader, Producer, and Moderator
Frances Miller | AIGA Baltimore Co-Producer
Anthony Welborn | AIGA Unidos Co-Producer
Bianca Lima | AIGA Unidos Co-Producer
Lori Rubeling | SoDA and Stevenson University Co-Producer
Fun fact: The typefaces we used for the event’s visual identity were created by Latin American Type Designers. Inge was designed by Fernanda Cozzi from 🇦🇷 Argentina and Anguita Sans was designed by Sofia Mohr from 🇧🇷 Brazil.
