How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Road to Design

Socialism through design: how product and graphic design enhanced social cohesion in Allende's Chile

During Salvador Allende's tenure as president (1970-73), graphic and product design in Chile expressed powerful socialist messages of solidarity and social cohesion. This volume looks at a range of innovative items made in this era, from affordable objects designed for popular circulation such as TVs, record players and chairs, and the innovations behind them, to the visual iconography of pro...