Intervista a Maldonado, 1986

Giovanni Anceschi; Aldo Colonetti; Gianni Sassi

Giovanni Anceschi
Aldo Colonetti
Gianni Sassi

Abstract

The interview with Tomás Maldonado reported here was published in the supplement to n. 83 of Alfabeta (April 1986) entitled The Scenarios of Graphic Design (Gli scenari della grafica), edited by Giovanni Anceschi, Aldo Colonetti, Gianni Sassi (pp. V-VII).
In it, Maldonado highlights some of the key concepts of his thought: the concept of modernity and design; the significance of the social responsibility of the project; the active role of social dynamics in culture.
These are ideas and positions that must still be considered adequate for the times as well as a useful reference to the topics covered in this issue of AIS/Design Journal.

Author Biographies

Giovanni Anceschi

Kinetic and programmed artist, he graduated and taught at the Ulm school (the 1960s). Design director, essayist and organizer of the culture of visibility. Among the acknowledgements, there is the Icograda Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement "for distinguished services to graphic design", in 1999.
Since 2011, Professor Emeritus and past-coordinator of the PhD in Design Sciences at the Iuav University of Venice, where he taught Basic-design and Communication-design theory; he was Director of the Multimodal Design Laboratory and Director of the Graphic and Multimodal Systems (GaMS) research unit.

Aldo Colonetti

Philosopher, historian and theorist of graphic design, journalist, lecturer. After graduating in theoretical philosophy (1971) with Enzo Paci and Gillo Dorfles, he collaborated with the Società Umanitaria on graphic design courses directed by Albe Steiner. From 1972 to 1975 he taught aesthetics at the Università Statale in Milan. Since 1985 he has been director of the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan; since 1998 he is Scientific Director of the IED Group. He was Visiting Professor at Italian and foreign universities.
Editor of Alfabeta, a magazine founded by Umberto Eco, of Linea Grafica and Area. In 1991 he was appointed director of Ottagono, which in 1998 received the honorary selection of the Compasso d'Oro.

Gianni Sassi

Gianni Sassi (1938 - 1993) was a histrionic operator in the world of communication but also a record producer, entrepreneur and photographer. Art director of La Gola, a magazine of gastronomy and material culture.

Interview with Maldonado, 1986

Abstract

Author Biographies