Portuguese Design History (1960-1974). Shaping the future: the role of the Art, Industrial Architecture and Industrial Design Nuclei of the National Institute of Industrial Research (I.N.I.I.)

Portuguese Design History (1960-1974). Shaping the future: the role of the Art, Industrial Architecture and Industrial Design Nuclei of the National Institute of Industrial Research (I.N.I.I.)

Souto, Maria Helena; Satar, Anjoom; Gomes, Márcia

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There is a fundamental moment at the late 1950’s in the Portuguese Design History: in a very singular context, the New State’s Portuguese dictatorship, when the economy witnessed an improvement of its industrial sector which led to a first understanding by the government to promote Design in Portugal. For that institutional recognition the National Institute of Industrial Research (I.N.I.I.), played a crucial role through one of its laboratories, the Art, Industrial Architecture Nucleus (later called Industrial Design Nucleus) that started its activities in 1960. This paper aims to present this case study in Portuguese Design History which is the subject of a research project that intends to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role played by the actions and actors of this Nuclei in the development of design in Portugal between 1960 and 1974, and how some players believed that a metadesign approach could contribute to the achievement of a democratic governance. In order to interpret the State’s constructed discourse on the articulation between design, the industry and its interaction with the public, according to techniques and methods used in the field of social science, such as surveys, classification and analysis of different kinds of documents, our study, simultaneously, intends to confront the state of design in Portugal with other countries, and cross-examine the dialogs developed, namely in relation to the European design reality.

There is a fundamental moment at the late 1950’s in the Portuguese Design History: in a very singular context, the New State’s Portuguese dictatorship, when the economy witnessed an improvement of its industrial sector which led to a first understanding by the government to promote Design in Portugal. For that institutional recognition the National Institute of Industrial Research (I.N.I.I.), played a crucial role through one of its laboratories, the Art, Industrial Architecture Nucleus (later called Industrial Design Nucleus) that started its activities in 1960. This paper aims to present this case study in Portuguese Design History which is the subject of a research project that intends to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role played by the actions and actors of this Nuclei in the development of design in Portugal between 1960 and 1974, and how some players believed that a metadesign approach could contribute to the achievement of a democratic governance. In order to interpret the State’s constructed discourse on the articulation between design, the industry and its interaction with the public, according to techniques and methods used in the field of social science, such as surveys, classification and analysis of different kinds of documents, our study, simultaneously, intends to confront the state of design in Portugal with other countries, and cross-examine the dialogs developed, namely in relation to the European design reality.

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DOI: 10.5151/despro-icdhs2014-0022

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Como citar:

Souto, Maria Helena; Satar, Anjoom; Gomes, Márcia; "Portuguese Design History (1960-1974). Shaping the future: the role of the Art, Industrial Architecture and Industrial Design Nuclei of the National Institute of Industrial Research (I.N.I.I.)", p-195-200. In: Tradition, Transition, Tragectories: major or minor influences? [=ICDHS 2014 - 9th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/despro-icdhs2014-0022