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17.12.2021

“Epic: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format, curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of history based on the IDA Foundation collection and other related archives. The chapter "1990" revisits the interaction between design and technology, the counterculture movements originated after the dictatorship and the impact of neoliberal policies.

15.12.2021

For the Opinión Experta 1970-1980 section of the # Épica curatorial program, Ana Waserman dialogues with Ana María Scotto about group actions of experimental design and the institutions that promoted the profession in the 70s and 80s.

15.11.2021

Epic: Feats of Argentine Design is a multi-format, curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of history based on the IDA Foundation collection and other related archives. The chapter “1970-1980”, marked by the turbulent narratives behind several coup d’etats and the return to democracy, examines post-modern phenomena that influenced diverse design expressions, the effect of academic approaches, and the cultural management that boomed from the capital city.

12.11.2021

As part of the 1970-1980 chapter of the curatorial program #Epic: Feats of Argentine Design, María Argente talks with Mario Gemin about the migration of referents of Argentine design to Spain from the 70s, and what they contributed to the professional field of both countries.

12.11.2021

The exhibition reformulates design legacies and 1930’s Argentine decoration from the contemporary perspective of young creator Cristián Mohaded.

18.10.2021

“EPIC: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format, curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of history based on the IDA Foundation collection and other related archives. The chapter “1970-1980”, marked by the turbulent narratives behind several coup d’etats and the return to democracy, examines post-modern phenomena that influenced diverse design expressions, the effect of academic approaches, and the cultural management that boomed from the capital city.

14.10.2021

In the framework of the 1960 chapter of Épica, Mariel Szlifman talks with Fernando García about the pop movement of the 60s, the impact of ITDT on the cultural scene and the relationship with graphic and industrial design.

13.09.2021

In this interview, we spoke with Lorenzo Amengual about the articulation of graphic and industrial design with the metalworking companies established in Córdoba, as well as his vision of design in the 60s.

01.09.2021

“EPIC: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format, curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of history based on the IDA Foundation collection and other related archives. This is the second issue of the chapter “1960”, which tackles the consolidation of design, its connections with new artistic trends, and the transformation of technologies and materials.

03.08.2021

“EPIC: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format, curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of history based on the IDA Foundation collection and other related archives. The first issue of the chapter “1960” examines the consolidation of design, its connections with new artistic trends, and the transformation of technologies and materials.

02.08.2021

As part of the curatorial program Épica: feats of Argentine design, we spoke with Susana Villavicencio about the School of Architecture of Tucumán and its impact on the academic field of the region.

07.07.2021

In this virtual meeting of the 2nd chapter of the curatorial program Épica: feats of Argentine design, the Vice President of the IDA Foundation Raúl Naón interviews the current Chief Curator of the Malba Museum, about the characteristics of the artistic trends of the 1940s and 1950s that impacted carbonate in the discipline of design.

05.07.2021

“Epic: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format curatorial program that aims to review a century of history based on archival material from IDA Foundation and other collections. This second issue about the chapter 1950, addresses the boom of mass consumption in contrast to the consolidation of modern design.

03.06.2021

“EPIC: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of design history through the material found in the IDA Foundation collection and other archives. Its second chapter “1950” addresses the intensification of mass consumption in contrast to the consolidation of modern design.

02.06.2021

As part of the 1st chapter of the curatorial program Epic: feats of Argentine Design, the industrial designer Franco Chimento interviews Martha Levisman, architect, historian and archivist specialized in the modern movement and the work of authors such as Alejandro Bustillo, who renewed the style decoration in the 30s.

07.05.2021

We proudly announce the arrival of the José Lucio Bonomi (Italy, 1903-Buenos Aires, 1992) collection to our archive via donation.

04.05.2021

“EPIC: Feats of Argentine Design” is a multi-format curatorial program aimed at reviewing a century of design history through the exploration of the IDA Foundation collection and other archives. This is the second submission of the first chapter “1920–1940”, which examines the shift from a stylistic culture to modernist architecture and design expressions.

23.04.2021

Alongside the first chapter "1920–1940" of the #Epic program, we have launched a wallpaper collection, adapted to different formats for cell phones, tablets, laptops, and computers featuring the applications of classic, turn of the century, printing presses.

09.04.2021

We proudly announce the incorporation of the collection-archive Juan Kurchan (Buenos Aires, 1913-1972) to our catalogue, donated by the Kurchan Family.

01.04.2021

“EPIC: feats of Argentine design” is a multi-format curator program aimed at reviewing a century in design history through the material kept in the IDA Foundation collection and other archives. The opening section of chapter one, “1920–1940”, explains the transition from a stylistic culture to modernist manifestations in architecture and design.

30.11.2020

As an homage to his legacy and just a year after the opening of his mega-exhibition, the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art will present a book about one of the most provocative and versatile creators in Argentine culture.

17.09.2020

After fifteen years of research, IDA Foundation and the Interior Foundation present a key publication to consolidate a federal narrative of Argentine design. Throughout a dynamic and comprehensive tour of material, intellectual, and cultural production from Mendoza, the book invites the reader to discover the history of a province marked by creativity.

16.09.2020

Our design legacy will reach a tangible audience via a specialized database created to foster knowledge and promote its exchange. Innovative and accessible, the platform contains thousands of resources —images, videos, and audios— covering almost a century of Argentine design production through the perspectives of authors, companies, and institutions that have enriched the productive, project-related, and social history of the discipline.

03.04.2020

After the temporary closure of the exhibition, due to the global pandemic, IDA Foundation contributes with the creation of virtual activities by uploading the catalogue of the showcase presented at the Kirchner Cultural Center. > Download here <

03.03.2020

After four years of research, the Kirchner Cultural Center will host the first event of the series of exhibitions planned to legitimize and communicate the priceless work women have achieved in the field of Argentine design.

07.11.2019

By the end of November, the exhibition “Sergio De Loof: Have you heard about me?” will open at the Modern Museum. This will be the first exhibit devoted to review the career of the artist, one of the most provocative and multifaceted Argentine creators.

30.10.2019

–I–D–A Foundation will participate in one of the most important Latin American design festivals by interviewing Martín Churba and Bondi Group, who will share the ideas and experiences that constitute their respective projects.

06.10.2019

Co-edited by IDA Foundation and Malba, this book provides an insight into the aesthetics, practices, and actors that defined an era through the combination of hundreds of unique images, first-hand accounts, and analysis by renowned specialists and theoreticians.

05.10.2019

Through different activities, the Foundation participated in the past Mundaneum event, Mendoza’s annual encounter of experts, students and researchers of architecture, design, and urbanism from the Americas and Europe.

16.08.2019

Marina Baima and Hugo Kogan participated in the university’s latest mega-event with a lecture about the past, present, and future of the discipline.

25.06.2019

Entitled “A Shape’s Distance”, the first retrospective exhibition of Fototrama system is currently in display at San Martín Theatre’s Photo-Gallery showing pieces of immense patrimonial value borrowed by IDA.

09.11.2018

After touring through Mexico City and Barcelona, the exhibition about the Argentinian semiologist and researcher arrived to Remembrance Park in Buenos Aires, curated by Ana Longoni and produced by the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

23.10.2018

IDA Foundation joined the Argentine Seal of Good Design (SBD) to incorporate a selection of all the products distinguished since its first edition, in 2011, to its patrimonial collection.

01.10.2015

The publication is based on the academic conferences held during the “Polesello joven. 1954-1974” exhibition at the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (Malba), which analyzed the connections between art and design during the 1960's in Argentina.