New territories : laboratories for design, craft and art in Latin America / Lowery Stokes Sims ; with contributions by Mari Carmen Ramírez [et al.]

Published on the occasion of the exhibition New territories: laboratories for design, created by Lowery Stokes Sims, for the Museum of Arts and Design, november 4, 2014-April 6, 2015.

Incluye bibliografía, p. 239-241.

Director's foreword -- Acknowledgements -- A report from the field : New territories : laboratories for design, craft and art in Latin America -- Charting a "New territory" for an old continent: Latin America as a operative construct / Mari Carmen Ramírez -- Navigating the past and present in Latin America -- Between limit and possibility: the visual culture of bricolage in 1990s Cuba -- Merging high and low: materials in brazilian contemporary artistic production -- Productive conflicts of interest interview with Jorge Pardo -- Toys for adults: kawaii in South American design -- Notes on design and material culture in Latin America at the global crossroads -- The nerve center: identity and production in contemporary Latin America: a fruitful collaboration -- The ethical dimensions of design : a cautionary note from Latin America -- Rediscovering and reinventing Latin American food -- Focus: México City & Oaxaca moving craft into the future through collaborations with artists and designers -- Focus: Caracas conversations with artistic legacies -- Focus: São Paulo & Rio de Janeiro upcycling and repurposing objects -- Focus: Santiago and Buenos Aires cultivating collectivity and experimentation in design and craft -- Focus: San Salvador & San Juan developing new markets for design -- Focus: Havana navigation personal and civic space -- Artist statements.

Maestría en Estudios del Diseño.