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

"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition New Territories: laboratories of design, craft and art in Latin America, curated by Lowery Sotkes Sims, for the Museum of Arts and Design, November 4, 2014-april 6, 2015"--p. [241]

Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 239-241).

Pte. 1.A report from the field: New territories in design, craft and art in Latin America / Lowery Stokes Sims ; Charting a "New territory" for an old continent: Latin America as operative construct / Mari Carmen Ramírez ; Navigating the past and present in Latin America / Antonio Sánchez Gómez ; Between limit and possibility: the visual culture of bricolage in 1990's Cuba / Blanca Serrano Ortiz de Solórzano ; Merging high and low: materials in brazilian contemporary artistic production / Nessia Leonzini Pope and Fabiana Lopes ; Productive conflict of interest. Interview with Jorge Pardo by Regina Basha ; Toys for adults: Kawaii in south american design / Magdalena Grüneisen ; Notes on design and material culture in Latin America at the global crossroads / Gabriela Rangel ; The nerve center: identity and production in contemporary latin american design / Jorge Rivas Pérez ; The circulation of new design: trends in Latin America / Ana Elena Mallet ; Designers and artisans in Latin America: a fruitful collaboration / Adélia Borges ; The ethical dimensions of design: a cautionary note from Latin America / Adriana Kertzer ; Rediscovering and reinventing latin american food / Marcella Echavarría -- pte. 2.Focus: Mexico City & Oaxaca. Moving craft into the future through collaborations with artists and designers ; Focus: Caracas. Conversation with artistic legacies ; Focus: São Paulo & Rio Janeiro. Upcycling and repurposing objects ; Focus: Santiago & Buenos Aires. Cultivating collectivity and experimentation in design and craft ; Focus: San Salvador & San Juan. Developing new markets for design ; Focus: Havana. Navigating personal and civic space.