Objetos ordinários: processos históricos de exclusão e de patrimonialização do design no Brasil

Abstract

The history of design has different origins, however, the choice for narratives that favor one or another affiliation depends on the discernment and political and cultural influence of those who are in the place of decision. One of the origins of the history of Brazilian design, in teaching and production, is linked to applied and industrial arts. However, the applied arts in Brazil have an enigmatic trajectory, both in the largest instance of preservation, the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute, as well as in the Brazilian design literature. Without assuming the idea of a linear historical path, from the applied arts to contemporary design, we reflect that ordinary objects that result from them are spread in our personal life and in the collective sphere, either by the physical presence or by the memories linked to them. From the point of view of the history of design, we analyzed two moments in which the applied arts were brought into focus or in check in the debates of educational, production (industrial and city) and heritage preservation - eclecticism and modernism. We invite designers to reflect on why this place in the history of design belongs and the places we are not in to give it visibility.