Tomás Maldonado
Tomás Maldonado | |
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Maldonado in Milan in 2014 | |
| Born | 25 April 1922 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 26 November 2018 (aged 96) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Painter Philosopher Industrial designer |
| Years active | 1954–2018 |
| Known for | Ulm Model |
Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and thinker, considered one of the main theorists of design theory of the legendary Ulm Model, a design philosophy developed during his tenure (1954–1967) at the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule für Gestaltung – HfG) in Germany.