Abstract
This paper discusses about the implications that had the introduction of the hammock in the Gideon`s book Mechanization Takes Command , as part of the develop- ment of modern home furnishings. Under the assumption that this tropical artifact was the key not only for Giedion characterization for modern domesticity, but also for the introduction of a lifestyle characterized by flexibility, mobility and life outdoor. Continuities between an ‘anonymous’ object like that, and the sphere of modern design, where also have functioned as a medium through which to restore the unity between thought and feeling, as well as uncertainties that produced the postwar on the role of technique.
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