Giedion tropical. La hamaca, Mechanization Takes Command y el diseño para una domesticidad nómade

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 development 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.