Sinal – 100 anos de design das telecomunicações e dos correios em portugal

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From the telegraph to the telephone; from electronic evolution to mobile and digital communication; from the creation of the postal code to express mail 'correio azul' – the history of telecommunications is inextricable from the historical evolution of Portuguese design, as it mirrors the development of aesthetic currents and technical means, as well as the economic and political changes over the past 100 years.

Hosted by the Matosinhos City Council, Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações and esad–idea, Research in Design and Art (the research centre of ESAD/School of Art and Design), the exhibition SINAL – 100 Anos de Design das Telecomunicações e dos Correios em Portugal [100 Years of Design in Telecommunications and Postal Service in Portugal] illustrates how, mainly through two of the largest companies based in Portugal – Altice Portugal and CTT – Correios de Portugal, telecommunications and postal services have reconfigured the country's public and private life from the end of the 19th century until the turn of the 21st century.

Curated by José Bártolo, this exhibition pays particular attention to the design of philatelic emissions, as well as to the design of the equipment, the uniforms, the spaces and services associated with the telecommunications and postal services and its connection with the national industry. Building a historical and chronological narrative along 4 rooms, the exhibition presents a pedagogical component capable of illustrating and documenting the historical evolution of Portuguese design, parallel to that of telecommunications, in the last 100 years.

09.03.2019 — 14.07.2019 [extension: 28.07.2019]
Casa do Design Matosinhos
monday to friday 09:00–12:30/14:00–17:30
saturday, sunday and hollidays 15:00–18:00
Casa do Design Matosinhos Rua Alfredo Cunha, Edifício dos Paços do Concelho
4450–510 Matosinhos