Interior design and furniture in the 60´s as part of the graphic humor by Tomás Niembro

Abstract

The representation of interior design and furniture in the graphic humour offers a different point of view. We’ll address this subject considering Tomás Niembro’s work, who was one of the most popular cartoonists in the sixties in Asturias. Thanks to these cartoons, we can analyze the lives of people from the middleclass, interior designs and some decorative objects in their homes. At this point, we may study how habits and trends keep changing. At that time, Spain faced new political developments like the Stabilization Plan of 1959, which was a law aimed at regulating the Spanish economy after the Autarchy. In other words, a new consuming culture was being established in our country. However, this was not only a matter of furniture, but also of people, society and, at last, humour. We will study and analyze all these changes in the Spanish society through Tomás Niembro’s eyes.