Abstract Founded in 1959 by three Viennese émigrés—Martin Eisler (1913–1977), Arnold Hakel (1914–1988), and Susi Aczel (b. 1931)—Interieur Forma remains, more than sixty years later, one of Argentina’s leading firms in modern furniture and interior design. Despite its long-standing presence, the company has received little scholarly attention. This relative neglect may be related to its position, since 1961, as a licensee of Knoll, the US furniture manufacturer, which led it to concentrate on producing Knoll designs through a network of small local factories. The firm also prioritized large-scale corporate projects—often for multinational clients—over smaller private commissions. This article reconstructs the history of Interieur Forma within the broader framework of transnational design networks in Argentina. It traces the firm’s lineage to local movements of modern design such as Grupo Austral and Nueva Visión, as well as its connections with modern Brazilian design. The analysis examines how economic policies under developmentalism opened the furniture market to international trade and transnational partnerships. Drawing on interviews with Susi Aczel and members of subsequent generations of the firm, the article situates Interieur Forma within broader discussions on modern design in Argentina and its transnational entanglements.
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