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Design for the real world : human ecology and social change / Victor Papanek.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1985Edition: Second edition, completely revisedDescription: xxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500273588
  • 9780500273586
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.2 21
LOC classification:
  • TS171
Contents:
Part One. How It Is: -- 1. What is design?: a definition of the function complex -- 2. Phylogenocide: a history of the industrial design profession -- 3. The myth of the noble slob: Design, 'art' and the crafts -- 4. Do-it-yourself murder: Social and moral responsibilities of design -- 5. Our kleenex culture: Obsolescence and value -- 6. Snake oil and thalidomide: Mass leisure and phony fads -- Part Two. How it Could Be: -- 7. Rebel with a cause: invention and innovation -- 8. The tree of knowledge: Biological prototypes in design -- 9. Design responsibility: Five myths and six directions -- 10. Environmental design: Pollution, crowding, ecology -- 11. The neon blackboard: Design education and design teams -- 12. Design for survival and survival through design: a summation.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 745.2 PAP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A549090B

First published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-385) and index.

Part One. How It Is: -- 1. What is design?: a definition of the function complex -- 2. Phylogenocide: a history of the industrial design profession -- 3. The myth of the noble slob: Design, 'art' and the crafts -- 4. Do-it-yourself murder: Social and moral responsibilities of design -- 5. Our kleenex culture: Obsolescence and value -- 6. Snake oil and thalidomide: Mass leisure and phony fads -- Part Two. How it Could Be: -- 7. Rebel with a cause: invention and innovation -- 8. The tree of knowledge: Biological prototypes in design -- 9. Design responsibility: Five myths and six directions -- 10. Environmental design: Pollution, crowding, ecology -- 11. The neon blackboard: Design education and design teams -- 12. Design for survival and survival through design: a summation.

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