Design for the real world : human ecology and social change / Victor Papanek.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1985Edition: Second edition, completely revisedDescription: xxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0500273588
- 9780500273586
- 745.2 21
- TS171
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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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