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Main Title | Design for the real world : human ecology and social change / | |||||||||||
Author | Papanek, Victor J. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Pantheon Books | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1972 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00238293 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0394470362; 9780394470368 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Industrial design. ; Human engineering. ; Vormgeving. ; Ontwikkelingslanden. ; Umweltschutz ; Ecology. ; Ergonomics. ; Social Change. ; Ecology.--(DNLM)D004463 ; Engineering.--(DNLM)D004738 ; Ergonomics.--(DNLM)D006804 ; Social Change.--(DNLM)D012922 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Design, Industrial ; Human engineering | |||||||||||
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Edition | {1st American ed.} | |||||||||||
Collation | xxviii, 339 pages illustrations 21 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-339). |
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Contents Notes | Introduction / R. Buckminster Fuller -- Preface -- Part one: Like it is -- What is design? A definition of design and the function complex -- Phtlogenocide: a history of the industrial design profession -- The myth of the noble slob: design, "art," and the crafts -- Do-it-yourself murder: the social and moral responsibilities of the designer -- Our Kleenex culture: obsolescence, permanence, and value -- Snake oil and thalidomide: mass leisure and phony fads in the abundant society -- Part two: How it could be -- Rebel with a cause: creativity vs. conformity -- How to succeed in design without really trying: areas of attack for responsible design -- The tree of knowledge: bionics: the use of biological prototypes in the design of man-made systems -- Conspicuous consumptives: design and the environment: pollution, crowding, starvation, and the designed environment -- The neon blackboard: the education of designers and the construction of integrated design teams -- Design for survival and survival through design: what can we do? Victor Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, the frivolous, the useless product, once again providing a blueprint for sensible, responsible design in this world which is deficient in resources and energy. |