Design for the Real World
Human Ecology and Social Change

Papanek, Victor
Publisher:  Bantam, New York, USA
Year First Published:  {15524 Design for the Real World DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD Human Ecology and Social Change Papanek, Victor Bantam New York USA While two-thirds of the world's population lives in poverty, valuable human and natural resources are used to produce: fur-covered toilet seats, electronic nail polish dryers, diapers for parakeets, and mink-oil fertilizer for "the plant that has everything." Papanek discusses why the things you buy are expensive, badly designed, unsafe, and often don't work. He proposes alternative ways of thinking and alternative designs for safe, inexpensive, and desperately needed products. 1970 1973 378pp $2.25 BC15524s-Papanek-DesignRealWorld.jpg B Book - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents: <br> <br>Introduction, by R. Buckminster Fuller <br>Preface <br> <br>Part One / Like It Is <br>1. What is Design? <br> A Definition of Design and the Function complex <br>2. Phylogenocide <br> A History of the Industrial Design Profession <br>3. The Myth of the Noble Slob <br> Design, "Art," and the Crafts <br>4. Do-It-Yourself Murder <br> The Social and Moral Responsibilities of the Designer <br>5. Our Kleenex Culture <br> Obsolescence, Permanence, and Value <br>6. Snake Oil and Thalidomide <br> Mass Leisure and Phony Fads in the Abundant Society <br> <br>Part Two / How It Could Be <br>7. Rebel With a Cause <br> Creativity vs. Conformity <br>8. How to Succeed in Design Without Really Trying <br> Areas of Attack for Responsible Design <br>9. the Tree of Knowledge: Bionics <br> The Use of Biological Prototypes in the Design of Man-made Systems <br>10. Conspicuous Consumptives: Design and the Environment <br> Pollution, Crowding, Starvation, and the Designed Environment <br>11. The Neon Blackboard <br> The Education of Designers and the Construction of Integrated Design Teams <br>12. Design for Survival and Survival Through Design <br> What Can We Do? <br> <br>Bibliography CX7385 1 true true false CX7385.htm [0xc000c68000 0xc000c813e0 0xc001533560 0xc001b35f20 0xc001b4a960 0xc001d5eb70 0xc001de0510 0xc001e5cb40 0xc001e5cba0 0xc0023444e0 0xc000231500 0xc000231a40 0xc0002420f0 0xc0002425d0 0xc000242630 0xc0002426c0 0xc00026ec00 0xc0004133e0 0xc000413560 0xc0004d6720 0xc0023a7b60 0xc0023b8090 0xc0023b8120 0xc0023b8210 0xc0023b82a0 0xc0023b8360 0xc0023b84b0 0xc0023b8630 0xc0023b8690 0xc0023b8750 0xc0023b88a0 0xc0023b8960 0xc000610330 0xc0006f9da0 0xc0006f9e00 0xc0006f9f50 0xc000710000 0xc000710030 0xc0003b88a0 0xc000628270 0xc0008ca840 0xc000382510 0xc000382690 0xc0003a4240 0xc000519f20 0xc0007ff830 0xc0009f75c0 0xc000f65e60 0xc0005f6c90 0xc0015c4c60 0xc001014b40 0xc0008df290 0xc0008df320 0xc0008df380 0xc0008df4a0 0xc0008df590 0xc0008df6e0 0xc001473500 0xc00170aff0 0xc0005fea50 0xc000ec8c00 0xc0017a1410 0xc0017a1ad0 0xc001846750] Cx}
Year Published:  1973
Pages:  378pp   Price:  $2.25   Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX7385

While two-thirds of the world's population lives in poverty, valuable human and natural resources are used to produce: fur-covered toilet seats, electronic nail polish dryers, diapers for parakeets, and mink-oil fertilizer for "the plant that has everything." Papanek discusses why the things you buy are expensive, badly designed, unsafe, and often don't work. He proposes alternative ways of thinking and alternative designs for safe, inexpensive, and desperately needed products.

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Table of Contents:

Introduction, by R. Buckminster Fuller
Preface

Part One / Like It Is
1. What is Design?
A Definition of Design and 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
The Social and Moral Responsibilities of the Designer
5. Our Kleenex Culture
Obsolescence, Permanence, and Value
6. Snake Oil and Thalidomide
Mass Leisure and Phony Fads in the Abundant Society

Part Two / How It Could Be
7. Rebel With a Cause
Creativity vs. Conformity
8. How to Succeed in Design Without Really Trying
Areas of Attack for Responsible Design
9. the Tree of Knowledge: Bionics
The Use of Biological Prototypes in the Design of Man-made Systems
10. Conspicuous Consumptives: Design and the Environment
Pollution, Crowding, Starvation, and the Designed Environment
11. The Neon Blackboard
The Education of Designers and the Construction of Integrated Design Teams
12. Design for Survival and Survival Through Design
What Can We Do?

Bibliography

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