Main entry:

Papanek, Victor J., author.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

Second edition, completely revised.

Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Academy Chicago Publishers, [1985]

Description:

xxi, 394 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
This edition originally published: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1984.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-385) and index.
Part one. How it is. What is design? A definition of the function complex ; Phylogenocide: a history of the industrial design profession ; The myth of the noble slob: design, "art," and the crafts ; Do-it-yourself murder: social and moral responsibilities of design ; Our Kleenex culture: obsolescence and value ; Snake oil and thalidomide: mass leisure and phony fads -- Part two. How it could be. Rebel with a cause: invention and innovation ; The tree of knowledge: biological prototypes in design ; Design responsibility: five myths and six directions ; Environmental design: pollution, crowding, ecology ; The neon blackboard: design education and design teams ; Design for survival and survival through design: a summation.
First published in Swedish: Albert Bonniers Förlag AB, Stockholm, ©1971, under title: Miljön och miljonerna.

Summary:

"This is a completely revised second edition of Design for the Real World, which has, since its first appearance twenty years ago, become a classic. Translated into 23 languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design. In this revised edition, Victor Papnek 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"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

0897331532 (pbk.)
9780897331531 (pbk.)

Subject:

Industrial design.
Human engineering.
Ergonomics
Design.
Ergonomie.
ergonomics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 30383
Call No.: ID:88-B2387
Status: Available