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 [0xc000b40f90 0xc000c003f0 0xc000e192f0 0xc001102e70 0xc001103890 0xc001278480 0xc0013ac150 0xc001426b40 0xc001426ba0 0xc0023e4e40 0xc00021a4b0 0xc00021a9f0 0xc00021b080 0xc00021b560 0xc00021b5c0 0xc00021b650 0xc00024dc20 0xc000368780 0xc000368900 0xc000436360 0xc000567aa0 0xc000567fb0 0xc000576060 0xc000576150 0xc0005761e0 0xc0005762a0 0xc0005763f0 0xc000576570 0xc0005765d0 0xc000576690 0xc0005767e0 0xc0002a3680 0xc00006ca80 0xc0004b7c20 0xc0004b7c80 0xc0004b7dd0 0xc0004b7e60 0xc0004b7ec0 0xc0004469c0 0xc00067efc0 0xc000af8630 0xc0003fda10 0xc0003fdb90 0xc000425740 0xc0005c5710 0xc000c964e0 0xc000de25a0 0xc00026b080 0xc000f35bc0 0xc001c59b60 0xc000896450 0xc0013147e0 0xc001314870 0xc0013148d0 0xc0013149f0 0xc001314ae0 0xc001314c30 0xc002096900 0xc0021c9020 0xc00137ef00 0xc001e52a80 0xc002678a80 0xc002679140 0xc0026a1ec0] 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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