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Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design. In this edition, Victor Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, the frivolous, the useless product, once again providing a blueprint for sen...more
Paperback, Second Edition, 394 pages
Published
August 30th 2005
by Academy Chicago Publishers
(first published 1972)
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More or less anyone entering engineering, graphic design, marketing etc should have to read this book.
I was sold immediately when I read the preface, "Advertising design, in persuading people to buy thing they don't need, with money they don't have, in order to impress others who don't care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today."
The book goes on to talk about how poorly and dangerously designed American cars are, how foreign models are grossly out-building us, and yet for various p...more
I was sold immediately when I read the preface, "Advertising design, in persuading people to buy thing they don't need, with money they don't have, in order to impress others who don't care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today."
The book goes on to talk about how poorly and dangerously designed American cars are, how foreign models are grossly out-building us, and yet for various p...more
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The Many Hues of Charity
It’s very easy to become caught in the notion of charity equaling money. We see disasters on television and nothing seems easier than a monetary contribution from the friendly confines of our couch. Some, however, choose to dive deeper. They see a need in the community and they volunteer outside of work hours. Could we go farther? Is there a way to use your time on the clock to help those in need?
A divergent thinker, Papanek’s Design for the Real World peregrinates thro...more
It’s very easy to become caught in the notion of charity equaling money. We see disasters on television and nothing seems easier than a monetary contribution from the friendly confines of our couch. Some, however, choose to dive deeper. They see a need in the community and they volunteer outside of work hours. Could we go farther? Is there a way to use your time on the clock to help those in need?
A divergent thinker, Papanek’s Design for the Real World peregrinates thro...more
Calling this the "classic design bible" is no stretch of the imagination. Reading this after my first year of architecture school did, and continues to, strongly influence my thinking on design. I return to this book regularly, and cite it often. It contains some truly eye-opening information, and it is a shame that, despite its publication in over 20 languages, it has not had more of an influence on design and design education. Of course everyone has jumped on the William McDonough bandwagon, b...more
This is a must-read, not just for designers, but for anyone in a creative field. A call for ethics and pride of what you put out in the world. Something I've always admired about science (wrestling with responsibility), but hadn't seen in my field. Well, here it is.
The only drawback is that it was last updated in the 80s and so doesn't talk specifically about web design (focused more on physical product design). If anyone knows of a good "updated" design book that talks about human ecology and s...more
The only drawback is that it was last updated in the 80s and so doesn't talk specifically about web design (focused more on physical product design). If anyone knows of a good "updated" design book that talks about human ecology and s...more
"first-world" designers teaching poor "third-world" designers how to think/design... good luck to the "first-world" people who read this book and believe this is the current design reality in the world...
There are some excellent insights in this book, especially regarding the power of and need for collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams to solve design problems facing the world, but I found Victor's tone a bit combative and I didn't particularly enjoy slogging through an excess of examples of poor design. Even so, I found myself agreeing with him wholeheartedly regarding the role of education in the lives of young designers, as well as the missive to avoid specialization.
The book is a product of...more
The book is a product of...more
Written nearly 40 years ago, but still right on point.
This book changed the way I taught design.
Good book for literatur!
best regards,
YP
best regards,
YP
Loved this! Inspirational!
Inspired me as a teenager.
Книга довольно интересная, но много лишних, на мой взгляд, подробностей. В целом, если опускать эти детали, вполне можно читать. Для меня стало интересным то, как автор старается привлечь внимание к важным проблемам промышленного дизайна. Постоянно делается акцент на экологичность, практичность и реальную пользу, создаваемых предметов. Баухауз какой-то :) Я не уверен, что это главная книга по промышленному дизайну, поэтому если времени мало, можно её и не читать.
Papanek’s ideas have been an important influence on my thinking about design and how it functions in America and other industrialized nations today. The questions Papanek raised in regard to design as a force for change among the people of this and developing nations are as valid today as they were when he first asked them over 30 years ago.
A very stimulating read. Papanek had a very clear vision of the relationship between industrial design and making a better society. His function complex - a diagram bringing method, association, aesthetics, need, telesis and use together is very though provoking. Still has much to offer to today's designers and those wishing to learn from design.
I need to reread this absolutely seminal book on design.
I have an idea for a system along the lines of Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies" that will be influenced by the problem seeking / problem solving methods of Design for the Real World.
I have an idea for a system along the lines of Brian Eno's "Oblique Strategies" that will be influenced by the problem seeking / problem solving methods of Design for the Real World.
This is the book that sent me to design school. The first page is a deadly attack on industrial design as the worst profession in the world (second only to advertising). The rest of the book is filled with hope for the potentials that design can have in shaping the world in new, positive, directions.
di sini saya mengenal pengertian 'function' yang beda dari kelaziman.
buku papanek ini bagus sekali sebagai pengantar untuk memahami disain dari seluk-beluk internalnya, hingga pada konsekuensi sosial dan ekologisnya. terlebih untuk disainer di dunia ketiga!
buku papanek ini bagus sekali sebagai pengantar untuk memahami disain dari seluk-beluk internalnya, hingga pada konsekuensi sosial dan ekologisnya. terlebih untuk disainer di dunia ketiga!
banyak ngebahas tentang desain - lingkungan / greendesign dan sustainability, bagus jg cuman dah lama bacanya, dah lupa isinya apa aja.
A classic book on practical design. After reading it, I started looking at all things man-made, in a different light.
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