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 index.
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.

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