Victor Papanek

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 sensible, responsible design in this world which is deficient in resources and energy.

Human Ecology and Social Change

Design for the Real World

In this book Papanek looks at the exciting possibilities for the future if architecture and design were to become environmentally and socially responsible. He shows how people can contribute to the well-being of the planet through awareness of design.

Natural Design for the Real World

The Green Imperative

The designer, author and design activist Victor J. Papanek anticipated an understanding of design as a tool for political change and social good that is more relevant today than ever. He was one of the first designers in the mainstream arena to critically question design's social and ecological consequences, introducing a new set of ethical questions into the design field. Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design presents an encompassing overview of Papanek's oeuvre, at the heart of which stood his preoccupation with the socially marginalized and his commitment to the interests of areas then called the Third World, as well as his involvement in the fields of ecology, bionics, sustainability and anti-consumerism. Alongside essays and interviews discussing Papanek's relevance in his own era, this book also presents current perspectives on his enduring legacy and its influence on contemporary design theory. Original Papanek family photographs, art and design work, drawings, correspondence and countless materials from the Victor J. Papanek Foundation archive at the University of Applied Arts Vienna are reproduced here for the first time, alongside work by both Papanek's contemporaries and designers working today.

Victor Papanek: the Politics of Design

Книга о задачах и роли дизайнера, о новых принципах и методах проектирования, о дизайне как универсальном виде человеческой деятельности. Переведена более чем на 20 языков мира

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Дизайн для реального мира

Papanek

Design for Human Scale Roy Use Only

James Hennessey

Offers ideas for constructing furniture designed to suit contemporary nomadic living

Being Both a Book of Instruction and a Catalog of Access for Easy Moving

Nomadic Furniture: how to Build and where to Buy Lightweight Furniture that Folds, Collapses, Stacks, Knocks-down, Inflates Or Can be Thrown Away and Re-cycled

How Things Don't Work

Victor Papanek and James Hennessey set out to change the world in the mid 1970s, empowering the people to create their own inexpensive furnishings. Their books, Nomadic Furniture 1 and Nomadic Furniture 2 are reprinted here in their entirety. In their vision of home design, everything is lightweight, folds, inflates, knocks down, stacks, or is disposable. They offer simple instructions for making beds, chairs, sofas, stools, and tables, using inexpensive and recycled materials. Their ideas open up channels for creativity, as well as for saving of money and lightening a household's footprint. This practical, lighthearted approach to living is certainly worth a revisit, in a world where environmental consciousness is quickly evolving.

D-I-Y Projects that are Lightweight and Light on the Environment

Nomadic Furniture

Whether its horror at plastic littering the worlds beaches, or despair at the melting of the polar ice caps, the world is gradually waking up to the impending climate disaster. In The Green Imperative, Papanek argues for design that addresses these issues head on. This means using materials that can be recycled and re-used, no more pointless packaging, thinking about how products make us feel and engage all our senses, putting nature at the heart of design, working at a smaller scale, rejecting aesthetics for their own sake, and thinking before we buy. First published at the close of the 20th century, the book offered a plethora of honest advice, clear examples and withering critique, laying out the flaws and opportunities of the design world at that time. A quarter of a century on, Papaneks lucid prose has lost none of its verve, and the problems he highlights have only become more urgent, giving todays reader both a fascinating historical perspective on the issues at hand and a blueprint for how they might be solved.

Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture

Nomadic Furniture 2

Personal Papers of Victor Papanek

Dizajn za stvarni svijet

Victor Papaneks â€žDesign for the Real World" zÃ¤hlt international zu den meist gelesenen DesignbÃ¼chern aller Zeiten. Das Buch basiert auf dem Erwachen eines alternativen Designbegriffs vor dem Hintergrund des aufkommenden Postfordismus und der New Social Movements. Neben einer breiten Kultur- und Konsumkritik greift Papanek soziale und Ã¶kologische Prinzipien fÃ¼r eine partizipatorische, dezentralisierte und demokratisierte Designpraxis auf. VerstÃ¤rkt durch die aktuelle Auseinandersetzung mit Fragen des Klima- und Umweltschutzes, gewinnt Papaneks Werk zunehmend an Bedeutung. Kaum eine Literaturempfehlungsliste im Bereich des Sozialen und Kritischen Design kommt derzeit ohne seine Schriften aus. Erstmals 1970 in Schwedisch erschienen, folgten Ãœbersetzungen in Ã¼ber 20 Sprachen; mit der mittlerweile vergriffenen deutschen Ãœbersetzung war Papanek Zeit seines Lebens unzufrieden. Kurz vor seinem Tod im Januar 1998 wurde eine von Papanek akkordierte NeuÃ¼bersetzung begonnen, deren VerÃ¶ffentlichung durch den Tod des Autors unterbrochen wurde. AnlÃ¤sslich des 10. Todestages erscheint die kommentierte NeuÃ¼bersetzung, ergÃ¤nzt um eine erste wissenschaftlich belegte Biografie Victor Papaneks.

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