UID:
kobvindex_INT0002438
Format:
399 pages :
,
illustrations ;
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25 cm.
Edition:
1st edition.
ISBN:
9783945852262 (pbk.)
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3945852269 (pbk.)
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "'Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design' offers a comprehensive overview of the work of the designer, author, and activist Victor J. Papanek. His main work, the instructive guide 'Design for the Real World' published in 1971, is as much in focus as his designs and his commitment to social minorities, the so-called Third World, and the considerate use of natural resources. This book documents countless photographs, artistic works and designs, objects, drawings, letters, and other materials, some of which are published here for the first time. Papanek's close exchange with contemporaries such as Richard Buckminster Fuller, George Nelson, and Marshall McLuhan is also examined. Contemporary work by Tomás Saraceno, Catherine Sarah Young, Gabriel Ann Maher, Thomas Thwaites, and Forensic Architecture, as well as Flui Coletivo and Questtonó, among others, rounds off the publication and demonstrates that Papanek's interpretation of design as a tool for social transformation is as relevant as ever and continues to shape debate on social design, critical design, and design thinking. With essays by Alison J. Clarke, Amelie Klein, Jan Boelen, Felicity Scott, Jamer Hunt, Cameron Tonkinwise, among other contributors."
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "Faced with Nazi persecution in Austria, Papanek escaped to the United States in 1939. After pursuing a career as an industrial designer, during the 1960s he developed a critique of consumerism that would make him well known around the world. This position is also reflected in his designs, which he often developed together with his students or collaborators, including televisions and radios for African countries, electric vehicles, as well as the »Fingermajig«, an object designed to stimulate the sense of touch (1965-1970), and the »Living Cubes« series (1973), user-assembled furniture that could be modified to meet different needs. Papanek's true impact, however, is to be found in his work as an author and arbiter of a new and critical understanding of design. He lectured in universities around the world, inspiring generations of students, and tirelessly promoted a wider social debate about design. For example, beginning in 1961 he moderated a television series about design that was broadcast throughout the USA. Alongside his »Design for the Real World«, which has been translated into over twenty languages, additional books such as »How Things Don't Work« (1977) or »Design for Human Scale« (1983) cemented his reputation as a pioneer of alternative design. In them he used pointed language and humour to criticize a blind belief in consumerism and adapt the ideas of the generation of 1968 to address practical issues of everyday life for a great number of people."
Note:
MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Forewords 6 -- 1.0 INTRODUCTION 12 -- Fail Again, Fail Better by Amelie Klein 14 -- 2.0 VICTOR PAPANEK AND HIS ERA 24 -- Victor J. Papanek: Agent Provocateur of Design by Alison J. Clarke 26 -- "Talking Teacher" : Radio, Television, and the Oral Channel by Felicity D. Scott 48 -- "Only as Good as Our Intentions", Interview with Dori Tunstall 64 -- Papanek's Life and Era 70 -- 3.0 DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD 128 -- Do-It-Yourself Murder by Victor J. Papanek, Reprint from &/sdo (1968) 130 -- Victor Papanek's Design Criticism for the Real World by Alice Twemlow 150 -- Manuscript and Other Materials for Design for the Real World 162 -- 4.0 IS ANYONE HERE NORMAL? 170 -- "What Did You Teach My Students?!", Interview with Pak Imam Buchori 172 -- Very, Very Strange Things: Victor Papanek and the Anxiety of Aesthetics by Jamer Hunt 180 -- Designing for Disability: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Elizabeth Guffey 192 -- Decolonising Design, Interview with Danah Abdulla and Ahmed Ansari 200 -- "Why Are You Building What You Are Building?", Interview with Garnet Hertz 206 -- 4.1 WHAT IS NORMAL? 210 -- /S/ormaa/by Mark Henning 214 -- 4.2 DESIGN FOR CHILDREN 216 -- Mosquito MK4 by Compound Security Systems 228 -- 4.3 DESIGN FOR INTEGRATION 230 -- The Accessible Icon Project by Brian Glenney and Sara Hendren 240 -- 4.4 GLOBAL CULTURES 242 -- Tote Bag by Rock Paper Scissors 250 -- 4.5 THE POWER OF MAKING 252 -- The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites 262 -- Bomba Hacker by Flui Coletivo and Questtonó with IED São Paulo 264 -- 4.6 DESIGN AND GENDER 266 -- Nike Pro Hijab 266 -- Autocomplete Truth by UN Women, Memac Ogiivy & Mather Dubai 268 -- DE_SIGN: The Act of Sitting by Gabriel Ann Maher 270 -- Khandayati by Maya Jay Varadaraj 272 -- 79% Work Clock by MTV and Party NY 274 -- 5.0 THE BIGGER PICTURE 276 -- Design and the Blue Planet by Petra Eisele 278 -- The Planetary Test by Orit Halpern 288 -- Transition Designs Given How Things Don't Work Now by Cameron Tonkinwise 300 -- Undesigning the Hyperreal World: Enacting Systemic Transformation of Design Paradigms by Jan Boelen and Vera Sacchetti 314 -- 5.1 EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED 326 -- All Oppression Is Connected by Jim Chuchu 334 -- Untitled and Flying Garden / Air-Port-City / 32SW by Tomas Saraceno 336 -- 5.2 WILL TECHNOLOGY SAVE US? 338 -- Bomb Cloud Atlas by Forensic Architecture 340 -- The Transparency Grenade by Julian Oliver 342 -- HyperFace Facial Recognition Scarf by Hyphen-Labs and Adam Harvey 344 -- 5.3 CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING 346 -- 5.4 CRITICIZING CONSUMPTION 350 -- Chalk Reality (Consume Society) and Chalk Reality (Politics) by Dan Perjovschi 356 -- Liquid Citizenship by Femke Herregraven 358 -- 5.5 SAVE THE PLANET 360 -- Totomoxtie by Fernando Laposse 368 -- The Ephemeral Marvels Perfume Store by Catherine Sarah Young 370 -- 5.6 NATURE KNOWS BETTER 372 -- Designing for the Sixth Extinction by Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg 382 -- Faber Futures by Natsai Audrey Chieza 384 -- 5.7 EVERYONE IS CONNECTED 386 -- Antarctica Flag by Lucy+ Jorge Orta 386 -- Index 388 -- Bibliography 392 -- Credits 395 -- Acknowledgements 398 -- Imprint 400. -- Provided by publisher.
Language:
English
Keywords:
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