Design for the real world
By: Victor Papanek ; with an introduction by R. Buckminster Fuller
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Published: 1972
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780500231654
Subjects: Design, Industrial.; Human engineering.
Notes: Originally published, New York: Pantheon Books, 1971.

Bibliography: p. 313-339.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / R. Buckminster Fuller; title: Preface; title: Part one: Like it is; title: What is design? A definition of design and the function complex; title: Phtlogenocide: a history of the industrial design profession; title: The myth of the noble slob: design, "art," and the crafts; title: Do-it-yourself murder: the social and moral responsibilities of the designer; title: Our Kleenex culture: obsolescence, permanence, and value; title: Snake oil and thalidomide: mass leisure and phony fads in the abundant society; title: Part two: How it could be; title: Rebel with a cause: creativity vs. conformity; title: How to succed in design without really trying: areas of attack for responsible design; title: The tree of knowledge: bionics: the use of biological prototypes in the design of man-made systems; title: Conspicuous consumptives: design and the environment: pollution, crowding, starvation, and the designed environment; title: The neon blackboard: the education of designers and the construction of intergrated design teams; title: Design for survival and survival through design: what can we do?.