Clarke, Alison J.

Victor Papanek : designer for the real world / Alison J. Clarke. - xi, 345 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- 1. Design clinic: the early formation of a social designer -- 2. Seduction of the innocent: from bondage fetishism to Frank Lloyd Wright -- 3. Studio 44: mid-century California calling -- 4. The comprehensive designer: toward a new politics of design -- 5. From bionics to racial politics: the making of a cold war designer -- 6. Prescription for rebellion? From styrofoam domes to animatronic women -- 7. Northern lights: the allure of Nordic design activism -- 8. Design for the real world: a call to action -- 9. Pragmatism before politics: social design turns nomadic -- 10. After design for the real world -- Notes -- Index.

"A cultural geneaology of the influence of Victor Papanek on the world of transdisciplinary design"--

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Papanek, Victor J.
Papanek, Victor J.--Influence


Industrial designers--United States--Biography
Industrial design--Social aspects

TS140.P28 / C5375 2021