Reviews

Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek

vasilis's review

5.0

Brilliant. It will change my teaching practice fundamentally.

kvrapcu's review

informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

Very interesting book that touches on subjects that designers are still trying to solve today. Some ideas and facts are outdated and extremely America-centric though, so it should definitely not be read as a complete design guide.

jameseckman's review

4.0

If you want to design products, this book is a five. It's a bit dated in spots, but the author is dead so updates are tough. Many of the same issues still face us, crappy, wasteful buildings, poorly planned urban areas and shoddy consumer products along with the corporate apologists for this mess.

Includes how to design thoughts and methods as well as old news.