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A review by jazin95
Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change by Victor Papanek
3.0
3.5 Stars
This book was required reading for my After the Bauhaus: Design from the Interwar Period to the Age of Climate Crisis class at uni. It was a great book and I honestly think I'll read it again at a later date. Victor Papanek writes his views on design in such an easy and accessible way.
The reclining chairs were certainly a very interesting idea. I would be very interested to see if that would be an option for students today.
"Visor-like eyeglasses" Is this a sneaky Star Trek reference.
Overall, I felt that Papanek's view of design was to broad, perhaps this is with the lens of today, however when he brings the question of the responsibility of designers I feel like a more refined approach would have been far more beneficial.
This book was required reading for my After the Bauhaus: Design from the Interwar Period to the Age of Climate Crisis class at uni. It was a great book and I honestly think I'll read it again at a later date. Victor Papanek writes his views on design in such an easy and accessible way.
The reclining chairs were certainly a very interesting idea. I would be very interested to see if that would be an option for students today.
"Visor-like eyeglasses" Is this a sneaky Star Trek reference.
Overall, I felt that Papanek's view of design was to broad, perhaps this is with the lens of today, however when he brings the question of the responsibility of designers I feel like a more refined approach would have been far more beneficial.