| Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change Revised Edition Contributor(s): Papanek, Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0897331532 ISBN-13: 9780897331531 Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2005 Annotation: Design for the Real Worm has, since its first appearance twenty years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design. In this edition, Victor Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, the frivolous, the useless product, once again providing a blueprint for sensible, responsible design in this world which is deficient in resources and energy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Industrial Design - Product |
| Dewey: 745.2 |
| LCCN: 85018512 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.69" W x 8.44" (1.03 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Design for the Real World has, since its first appearance twenty-five years ago, become a classic. Translated into twenty-three languages, it is one of the world's most widely read books on design. In this edition, Victor Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, the frivolous, the useless product, once again providing a blueprint for sensible, responsible design in this world which is deficient in resources and energy. |
