Papanek

I just wanted to point out that Papanek was a true revolutionary genius in the design world.

Boing Boing 2006

Papanek was an amazing visionary designer, who saw the importance of designing for the real world and real human needs long before the rest of the design world began to get it.

Boing Boing 2006

Unlike some courses where teamwork is a core element, design students are taught to become, as Victor Papanek articulates “narrowly vertical specialists, where as the real need is for broad, horizontal generalists or synthesists.”

Are we educated? Jonathan 2005

Unlike some courses where teamwork is a core element, design students are taught to become, as Victor Papanek articulates “narrowly vertical specialists, where as the real need is for broad, horizontal generalists or synthesists.”

Archive 2005-01-01 Jonathan 2005

Papanek from RiskMetrics a risk modeling firm that was spun off from JPMorgan in 1998, says that's not an unreasonably high VAR.

Upping The Ante 2006

Papanek was saying this thirty-five years ago of course in "Design For The Real World" where he suggests design should be about changing people's lives - not just decorating their walls and filling coffee-table books as I think it is in danger of becoming.

Archive 2004-08-01 Jonathan 2004

Papanek was saying this thirty-five years ago of course in "Design For The Real World" where he suggests design should be about changing people's lives - not just decorating their walls and filling coffee-table books as I think it is in danger of becoming.

Lebanese Graphic Design Article Jonathan 2004

Papanek, writing in 1971 (this second edition from the early 1980s includes new material and a response to early critics) says many of the things I and others have been saying here and elsewhere.

Archive 2004-06-01 Jonathan 2004

Papanek, writing in 1971 (this second edition from the early 1980s includes new material and a response to early critics) says many of the things I and others have been saying here and elsewhere.

The Myth of the Noble Slob Jonathan 2004

Papanek, an internationally known development economist and professor emeritus at Boston University; Professor Gordon Redding, head of the University of Hong Kong Business School; and Michael

ANC Daily News Briefing 1996