{"id":1445,"date":"2020-02-16T14:29:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2020-02-16T14:33:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T14:33:20","slug":"viktor-papanek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/2020\/02\/16\/viktor-papanek\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Papanek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this unit, i would like to suggest to follow and learn about one particular designer, whose work somehow relates to the work we are doing.<\/p>\n<p>So for this unit, we will learn a bit more abot Viktor Papanek.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1416\" src=\"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200213_100435-1024x357.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200213_100435-1024x357.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200213_100435-300x105.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200213_100435-768x268.jpg 768w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200213_100435-210x73.jpg 210w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200213_100435.jpg 1116w\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Viktor Papanek was a controversial designer because he said things like:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdvertising design, in persuading people to buy things they don`t need, with money they don`t have, in order to impress others who don`t care, is probably the phoniest field in existence today.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/111036.Victor_Papanek\">Victor Papanek<\/a>,\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/184232\">Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesign must be an innovative, highly creative, cross-disciplinary tool responsive to the needs of men. It must be more research-oriented, and we must stop defiling the earth itself with poorly-designed objects and structures.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/111036.Victor_Papanek\">Victor Papanek<\/a>,\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/184232\">Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only important thing about design is how it relates to people.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/111036.Victor_Papanek\">Victor Papanek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His comments are, unfortunately highly relevant today. I spent so time today visiting a toy store and this is what I saw: rows and rows of plastic toys.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1446 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200216_222201-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200216_222201-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200216_222201-1024x632.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200216_222201-768x474.jpg 768w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200216_222201-210x130.jpg 210w, http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200216_222201.jpg 1273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Papanek talked about the social resposibility of designers.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas on how his work relates to our unit;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Can we design games to teach kids about climate change made of plastic if we know how highly pollutant that material is?<\/li>\n<li>what is our responsiblity as consumers? Are we going to be buying products that are not environmentaly sustainable?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Have a look at this video describing a recent retrospective of his work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Victor Papanek I The Politics of Design at Vitra Design Museum\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oxzq9NP7rmk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this unit, i would like to suggest to follow and learn about one particular designer, whose work somehow relates to the work we are doing. So for this unit, we will learn a bit more abot Viktor Papanek. 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