We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both discouraging and difficult. A...student (has) massive blocks against new ways of thinking, engendered by some 16… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
Advertising 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,… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
Design is the patterning and planning of any act toward a desired, foreseeable end... any attempt to separate design, to make it a thing-by-itself… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few. — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
There are professions more harmful than industrial design but only a few of them — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
All designed tools and objects are sort of extensions of human abilities, and they do tend to make life richer for us. But, an… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical. — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
Design is a conscious and intuitive effort to impose meaningful order. Design is both the underlying matrix of order and the tool that creates… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
We live in a society that penalizes highly creative individuals for their non-conformist autonomy. This makes the teaching of problem solving in design both… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
Design 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… — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
If design is to be ecologically responsible, it must be independent of concern for the gross national product. — Victor Papanek Copy Share Image
