All designed tools and objects are sort of extensions of human abilities, and they do tend to make life richer for us. But, an awful lot of designs, especially in this country, make life a lot more inconvenient. I'm thinking,… — 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 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
