The Responsible Object A History Of Design Ideology For The Future
- Author
- Marjanne Van Helvert
- Year
- 2017
This history traces socially and environmentally committed design from William Morris to Victor Papanek and beyond, framed by the durable waste a throwaway culture leaves behind. It follows how design strategies aimed at responsibility developed across design schools and later collaborative workshops. In the Symbiotic Design Framework it threads the Sustainability and Social-Responsibility mottos through the historical-social facet.
A history of socially and environmentally committed design — from William Morris and the Russian avant-garde to Papanek and the FabLab — framed by the waste our age will leave behind. It threads the SDF's Sustainability and Social-Responsibility mottos through the historical-social forces that have long shaped 'responsible' design.
The publisher frames the book with an image of future archaeologists uncovering the plastic, metal and synthetic remains of an age of disposable, imperishable objects. From there it traces how socially committed design strategies developed within Western design traditions, following figures from William Morris to Victor Papanek through successive design schools and more recent collaborative workshops, and examining how these strategies respond to a production and consumption system built around single-use goods.
Where to find it
In the framework
- Design's Frontier
- Historical-Social · facet
- Sustainability
- Social Responsibility
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