Prompt #2

“Industry pander[s] to the public’s ready acceptance of anything new, anything different.” –Victor Papanek

In the second chapter of Design for the Real World, Victor Papanek defines three types of obsolescence: technological, material, and artificial.

Prompt #3

“If we then ‘lump together’ all the seemingly little minorities, if we combine all these ‘special’ needs, then we find we have designed for the majority after all. It is only the ‘designer’… who, by concocting trivia for the market-places of a few abundant societies, really designs for the minority.”

Prompt #5

Think of a design project you’ve always wanted to do — your dream design project.

Got one in mind?

For this dream project, answer the following questions:

1. What is it?

Prompt #4

“That which we throw away, we fail to value.” –Victor Papanek

1. In your own words, what does it mean for a design to be ‘sustainable’? Consider, alternatively, what it means for a design to be ‘disposable’.
2. What are ways you can apply your definition of…