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<div><i><b>Victor Papanek</b></i><br>
The Politics of Design</div>
<div>September 29, 2018-March 10, 2019</div>
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<div><b>With the exhibition<i> Victor Papanek: The Politics of
Design</i>, the Vitra Design Museum will present the first large
retrospective about the designer, author, and activist Victor J.
Papanek (1923-1998). Papanek was one of the 20th century's most
influential pioneers of a socially and ecologically oriented approach
to design beginning in the 1960s. His key work,<i> Design for the Real
World</i> (1971),</b></div>
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>https://designopendata.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/design-for-the-re<span
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<div><b>remains the most widely read book about design ever published.
In it, Papanek makes a plea for inclusion, social justice, and
sustainability - themes of greater relevance for today's design
than ever before. The exhibition includes exhibits such as drawings,
objects, films, manuscripts, and prints, some of which have never
before been presented. These are complimented by works of Papanek's
contemporaries from the 1960s to 1980s, including George Nelson,
Richard Buckminster Fuller, or Marshall McLuhan. Contemporary works
from the areas of critical and social design provide insight into
Papanek's lasting impact.</b><br>
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<div>After pursuing a career as an industrial designer, during the
1960s Papanek developed a critique of consumerism that would make him
well known around the world. This position is also reflected in his
designs, which he often developed together with his students or
collaborators, including televisions and radios for African countries,
electric vehicles, as well as the Fingermajig, an object designed to
stimulate the sense of touch (1965-1970), and the Living Cubes
series (1973), user-assembled furniture that could be modified to meet
different needs.<br>
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<div>Alongside his<i> Design for the Real World</i> additional books
such as<i> How Things Don't Work</i> (1977)<font size="-1">
http://www.izmireconomic.org/download-pdf-how-things-dont-work-book-b<span
></span>y-pantheon.pdf</font> or<i> Design for Human Scale</i> (1983)
cemented his reputation as a pioneer of alternative design.</div>
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<div><b>Vitra Design Museum</b><br>
Charles-Eames-Str. 2</div>
<div>79576 Weil am Rhein</div>
<div>Germany<br>
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<div>www.design-museum.de</div>
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