Reddit reviews Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change
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We found 5 Reddit comments about Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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I have similar ethical concerns in regards to ID, I am a student in my junior year currently and I struggle daily against my less ecologically concerned classmates. I encourage you to pursue ID, the more tree huggers the better!
My outlook is this: If I give up and drop out of school because of my ethical concerns, my place in the corporate/design will be taken by an equally talented designer. However it is not guaranteed that said designer will have the same environmentally/socially responsible opinions as me. Even if I end up at a shit company right out of school, if I can do even the tiniest bit to make their practices more ethical then I will have succeeded.
That being said, if you're interested in the practice of design for social change, I highly recommend Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek. Very eye opening read.
This seems like nothing more than a summarized version of what Victor Papanek preached for many years. Much of Papanek's book "Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change" is a more in depth commentary of the same issue with more examples.
I was really hoping for something more before reading this article/site.
http://www.amazon.com/Design-Real-World-Ecology-Social/dp/0897331532/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398635742&sr=1-1&keywords=victor+papanek
I think everyone who does anything on the web should have a copy of Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug.
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is a nice overview of how to make useful and aesthetically pleasing websites for those without a design background (like myself).
Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek gets really deep into the subject of design and how it impacts society.
There are a lot more out there, but these are the ones off the top of my head that I found especially helpful.
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