“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

“Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, exhibition view, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 2018. Photo Norbert Miguletz

Key visual for the exhibition “Viktor Papanek: The Politics of Design” by Daniel Streat, Visual Fields. © Vitra Design Museum, 2018

Victor J. Papanek “The Minimal Design Team”, section from Big Character Poster No. 1: Work Chart for Designers, 1973, drafted in 1969. © University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek, “We Are All Handicapped”, section from Big Character Poster No. 1: Work Chart for Designers, 1973, drafted in 1969. © University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek in Buffalo, NY, April 1959. © Donation from Nicolette Papanek, courtesy Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek “Gallery of Living Arts, Corona Del Mar, CA, Entrance Lobby”, design for exhibition space, 1949 – 1952. © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek, “Samisen” dining chair series, 1952 – 1956. © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek filming the WNED-TV Channel 17 programme “Design Dimensions” in Buffalo, NY, 1961 – 1963. © WNED-TV, courtesy Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek “Tetrakaidecahedral”, 1973-1975 (movable playground structure, designed with a student, parents, teachers and children). © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Jorma Vennola “Fingermajig”, 1965-1970, (tactile plastic children’s toys, designed under guidance from Victor J. Papanek). © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek, Cover for “Design for the Real World. Human Ecology and Social Change”, NY: Pantheon, 1971. © Pantheon Random House, courtesy Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek, cover for “Design for Human Scale”, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc., 1983. © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek, “Samisen” dining chair series, 1960 – 1970. © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek and James Hennessey “Work Cube”, detail from Nomadic Furniture 1, 1973. © James Hennessy and
University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Victor J. Papanek and James Hennessy “Lean-To Chair”, pictured on manuscript page of Nomadic Furniture 2, 1974. © James Hennessy and University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

James Herold and John Truan »Artificial Burrs«, 1968 (coated with plant seeds and a growth boosting solution, designed under direction of Victor J. Papanek to reverse erosion cycles in arid regions). © University of Applied Arts Vienna, Victor J. Papanek Foundation

Richard Buckminster Fuller “Tensegrity Sphere”, at Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada, 1967. © The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller; courtesy Science Photo Library. Photo Hans Namuth

Karl Montan, International Symbol of Access, 1969 (modified from the original design by Victor J. Papanek‘s former student Susanne Koefoed, 1968)

Frank Gehry “Sleigh Chairs” from the Easy Edges series, 1972
© Vitra Design Museum. Photo Jurgen Hans

UN Women “The Autocomplete Truth: Need”, advertising campaign designed by Mermac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, 2013
© Photo Mermac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai

UN Women “The Autocomplete Truth: Need”, advertising campaign designed by Mermac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, 2013
© Photo Mermac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai

Jim Chuchu, “All Oppression Is Connected”, 2013. © Jim Chuchu

Daisy Alexandra Ginsberg, “Mobile Bioremediation Unit”, Designing for the Sixth Extinction, 2013. © Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

Flui Coletivo and Questtonó in partnership with IED São Paulo “Bomba Hacker”, 2014 (do-it-yourself water pump). © Flui Coletivo, photo: Stefano Leggieri

Cover for the exhibition catalogue “Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design”, 2018. © Vitra Design Museum, Design: Daniel Streat, Visual Fields