Indice

List of Illustrations
Introduction by Lara Penin
A Note on the Making of the Book
Recognition and Acknowledgn1ents by Gui Bonsiepe Editorial Acknowledgments

Part One: Thinking Design
Introduction: Nostalgia Is Futile—Our Future Struts Now Frederico Duarte

Essays on HJG Ulm

1. The Cartography of Modernity
2. Science and Design
3. The Relevance of the Ulm School of Design Today
4. The Invisible Aspects of the HfG Ulm

Theory and Practice

1. The Discomfo1t of Design Theory
2. Arabesques of Rationality: Or the Splendor and Boredom of Design Methodology
3. The Uneasy Relationship of Design and Design Research

Design, Politics, Ethics

1. Design, Nomadism, and Politics: Interview with Alejandro Lazo Margain
2. Design and Democracy
3. Some Virtues of Design

Part Two: Design in the “Periphery”
Introduction: A Designer on the Periphery of Capitalism Ethel Leon

From Europe to South America

1. Peripheral Vision and Design En1powerment: Interview with James Fathers
2. Industrial Design in Chile 1971-3: Interview with Hugo Palmarol
3. The Ulm Model in the Periphery
4. Industrialization without Design

Desig1i in the “Periphery”

1. History of Design in Latin America
2. Aspects of Design in the Periphery
3. Between Favela Chic ru1d Autonon1y: Design in Latin America

The Question of Difference

1. Between Marasmus and Hope
2. The Environment in the North-South Conflict
3. Identity and Counter-Identity of Design

Part Three: Design, Visuality, Cognition

Introduction: Franling Design as Interface Hugh Dubberly

Design and Language

1. Through Language to Design
2. Design: From Material to Digital and Back
3. Design as Tool for Cognitive Metabolism: From Knowledge Production to Knowledge Presentation

Design/Visuality/Theory

1. Visual/Verbal Rhetoric
2. The Interface Design of Computer Programs
3. Designing Information
4. Visuality | Discursivity: Design, The Blind Spot of Theory
5. Theory, The Blind Spot of Design

Design and Crisis

1. Design and Crisis
2. Convergences/Divergences: Hannes Meyer and the HfG Ulm
3. The Disobedience of Design

Part Four·: Design and Develop1nent/Projects

Introduction: The Possibilities of Designing Constantin Boy

Design Policy/Design and Development

1. Development through Design
2. Design and Development: The Debate with Victor Papanek
   • Gui Bonsiepe: Review of Design for the Real World by Victor Papanek
   • Victor Papanek: Reply to Bonsiepe's Review
3. Design and Development Forty Years Later: Interview with Gabriel Patrocìnio and Jose Mauro Nunes

Selected Projects in Latin America

1. Inexpensive Record Player, Chile, 1972
2. Nutrition Project: Spoon for Milk Powder, Chile, 1973
3. Agriculture Project: Chopper, Chile, 1973
4. Consumer Product: Air-Conditioning, Argentina, 1980
5. Two Projects for Local Industry, Brazil, 1984, 1986
6. Health Care Project: Needle for Blood Sa1npling, Brazil, 1986

Case Study of Project Cybersyn, Chile 1973

• • Opsroom: Inte1iace of a Cybernetic Management Room
  • Socialisn1 by Design Eden Medina

Afte1word: Parachuting into the Future Marcos Martins and Zoy Anastassakis

Appendices: Three Notes on the Clostu·e of HfG Ulm (1968)

1. The Situation of the HfG Ulm
2. Communication and Power: A Marginal Note
3. Resolution of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm

Gui Bonsiepe: A Brief Biography
Notes on Contributors

Index