Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Victor Papanek
Born: November 23, 1923
Died: January 10, 1998 (aged 74)
Bio: Victor Joseph Papanek was a designer and educator who became a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products, tools, and community infrastructures.
Known for:
- Design for human scale (1983)
- The green imperative (1995)
- How things don't work (1977)