Design for development

towards a history

Authors

  • Victor Margolin University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Lucy Niemeyer ESDI/UERJ

Keywords:

development, history, technology

Abstract

Prior to Victor Papanek’s Design for the Real World and E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful, the Amhedabad Declaration on Industrial Design and Development, which resulted from a meeting in January 1979, has discussed the promotion of industrial design in developing countries. In subsequent years neither ICSID nor UNIDO followed through on this vision but a far more restricted view of design for development. The aim of this paper is to rethink the scope of design for development so it can address the needs of developing countries in the most effective ways.

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Published

2009-01-01

How to Cite

MARGOLIN, Victor; NIEMEYER, Lucy. Design for development: towards a history . Arcos Design, Rio de Janeiro, v. 4, n. 1, 2009. Disponível em: https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/arcosdesign/article/view/82473. Acesso em: 23 may. 2025.

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