Ethics and appropriate technology before those were cool.
Parts are stuck in 1970s battles, but the core demand—useful, repairable, contextual design—ages beautifully.
Sharp compass for building ‘beautiful things at scale’ without delusion.
Dune
Inventing the Future
Ways of Being
How Forests Think
The Extended Mind
Seeing Like a State
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
Making Embedded Systems (2nd ed.)
Introduction to Remote Sensing (6th ed.)
The Wizard and the Prophet
Sand Talk
Congo: The Epic History of a People
Design for the Real World
Where Is My Flying Car?
Gorillas in the Mist
Cien años de soledad
Steve Jobs
Elon Musk
The Art of War
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Design for the Real World
By: Victor Papanek - Read: February 25, 2025 - Rating: 7/10