The Papanek Foundation presents the international travelling exhibition "Victor Papanek: The Politics
of Design", co-curated by Alison J. Clarke, a cooperation between the Vitra Design Museum and the Barcelona Design Museum,
in collaboration with the Victor J. Papanek Foundation, University of Applied Arts Vienna.
The
expansive show presents varied and previously unseen materials from the Papanek Foundation archive pertaining to design activist
Victor Papanek’s lifelong career, highlighting the crucial theme of design as a political and social tool. Alongside the exploration
of Papanek’s links with key thinkers and design figures, ranging from media theorist Marshall McLuhan, maverick futurist Buckminster
Fuller to leading feminist graphic designer Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, the exhibition casts light on the legacy of 1960s
and 1970s activism through the presentation of contemporary exhibits dealing with politically pertinent issues ranging from
state violence, to climate change, bio-synthetics, and the precariousness of citizenship.
Victor Papanek: The Politics
of Design features work from cutting edge practitioners including: Forensic Architecture; Faber Futures; Flui Colectivo; Alexandra
Daisy Ginsberg; Femke Herregraven; NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism/Hypen-Labs; Lucy and Jorge Orta; Tomás Saraceno; Maya Jay
Varadaraj.
http://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/museudeldisseny/en/exhibition/victor-papanek-politics-design 
