The State of Design History, Part II: Problems and Possibilities

Abstract

1) Clive Dilnot, State of Design History, part I: Mapping the Field, Design Issues I (Spring, 1984): 4-23. 2) According to Stephen Bayley (In Good Shape [London: Design Council, 1979]), it is the art form of the twentieth century. For Victor Papanek, it is the conscious effort to impose meaningful order. (Design for the Real World [London: Paladin, 1974], 17.) For Terrence Conran, the founder of the Habitat range of stores in Britain and now chairman of the Habitat-Mothercare group, design has proved to be the key to an immensely profitable business. What bedevils design discussion is that we pretend that the differences do not exist. The fact that