Designing for socialist need: industrial design practice in the German Democratic Republic
In: Routledge research in architecture
chapter Introduction -- part Part 1 The fundamentals of GDR design -- chapter 1 Aims and priorities -- chapter 2 Institutional support -- part Part 2 Exemplary ideas and practices -- chapter 3 Designing for complex functionality -- chapter 4 Designing for appropriate product lifespans -- chapter 5 Designing systems -- part Part 3 Resistance encountered by GDR designers -- chapter 6 Cultural–political opposition -- chapter 7 Obstacles in the spheres of production and distribution.
