Featuring rich and previously unexplored materials from the Victor Papanek archive in dialogue with the work of emerging designers from Vienna, London, and New York City, this exhibition challenges Victor Papanek’s legacy of socially committed design by bringing it into conversation with contemporary work by a new generation of speculative and critical designers.

Curated by Alison Clarke, Director of the Victor Papanek Foundation (University of Applied Arts, Vienna), Jamer Hunt (Director, Transdisciplinary Design graduate program, Parsons The New School for Design), and Fiona Raby (Professor, Industrial Design, University of Applied Arts, Vienna and Reader, Design Interactions, Royal College of Art, London).

The exhibition is a collaboration between Parsons The New School for Design and theUniversity of Applied Arts, Vienna.

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery

September 26 – December 15, 2014
Opening reception: Thursday, September 25, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.