Nigel Whiteley is Professor of Visual Arts in the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts at the University of Lancaster. He is the author of Pop Design (1987) and co-editor of The Lamp of Memory: Ruskin, Tradition and Architecture(1992) With41illustrations Coverillustration:RichardCamps reaktion books ltd uk£11.95rrp www.reaktionbooks.co.uk us$22.50 004_Design4Society:Layout 1 16/11/06 20:40 Page 4 For Daniel and Ella PublishedbyReaktionBooksLtd 33GreatSuttonStreet,Londonec1v0dx,uk Firstpublishedin1993 Firstpublishedinpaperback1994 Reprinted1998,2006 Copyright©NigelWhiteley1993 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyany means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise, withoutthepriorpermissionofthepublishers. DesignedbyRonCostley PhotosetbyWilmasetLtd Birkenhead,Wirral PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CPI/BathPress,Bath Thisbookisprintedonwood-freeandchlorine-freepaper. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Whiteley,Nigel DesignforSociety I.Title 745.2 isbn-13:978-0-948462-65-8 isbn0-948462-65-5pbk