Victor Papanek was a designer and educator who advocated socially and ecologically responsible design. His philosophy stated that design which was simply technical or merely style-oriented is useless, harmful, and out of touch with what people need.

The still above comes from the Facebook Page for Beware of Images, a feature-length documentary about the history of visual representation and its impact on our social, ecological and financial problems.

As someone who believes women’s body image and self-esteem issues are largely a result of the commercial images we see, I can’t wait to watch the documentary and report back with a review.