* _Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change_ (1971)
* _How Things Don’t Work_ (1977)
* _The Green Imperative: Natural Design for the Real World_ (1995)
* _Design for Human Scale_ (1983)
* _The Politics of Design_ (1985)
* _Nomadic Furniture_ (1984)
* _Thoughtless_ (1985)
* _The Imperfect Designer: Reflections on Design and Humanity_ (2017)
Articles
* "The Real Problem with Design" (_The New York Times_, 1980)
* "Design for the Other 90%" (_ID Magazine_, 1991)
* "The Future of Design" (_Harvard Design Magazine_, 1993)
* "Design and the Developing World" (_Design Issues_, 1995)
* "The Seven Deadly Sins of Design" (_Industrial Design_, 1997)
* "Design and Social Change" (_The Journal of Design History_, 1999)
* "The Importance of Design" (_The New York Times_, 2000)
Lectures and Talks
* "Design for the Real World" (Yale University, 1971)
* "The Politics of Design" (University of California, Berkeley, 1985)
* "The Future of Design" (Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 1993)
* "Design and Social Change" (University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995)
* "The Seven Deadly Sins of Design" (Drexel University, 1997)
* "The Importance of Design" (New York University, 2000)
Exhibitions
* _The Real World: Design for Human Needs_ (The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 1971)
* _Design for the Other 90%_ (The Axis Gallery, Tokyo, 1991)
* _The Future of Design_ (The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1993)
* _Design and Social Change_ (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1995)
* _The Seven Deadly Sins of Design_ (The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 1997)
* _The Importance of Design_ (The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000)