Form und Zweck
Categories |
Design magazine Lifestyle magazine |
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Publisher | Institute for Applied Art |
Year founded | 1956 |
Final issue | 2008 |
Country | German Democratic Republic |
Based in | East Berlin |
Language | German |
Form und Zweck (meaning Form and Purpose in English) was an East German magazine which featured articles on design. The magazine was official journal of the German Democratic Republic.[1] It existed between 1956 and 2008.
History and profile
Form und Zweck was started in 1956.[2] The magazine was published by the Institute for Applied Art.[3] The headquarters of the magazine was in East Berlin.[3] Its target audience was professional designers and those who were interested in design.[2] The magazine covered articles on design-related topics.[1] It reflected official preference of the state over the development of form and design in the country.[2]
One of the editors-in-chief of Form und Zweck was Hein Köster, who was fired from the post in 1983 following his article about a fictitious museum in Prenzlauerberg.[4] Günter Höhne was the last editor-in-chief of the magazine.[5][6]
Form und Zweck ceased publication in 2008.[7]
See also
References
- 1 2 Michèle-Anne Dauppe (Winter 1991). "After the wall". Eye Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 Peter Romijn; Giles Scott-Smith; Joes Segal (2012). Divided Dreamworlds?: The Cultural Cold War in East and West. Amsterdam University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-90-8964-436-7. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- 1 2 Karin Zachmann (January 2002). "A Socialist Consumption Junction: Debating the Mechanization of Housework in East Germany, 1956-1957". Technology and Culture. 43 (1). JSTOR 25147855.
- ↑ Andreas Ong et. al. (January 2000). "Meetingplace: Kulturbrauerei" (PDF). Kulturverkstan.
- ↑ Jana Scholze. "Shifting Narratives of Things: The East/West German Garden Egg Chair" (PDF). Socialist Architecture. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ "Art Calendar". Goethe Institut. June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ↑ "Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnis" (PDF). Form und Zweck Archive. Retrieved 15 September 2016.