Form und Zweck

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Form und Zweck
Editor-in-chiefGünter Höhne
Former editorsHein Köste
CategoriesDesign magazine
Lifestyle magazine
PublisherInstitute for Applied Art
Year founded1956
Final issue2008
CountryGerman Democratic Republic
Based inEast Berlin
LanguageGerman

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[]

Started in 1956, [2] Form und Zweck 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]

Form und Zweck 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] For instance, the magazine reinforced the use of plastic goods in line with the policies of the state.[4]

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.[5] Günter Höhne was the last editor-in-chief of the magazine.[6][7]

Form und Zweck ceased publication in 2008.[8]

See also[]

List of magazines in Germany

References[]

  1. ^ a b Michèle-Anne Dauppe (Winter 1991). "After the wall". Eye Magazine.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ a b Karin Zachmann (January 2002). "A Socialist Consumption Junction: Debating the Mechanization of Housework in East Germany, 1956-1957". Technology and Culture. 43 (1). doi:10.1353/tech.2002.0047. JSTOR 25147855.
  4. ^ Aniruddha Gupte (2019). "Synthesizing Solutions: An Exploration of the Modern Relevance of Socialist Design Principles through the Medium of Plastics" (PDF). Popular Inquiry. 1. ISSN 2489-6748.
  5. ^ Andreas Ong; et al. (January 2000). "Meetingplace: Kulturbrauerei" (PDF). Kulturverkstan.
  6. ^ Jana Scholze (2011). "Shifting Narratives of Things: The East/West German Garden Egg Chair". Socialist Architecture. ISSN 1048-9134.
  7. ^ "Art Calendar". Goethe Institut. June 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Gesamtinhaltsverzeichnis" (PDF). Form und Zweck Archive. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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