Friedrich Von Borries: Politics of Design, Design of Politics

by Friedrich von Borries, Angelika Nollert, Jens-Uwe Fischer

Asserting that "design sexualizes", "design colonizes" and "design manipulates," Berlin-based architect, curator and professor of design theory Friedrich von Borries (born 1974) casts a new perspective on Cola advertisements, Sony Walkmans and the Le Corbusier chaise longue. Using the example of state receptions, electoral procedures and medal presentations, von Borries poses the question of whether political proceedings and forms of representation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3960984677
• ISBN13: 9783960984672
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Walther Kanig, Kaln
• Length: 160 Pages