Before we pack up our Yurt and leave Vienna Design Week 2012 to move on to design pastures new, a quick mention of the "Hartz IV Furniture" Workshop the Berlin designer Van Bo Le-Mentzel hosted at the Wien Museum. Originating in 2010 Van Bo Le-Mentzel's "Hartz IV Furniture" collection is.... well, we've never really been that sure. In essence it is a very good Open Design project, featuring as it does a comprehensive range and mix of objects, all of which can be easily constructed, even by
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