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Max Borka Form Follows Foco 100 Snapshots of Guerilla Survival Props
Design Books | 22.10.2013

Max Borka: Form Follows Foco. 100 Snapshots of Guerilla Survival Props

In our post from the exhibition Made in Slums – Mathare Nairobi at the Triennale Design Museum Milan we referred to the Belgian author and curator Max Borka and his theory that the unique accent of Berlin design is largely a result of the near continual crisis the city has had to endure over the decades; a reality that has resulted in a very site specific response from designers and architects alike. During Vienna Design Week 2013 Max Borka launched a new book that explores where such a

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