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The Wall: Nieuwe German Gestaltung @ Biennale Interieur Kortrijk 2016
Designer | 02.11.2016

Biennale Interieur Kortrijk 2016: The Wall, Nieuwe German Gestaltung #004

With The Wall, Nieuwe German Gestaltung #004, the 2016 Biennale Interieur in Kortrijk presented an overview of contemporary German design. The Wall: Nieuwe German Gestaltung @ Biennale Interieur Kortrijk 2016 All who know us will understand just how much it tickles us that one of the most ardent proponents of German contemporary design is a Belgian, Max Borka. Not per se that Max is Belgian. But that Max isn’t German. That it takes a non-German to explain to Germans how good contemporary

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State of Design Berlin 2016 (Design: Bureau Mirko Borsche, München. Courtesy of State of Design)
Designer | 23.04.2016

State of Design Berlin 2016

From May 4th and until May 8th 2016 Berlin will host the inaugural edition of the festival State of Design. Initiated by the Belgian design critic, author and curator Max Borka and the German Communications Designer Alexandra Klatt, State of Design promises a series of exhibitions, events and discussions which, in the words of the organisers, will "question the tyranny of what is all too often still proclaimed to be good design: slick, glamorous, luxurious, good looking and highly seductive, or

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kkaarrlls First Exhibition Milan 2009
Architecture | 03.01.2014

(smow) blog 2013. A pictorial review: October

What with the sweet afterglow of Vienna Design Week behind us we entered October 2013 full of enthusiasm - not least because it meant the opening of the new (smow) Cologne store. The month nearly nose-dived on account of a hideous plagiarism in Leipzig, but was more than rescued by Alison and Peter Smithson at the AIT ArchitekturSalon Cologne.......

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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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Refugium Berlin as a Design Principle at DMY 2013
Designer | 11.06.2013

smow blog interview: Max Borka - Berlin has always been living in a crisis, today there are crises everywhere and only Berlin is really prepared for it

As part of DMY Berlin 2013 the Belgian design critic, curator, journalist and lecturer Max Borka organised the exhibition "Refugium. Berlin as a Design Principle" in collaboration and cooperation with students from his d- SOAP course at the FH Potsdam. Presenting works by some 50 Berlin based designers Refugium not only presents works by the selected designers but also seeks/sought to explore what characterises the Berlin design community and what makes the Berlin design scene relevant and

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