Heinz Hirdina
Heinz Hirdina (born March 5, 1942 ; † December 19, 2013 in Berlin ) was a German design theorist and publicist .
Life
Heinz Hirdina studied philosophy and cultural studies in Jena , Leipzig and Berlin from 1961 to 1966 . Until 1968 he worked as an editor for the newspaper " Sonntag " and for the Aufbau-Verlag , Berlin. This was followed by collaboration on the design magazine form + Zweck until 1972 , from 1973 to 1979 as its editor-in-chief. From 1980 to 1986 he was responsible for the editing of the design publications at Dresden Verlag der Kunst . After receiving his doctorate in 1973, he completed his habilitation in 1988 and from 1987 worked as a lecturer at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art . In 1993 he was offered the chair for Theory and History of Design, which he held until 2005. Heinz Hirdina was married to the art and literary scholar Karin Hirdina . The estate of Karin and Heinz Hirdina, with a focus on the history of the Bauhaus in East Germany between 1945 and 1989 , is in the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation .
Works
- Design for the series , Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 1988, ISBN 3-364-00042-5
- Figure and reason: Lectures on the history and theory of design: Volume I Edition Bauhaus 40 , Spectormag, Leipzig, nn, ISBN 978-3-944669-35-9
- In the end everything is design , Verlag Form + Zweck, Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-935053-15-0
- Aesthetic formation and reception under the conditions of socialized work and production, a contribution to the aesthetics of industrial design , Diss. A, Humboldt University, Berlin, 1973
- Functionalism as a design principle, texts on the history of design , Diss. B (Habil.), Humboldt University, Berlin, 1988
Publications (selection)
- Postmodernes Interieur (1987), in: Brecht 88 / ed. By Wolfgang Heise, pp. 246–255, Berlin, 1987
- New building, new design: the new Frankfurt, the new city; a magazine. between 1926 a. 1933 , Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 1984
- 50 Years of Bauhaus Dessau (1976), in: Form + Zweck, No. 6, Berlin, 1976
- There is no competition to us , in: Design in Berlin, Vice Versa, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-932809-52-1
- Postmodernism and functionalism: six lectures , with Bruno Flierl, 1985
- Rationalized housework: the kitchen in the new building , in: Jahrbuch für Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte 26, 1983
- The red line: Heinz Hirdina on the change in meaning of a design element , in: Design Report, No. 4, pp. 62–63. : Ill., Frankfurt / Main, 1994
- The avant-garde and the way to Byzantium , Form + Zweck, No. 910, pp. 98–117. : Ill., Berlin, 1994
- Bauhaus Möbel, in: Möbel und Wohnraum 34, No. 5, pp. 131-134, 1981
- The desert and design: Otl Aicher and Ettore Sottsass , in: Design Report, No. 9, pp. 42–43, Frankfurt / Main, 1995
- The search for the objective form , in: Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen, 29 (1983), No. 5/6, pp. 474–478. : Ill., Weimar, 1983
- ... beauty must never be ashamed of its purpose , in: Form + Zweck, No. 5, pp. 30–38, Berlin, 1987
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Hirdina in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, press release: Mourning for Heinz Hirdina Dessau-Roßlau, December 20, 2013, accessed September 20, 2015
- List of publications in the Cooperative Library Network Berlin Brandenburg , accessed on September 20, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Department of Theory and History of the Kunsthochschule Berlin , accessed on September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Günter Höhne, NEWSLETTER 01/2014 , One Questioner , One Researcher - Zum Tode Heinz Hirdina, accessed September 20, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hirdina, Heinz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German design theorist and publicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1942 |
DATE OF DEATH | 19th December 2013 |
Place of death | Berlin |