Dear Jeffrey,
at the opportunity of the Design, Architecture and Art Exhibition
* "Forum Design Linz" (1980)
*
Lucius Burckhardt gave this statement, published in the catalogue at
Vienna 1981.
But it was one of the most miss-understood statement in the design of
the late 20th century.
Design is not invisble, but it makes visible.
I have shown this in my contribution at the opportuniy of an exhibition
remembering the
Forum Design Linz 1980.:
B.E.Bürdek
Forum Design Linz – Einblicke und Ausblicke
in: Hochleitner, Martin / Hofer, Gabriele (Hg.):
Der Fall Forum Design. Index zu einem Kulturprojekt. Ausst.-
Kat. Landesgalerie Linz am Oberösterreichischen Landes-museum, Linz 2009
But unfortunately it is only in German.
Yours
B.E.B.___
jeffrey chan wrote:
> Dear all,
> Recently as an english-speaking design scholar I stumbled upon Lucius Burckhardt's idea of 'Design is invisible' through J. Fezer's essay in the Civic City Cahier series. I suppose Burckhardt's ideas are however not a new discovery for many on this board. I have tried to find the little written in English on this idea but am not quite satisfied with the few references that I have found online.
> Will any of you be able to point me to an adequate work translating or dissecting Burckhardt's idea on the invisibility of design? Of course, I would fully and gladly appreciate your own interpretation, if you would like to offer me a short lesson on this.
> Very much appreciated and many thanks,
> Jeff
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