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In the era of cybernetics, architects suddenly encountered entirely new ways of operating technical systems: buildings could be calculated using circuit diagrams, creativity and imagination were confronted with the technical intelligence of thinking machines. Architects found themselves in the crosshairs of cybernetics. At stake was nothing less than the continued existence of the architect's inventive intelligence in a techno-scientific world. Today, we see computing machines, once so heavy, losing weight while gaining power. Computers are fully colonizing the human environment, creating their own digital ecosystems, and giving rise to forms of society and ways of being that cannot even be explained without big data. Available for the first time in English as a new edition.

The clic system modular architecture system was designed in 1995 by the Stuttgart designer and entrepreneur Burkhardt Leitner. Since then, this iconic modular construction based on magnetic plug connections has developed into one of the most successful flexible lightweight construction systems in the field of trade fair and exhibition architecture. In this issue of the form Design Classics Series, author Georg Vrachliotis deals with the high functionality, modularity and minimalist aesthetics of this modern design classic. He also deals with the cultural history of systems and sheds light on the designhistorical context of the clic system. * Pre-order now. Available from October 7th, 2019. form Design Classics Series Design classics manifest the essence of their time, they stand for styledefining elements, innovative use of materials, and high standards of aesthetics and function. They accompany our everyday life over generations. Since 1997, the form Design Classics Series has portrayed many icons of design history. Today, it is being continued with a new design concept by Verlag form, Frankfurt/Main.

In dem philosophischen Reisebericht Brasilianische Intelligenz verarbeitet Max Bense seine Eindrücke im Brasilien der 1960er Jahre. Mit sprachlicher Präzision und reich an räumlicher Imagination schildert er seine Faszination für die gerade erst fertig gestellte Hauptstadt Brasilia der beiden Architekten Lúcio Costa und Oscar Niemeyer. Er beschreibt, wie er sich von den dortigen Vertretern der konkreten Poesie angezogen fühlt und wie er dabei immer tiefer in die intellektuelle und künstlerische Avantgarde Brasiliens eintaucht. Entstanden ist ein dichtes essayistisches Textgewebe, das nicht nur zu einem der bemerkenswerten Stücke deutscher Nachkriegsliteratur zählt, sondern auch die intensiven Wechselbeziehungen zwischen der lateinamerikanischen und europäischen Avantgarde jener Zeit deutlich macht. Brasilianische Intelligenz erscheint als Neuauflage, ergänzt mit einem Nachwort sowie unveröffentlichtem Archivmaterial aus dem Nachlass von Max Bense.