Started in 1956[2] Form und Zweck was published by the Institute for Applied Art.
[4] Because in the early days of the state housing architecture and city planning were emphasized as the preferred sites of socialist cultural identity.
[1] It reflected official preference of the state over the development of form and design in the country.
[2] For instance, the magazine reinforced the use of plastic goods in line with the policies of the state.
[5] One of the editors-in-chief was Hein Köster, who was fired from the post in 1983 following his article about a fictitious museum in Prenzlauerberg.