Overview
- The Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt confirmed he died Sunday in Halle at the home of his partner at age 96.
- The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden said the Kunstgewerbemuseum has acquired his complete working room, including prototypes, for its collection, and the Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt announced plans for a major exhibition.
- Horn co-developed the MDW modular furniture program with Eberhard Wüstner for the Hellerau workshops, first shown in 1967, and its wall units furnished more than half a million DDR living rooms.
- From 1968 to 1996 he taught at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle as a director, lecturer and later professor, shaping generations of designers.
- In early October 2025 he received the Saxony-Anhalt State Art Prize for his life's work, underscoring renewed recognition of his impact.