Note that "form over function" couldn't be a worse translation of what must have originally been "Form über Funktion". 1. Form is supposed to deliver function.

Note that "form over function" couldn't be a worse translation of what must have originally been "Form über Funktion". 1. Form is supposed to deliver function. Useless forms are eschewed by the Bauhaus architects of thought. 2. über in some cases is connotated as through, by, per, via, with, eg. "financed through a loan" (über einen Kredit). 3. If one might authoritatively opine that "over" implies a hierarchic priority, this would pervert the idea to a degree. In sum, I'm not sure what people think of the proverb or what was originally meant. Ironically, the form and function of the phrase are in Bauhaus style.