Light traces and tire tracks – how the auto industry presents itself 4 There's no escaping the impression that designers, engineers and ad men like to be seen as artists. Yet experience shows that art does not sit easy with the advertising world, which rarely produces anything other than bland me-too's.

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The future of the past – Lada, Dacia and their like Taken by surprise in the current crisis, the automobile industry now seems to be rushing towards an ecological future wearing seven league boots. But where is this future to be found? Does part of it perhaps not lie in the simplicity of its European past?

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22 Gasoline Stations Will the good old gas station soon become extinct?

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Yesterday’s Talents are the Talents of Tomorrow Our society seems to be an unparalleled generator of talents. Seldom in history has so much effort been devoted to talent scouting and, what is more, been rewarded. Ever new compilations are published for us.

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Talking lights A Munich exhibition illuminates the future possibilities of OLED light sources.

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In the spirit of technology In Smallspace Gallery in Berlin architect and artist Michael Hansmeyer is currently exhibiting a series of images he has entitled "Platonic Solids".

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The light of the future Construction has been completed in Hamburg Hafencity of the first office building in the world to be lighted exclusively by LED technology - the new Unilever HQ. Is this the energy concept of the future?

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Lights, Camera, Action, Love The films of Charles and Ray Eames tell with their elegantly composed images the story of special beauty, of the beauty of the optimistic look at the simplest of things.

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Making worlds, reflecting worlds, changing worlds: Venetian Tours, last final installment "Fare Mondi - Welten machen" was the title Daniel Birnbaum chose for his major Biennale show at the Arsenale and in the Biennial Pavilion.

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The Construction of Progress After Russia, the Ukraine is the biggest country in Europe in terms of area. While the capital Kiev is characterised by monumental edifices from the Stalin era, in the provincial town of Kharkiv one finds masterpieces of Russian constructivism from the 1920s, in total contrast to the town of Lemberg in the Western Ukraine, where time seems to have stood still since the era of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

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Breathing new life into porcelain Prague has just hosted the "Designblok" for the 11th time. Although many manufacturers lacked the budgets for large-scale presentations, Czech design still held numerous discoveries in store for the visitor.

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Light dawns Now that the nights are drawing in, Artemide has opened its first showroom in Germany. The founder and President of the Artemide Group, Ernesto Gismondi, was there in person to toast the opening in Frankfurt.

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And the sun rises again and again A symposium in Berlin organized by the company Sulfurcell addresses the demand for and reality of construction with building-integrated photovoltaics.

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May the dodecahedron gleam It has the charm of most things Viennese, once hung in a bespoke tailors and in the "American Bar" - the luminaire Adolf Loos designed for Knize back in 1909. And now it has emerged in the 21st century as a redesign.

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90% of all cell phones in Europe are still black It is not easy to avoid his judgment: As the Director of Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, when it comes to design Florian Hufnagl is not only an excellent connoisseur but also an enthusiast. Franziska Horn talked to him about design expertise in companies, the qualities of products that survive for longer than one season and non-existent mega trends.

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