Our materials expert Sascha Peters brings you up to date on textile design in our cover story: from bags that store energy during the day in emerging countries to transform into lights after sunset, to high-tech fabrics currently used in furniture, fashion, and automotive design. Speaking of which, Lutz Fügener, Professor of Automotive Design in Pforzheim, reports on the most exciting models and show cars at the IAA, where manufacturers paid attention to sustainability for the first time this year. However, only when electric cars have a truly significant share of traffic will this have a positive impact on our climate.

A photograph by Thomas Demand was already on the cover of form 161 in 1998. In an interview, he tells us about his relationship with design.

November/ December 2009, Verlag form, 106 pages, 23 × 29.8 cm, softcover, edition in German/English