The Maniera Moderna exhibition of Carla Mollino at Haus der Kunst in München was a must-see event of the last season.

We were there, made some photos and took some print materials from the show to enrich our knowledge about the Italian master.

Some time ago we have visited paradise of the classic cars. Klassikstadt in Frankfurt am Main is a wonderful place for every classic cars lover.

Renovated old factory houses in its three floors hundreds of classic cars from old Mini Coopers to unique Mercedes, Jaguars and others vintage jewels. Klassikstadt is a gallery, store as well as service for clients, collectors and platform for organizing events or competitions. In its space, the cars stand next to the small renovating workshops, bars, offices or restaurants. It is lively and friendly space when you can walk around and explore fantastic vintage cars. We fell in love with the wonderful Citroën SM (1970) primarily which is a great example of the futuristic concepts in the car design of the 1970s. More on pictures!

So here is last chapter in our short series from Frankfurt art and design ateliers. This time we take a closer look into the workshop and studio of Tobias Rehberger.

One of the most successful contemporary artist Tobias Rehberger works in the various disciplines of fine arts. He creates sculptures, design objects and interiors as well as architecture and installations. Everything in his signature dramatic expressionist and very colorful style.

We have visited his studio in the center of the city, when artist finished his last piece commissioned for Art Miami Basel held two weeks ago. The studio becomes very photogenic and visually rich environment itself. Books, iconic design objects, materials, drawings, models or components for his own sculptures create together natural working gesamtkunstwerk signed by the famous brand Tobias Rehberger.

In Frankfurt am Main we visited young designer Hanna Ernsting as well. At this moment she is working at her home in the quiet residential district close to the centre of the city.

Hanna Ernsting surprised design world this year when she won second prize at IMM Cologne D3 Design Contest with her Moody Coach. Special conceptual seating which is more free domestic sculpture than traditional sofa plays with problematic of the comfort and variable function. Made out of hidden structure and large textile cover which you can use in the different ways, the Moody offers several possibilities of seating and relaxing. You can sleep, you can sit on, hide in it or use it as a carpet almost, the textile cover is the amorphous object for the domestic well-being.

In Hanna`s apartment we saw new object of the Moody series as well. Her Moody bag is the smaller variation on the same theme. Green textile can cover any chair or armchair and can create organic and comfortable seating.

In the great atmosphere of the meeting in the apartment/studio we discovered conceptual comfort of Hanna Ernsting and good feeling of the domesticity which is seen in her work. Vitra pieces or some another icons of modern design finally complete very natural atmosphere of the Hanna`s home.

In Frankfurt am Main, we visited three ateliers of three artists and designers. First of them we present here workshop of Kai Linke, young explorer of the new angles of the product design.

Kai stands behind several very interesting furniture projects based on exploring new possibilities in construction, materials and concepts of design itself.

His Blasted series includes wooden pieces with the special relief decorations. Roots project incorporates live nature into the design process. Linke planted plants into the pots in the shape of chair. "Roots of plants have been directed to fill out a form on different nutrient mediums over a period of time. After filling out the form completely, similar to a flower in a too small pot, it is then removed and a root shaped like a table or a chair is left", he says.

All these experiments he does in his atelier shared with his friends artists.

Tomorrow we will launch our next issue of OKOLO magazine called Vienna Only. Series of articles presents our original view on the best things, people and ideas from the city of Vienna.

One of the article is also on the cult place of the world photographic culture, Leica Shop and Westlicht museum and auction in Vienna. And because we visited Leica Shop in München last week as well, here is the short photographic essay from the German shop.

Tomorrow you can look forward on the Viennese one. Where? In our Vienna Only issue launched at Nová Scéna in Prague.

It is long time ago, when we were with our friends in Bern, Switzerland and visited this amazing brutalist complex by legendary architectural practice Atelier 5.

Called Brunnadern, the housing estate is located on Brunnadernstrasse in a quiet residential district of Bern. The project is one of the celebrated brutalist works by Swiss architectural practice Atelier 5 which was founded by Erwin Fritz, Samuel Gerber, Rolf Hesterberg, Hans Hostettler und Alfredo Pini in 1955 in the context of modern postwar architecture and influenced by the late modernist work of Le Corbusier especially. Working with the rough concrete, the Atelier 5 work is an example of the pioneering Swiss purity and austerity in an architecture language.

We visited Brunnadern complex early morning in the beautiful sun which highlighted all the lines and nice structures of these four free-standing articulated blocks which form a closed urban housing estate. However architects worked mainly in rough concrete, they created beautiful living environment which is now hidden in the greenery. Gardens are everywhere. From balconies, to the roof, to the courtyard. In the architectural form we can see many original interpretations of the classic features of the international modernist architecture. Windows, window boxes, doors, terrace details, shutters and blinds, “brise soeil” elements, spiral stairs lead to nowhere are only few beautifully designed details.

After almost 40 years in the life, the estate is still very lively and actual. With its fresh greenery, maybe more than never else.

Růžena Žertová`s lightning design was the highlight of our exhibition at Lodz Design Festival. A lot of about her work you can read in one of our previous articles. Now we have here short report from her home and studio in Brno, where she showed us how to repair one of her unique table lamps.

Our friend Jakub Berdych is preparing his own exhibition which I co-curate. Some days ago we have visited his studio to look what about is it.

Called "From this year`s end of the year", the show in the DOX by Qubus store in the DOX art center in Praha Holešovice opens 3 November 2011. On the display will be the latest glass works by Jakub. Inspired by everything from comics and history of art to his own older creations, the collection of black glass is poetic and brutal, artistic yet useful.

Come to DOX see more!

During our Lodz trip we visited party in the studio of the famous Polish designer Tomek Rygalik.

Working for DuPont/Corian, Moroso, Artek, Iker, Noti, ABR, Heal's, Ideal Standard, Pfleiderer, BOZAR and EU presidency or Comforty, the Polish designer Tomek Rygalik is one of the busiest in the central Europe.

At The Lodz Design Festival he organized party in his small studio. Half party and half funny performance, the evening was full of surprises. Drinks serving from the special wooden lift, onion soup in the big pot, hummus on the special designed wall and the old bicycle hanging from the ceiling which you could use for the "air rideů, were really interesting party components.