A Mercedes-Benz must always look like a real Mercedes-Benz. Discover the unmistakable stylistic elements of a Mercedes-Benz. The designers are constantly faced with the challenge of creating a vehicle which credibly carries the history of the brand into the future.

Vintage aesthetics, rock’n´roll and a portion of humor are the trademarks of Julien Hallard’s short films. For his most recent film „Cheveu “, the Jim Morrison look-alike follows a Vincent Gallo fan who finally meets his idol, makes a drama comedy about a young man, who is losing his hair and shows a crazy day in a record store. Julien started directing in NYC, with no previous experience he just decided to shoot his friends and got drawn into the pure form of independent filmmaking. When looking for the perfect DVD cover for his short film “Vinyl”, he asked his friend, the Parisian artist Artus de Lavilléon, to draw the scenery. Artus’ art is fun and when you meet him you realize it is more about him and his warm personality, than a certain style. Working for commercial brands to remain independent from the rules of the contemporary art scene, Artus has managed to create himself his own niche and has often been given carte blanche for his artistic work. He plays with words, creates big drawings from movie scenes, turns his small Parisian room into an oeuvre d’art and remains humble and down to earth. With his manifest of ‘art posthume’, he is constantly opening new doors for seeing art, without expecting to be famous just yet.

Exterior designer Mark Fetherston and interior designer Jan Kaul show us where their inspiration came from for the Concept A-CLASS and what makes it so special.

In 2003, on a day off from his nine to five job as a dispensing optician, Olu Michael Odukoya started a magazine that is as bold, big and beautiful as the mountain it is named after: Kilimanjaro. Ignoring all advice on how to make a print magazine, Olu simply followed his own vision. Bi-annually, he publishes editorial experiments and his view on visual culture on loose poster-sized sheets that are folded and kept in a box. Avant-garde thinking is the key to his success and a trait he appreciates about Artwords bookshop owner Ben Hillwood-Harris, who he introduced to us. After a great day in Shoreditch, London at the Kilimanjaro office and Artwords Bookshop, we weren’t sure anymore if Olu introduced Ben or if it was the other way around.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 2011 begins in Berlin on the 6th of July. Click here to see the designer’s final preparations before the start of the event.

Paper in the interior of a Mercedes-Benz? For Francesca Sangalli this is conceivable. She visited the Milan Design Week 2011 with her colleague Chiara Pleterski. The two interior designers from Como, Italy try to anticipate trends and to seek them out. Therefore, they are also there when hundreds of international designers present their work in Milan.

Car designers should attract attention with their designs. With the Concept A-CLASS this is done effortlessly. Mark Fetherston, the team leader of the exterior design of new concept cars, invites you to an exclusive sneak peak, and explains why you will fall head over heels for the Concept A-CLASS.

Concept A-CLASS — the pulse of a new generation.

No matter how you define style: The new C-Class Coupé has it. The following pictures prove this… Find out more at: www.mercedes-benz.com/c-coupe

Flowing lines, sporty design and a car that drives just like it looks: The new C-Class Coupe offers sheer dynamism! Find out more at: www.mercedes-benz.com/c-coupe.