Cologne, Germany

Born as a horse stable, the Brick Weave House in Chicago is all about transportation and transparency.

Ziln, located in the eastern portion of the Czech Republic, is a factory town designed by Corbusier apprentice Vladimir Karfik for the scions of the Bata Shoe Company. Models, photographs, film and plans are assembled for the exhibition, outlining the town's architectural development.

For the first time, the three German Bauhaus institutions are uniting to present a comprehensive exhibition about the Bauhaus, the influential school for art, design and architecture of the 20th century. The primary supporter of the exhibition, which honours the ninetieth anniversary of the foundation of the State Bauhaus in Weimar, is the national Kulturstiftung (Culture Foundation).

Heimtextil is the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles and the global benchmark for quality design textiles of innovative functionality. As the first trade fair of the year, Heimtextil is a platform for manufacturers, retailers and designers. The exhibition showing will be from January 9-12 2013 and will offer an in-depth view of influential developments in the area of home textiles. The current trend themes utilize four representative personalities and the promotional film can be found on the Heimtextil website.