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French sculptor @Antoine-Dufilho trumps over the notion of cars as mere vehicles by crafting a fleet of seductive cars - for "Sequential" - an avant-garde exhibition of eight limited-edition collector's masterpieces at @MBF.MADgallery in Geneva. Check it out here…

Faces from the Great Crash of 1929 and its aftermath are haunting the 21st century. Wall Street brokers fleeing the trading floor in panic, or putting their cars on sale because they are suddenly broke, appear in old black-and-white photographs beside analyses of the current state of the markets composed by sombre authorities. Not only the collapse of confidence that shattered investors 82 years ago but the long years of misery that followed now seem to call out to us, to warn us, to show us a truth that is urgent and immediate. Can this really be so? Can that nightmare history be repeating itself?

In July 2010, Martin Joel Erzinger, a hedge fund manager for extremely wealthy investors at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, was driving his car near Vail, Colorado, when he hit a bicyclist from behind and then sped away. The Vail Daily reported that the victim, Steven Milo, suffered "spinal cord injuries, bleeding from his brain and damage to his knee and scapula," which left him facing multiple surgeries. The newspaper's account of the incident makes clear that Erzinger should have been prosecuted for this incident.

ADD Architecture designs the headquarters of Greek fashion brand "Devotion Twins" using the dynamic lights of fast-moving cars on Athens National Highway as a unique source of inspiration. Check out the full story here…