luigi kalani was a visionary and one of germany's most eccentric designers his career spanned over half a century and he created thousands of designs the very beginning it was clear that everything he touched became around. we live on a planet and it's round it. began his career in the 1950 s. designing cars made of plastic that material inspired all his future designs aerodynamics and ergonomics have always played an important role in his visual language. for decades i tried to get european coming to switch over to soft rounded functional and aerodynamic shapes i didn't succeed as many. but the all volunteer evolove 20th century international design kept barreling full speed ahead . kalani worked in japan the us france and switzerland as well as germany. everything he made his unmistakable signature. many of his ideas were too expensive to produce they exist only as prototypes displayed in exhibitions. to many people kalani designs were outlandish but his inventiveness clearly knew no limits in 2003 he even tackled the world of fashion designing uniforms for the hamburg police force. w

in fact about 70 percent of his ideas were never implemented but luigi kalani. never stop thinking outside the box. let's get your minder now of our top stories this hour voting is underway in israel's 2nd general election this year prime minister benjamin netanyahu faces a strong challenge from former army chief any god says running as a centrist. don't forget you can always get to the news only go download our op the little player in the apple store because you access to the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for breaking news you also use the app to send us photos and videos. up next we have a close up look investigate the impact of tire production on the world's rubber supply don't forget there's always a website it up dot com i'm dr thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being. i do see business with billions of euros time and much of the rubble used to make incomes come to thailand here because toil undershoot trying to take actions to starvation wages in extremely unhealthy conditions yet the german manufacturers l

in fact about 70 percent of his ideas were never implemented but luigi kalani never stopped thinking outside the box. this is the dublin news this is raw top stories the afghan taliban has launched more suicide bombings just a week after u.s. president trump called off peace talks with the jihad a school 24 people were killed in the 1st attack in one province when a bomb exploded near an election rally being addressed by afghan president ashraf ghani it was on a 2nd explosion in the capital kabul killed at least 22 people and wounded many more. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is fighting for political survival in his country's 2nd national election in 5 months mr netanyahu tried to form a government in april but failed to meet disagreement with ultra-orthodox parties this time he's facing a stiff challenge from a former army chief and he counts in a race that he said to be too close to call. on climate activists gretta turnbull has been presented with amnesty international's highest honor the ambassador of conscience award the human rights group said the swedish teenager ha