Editorial

DVN @ Munich 2025 brought more than 500 people—another new record—together to tell, show, listen, and learn about the latest vehicle lighting challenges. More competition, barriers formed by geopolitical turbulence,…

It is always grand to spend time talking, looking, and listening with automotive designers about their work—whether it be centred on whole-car design, lighting design, lighting technology, or a mix…

At DVN, we deliberately keep ourselves keenly aware of sustainability and its challenges. Reducing the carbon footprint of the vehicle lighting industry is front-and-centre as it becomes increasingly apparent that…

2025 certainly hit the ground running; a lot of things have happened all over the world. CES (we just published the report this week), Bharat Mobility Global Expo in India…

Lighting obviously supports ADAS, but where’s the boundary between the two? Is lighting actually an integral part of ADAS? Legacy automakers have separate departments for lighting and ADAS. Some lighting…

Seven years ago, in 2018, Hector organized a DVN Workshop in Munich with the theme of Digital Light. There were presentations from automakers and set makers showing and telling how…

Last week, DVN Interior’s Philippe Aumont and I visited CES in Las Vegas. The huge Las Vegas Convention Center is growing, and many construction areas hindered the already-slow car and…

I and the whole of the DVN team wish you a happy new year’s celebration into 2025 and a lot of good things for you, your company, lighting, and automotive…