Even the smallest designo equipment detail represents exceptional quality. A single glance or touch will tell you all you need to know. What is the secret behind this quality? To be perfectly honest, when it came to the selection and finish of designo materials, we looked over a few people's shoulders.

For example, we watched how experienced saddlers processed hand-picked leathers with painstaking care. Piano-makers demonstrated their ten-layer process for treating trim elements that achieves an unrivalled brilliance and depth. And we even took a leaf out of Leonardo da Vinci's book by using soft poplar.

Of course, designo does not make a Mona Lisa out of a Mercedes in this way – but we consider it a small work of art.