Innovative Technology and Elegant Form – Form and function have influenced each other in manifold ways. Steam engines were graced with classical columns. Locomotives doubled as streamlined beauties. And cars became trend-setting icons of style. All these inventions were created for a specific purpose. But to achieve acceptance and popularity, they needed an appealing design. The Technikmuseum (Museum of Technology) features many prime examples and fascinating stories of the interplay between form and function. Our favorite: the raindropshaped Rumpler Tropfenwagen.