What succession Vienna left for Secession ? From modernism in architecture and design at the turn of the 20th century to deconstructivism at its end, from the worldwide recognition of its "unique social housing system" to its 1st place at the Economist annual ranking of "the world’s most livable cities", no place in Europe better than Vienna oscillates between politic avantguardes and bourgeois heritage. During the Vienna Design Week The Europeans visit the former imperial city to see how designers still hold an influence over how we live together.