BMW design. Portrait Karim Habib.
French and industrial engineer born in Paris; already as a boy of 12, he had his own studio in Belleville; also an inventor among its 120 patented inventions are table football - although the credit is challenged, bicycle lights and stainless steel bolts; a smart businessman - Rosengart allowed Citroën and Peugeot before and in 1927 he bought with another engineer Jules Salomon an old car factory in Neuilly, to construct its own car based on British Austin 7 called LR2; shortly after Rosengart was called to modernize BMW Dixi March 15 also based on Austin 7; the car was named BMW 3 15 Type DA2 German Deutsche Ausfьhrung 1929 there were bigger windows, changed radiator and more space inside the BMW slogan was bigger inside than outside; sedan, coupe, convertible and convertible roadster were produced.
Rosengart later went to produce its own development called LR4 Austin 7 and 1931, the French version of the German Adler cars; its built in 1938 Supertraction was a sports cabrio 2 doors with one kidney as the grille; Rosengart spent the war in the United States and its plant has not produced cars for the time after World War II, he returned to France and tried to launch a new small car - and Arlette 1947-1954 more modern break - Vivor 1950-1955; production at the Rosengart factory near Paris ended in 1955; Outside the car, it also produced yachts shipyards in Villefranche-sur-Mer, French Riviera Cфte; Rosengart died in Nice; Today, the city of Plerin in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany has a street named after him; in 1992, the Museum opened Rosenqart in Bedburg-Rath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, outside of cars he built and memorabilia museum has the original drawings in its collection by Rosenqart.
BMW Dixi March 15 final assembly speaker DA-2 BMW 3 15 to Berlin in 1929; Lucien Rosengart and Peugeot 181B mass produced car that was also a version of amphibian designed by Rosengart; 1928 Lucien Rosengart in 1932 - a portrait by Eduard Vuillard oil fragment al private hub Rosengart initials on a wheel on the car he was building Rosengart LR4 N2 from 1932, with the maximum speed of 80 km h but the brakes on the rear wheels Rosengart cars join the logo with a T LR 500 from 1934 built on a licensing model Adler Trumpf Jupiter, now in the collection of the Rosengart Museum, the story goes that produced this car because the woman he loved Austin described his release in September as a soap box -it is hard not to see the similarity was this car to pull Citro n Before Bertoni also from 1934; Renault Juvaqautre 49 Taxi by Lucien Rosengart 1948.
Never a BMW designer Paul Jaray wielded great influence on the BMW design 1930-ties; Hungarian born Jewish in Vienna as one of five children of Adolf Jaray, a trader in the family which originated in the then Hungarian town of Temesvбr Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Romania Timi oara, his grandfather Sigmund Jaray born Sigmund Jeitteles was a successful interior designer and furniture manufacturer in Vienna, his older brother Sandor sculptor; Paul Jaray was educated at Realschule in Vienna and after studying Maschinenbauschule he worked shortly for the aircraft manufacturer FLUGZEUGBAU Keller Wouwermans, Vienna and later at the Technical University in Prague, where he was attending the Professor Rudolf Dцrfl 1855-1938; Jaray first patents are from this period; He later worked as design chief engineer for the aircraft manufacturer Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen and from 1915 to Luftschiffbau Zeppelin; Jaray has invented a new building called J-rad bike with front wheel smaller and moved forward, after about 2000 J-rad were produced from 1922 to 1923, production had been interrupted because of severe accidents caused by braking more than other bike bicycle fork caused by cheaper but defective steel used some of the J-rad bikes are still in use - mostly in the Netherlands; after Jaray case permanently moved to Switzerland to open an office to 1923 Brunnen; in 1927, he founds the company Gesellschaft Stromlinien Karosserie who created many models for a streamlined body for car producers in place of all the big names; after World War II, he lectured at Technische Hochschule Eidgenцssische Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich died in St Gallen in Switzerland.
Jaray collaborated with Dixi in Eisenach, before the plant was taken over by BMW, it was there that he built his prototype someone aerodynamic car incorporating original ideas patented rationalization in 1922; most Jaray prototypes were built later by Alfred Rudolf Ley Ley Maschinenfabrik AG in Arnstadt Thuringia.
Hanis and peers - children Paul Jaray to one of his bikes J-Rad 1922 Dixi prototype 1923 with the body by Jaray built by Glдser in Dresden, the image of the book Horst Ihling, Cars aus Eisenach Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1999 drawing of Jaray 1922 patent's car Jaray built by Alfred Ley, ca 1925, and its patent drawings Paul Jaray during the presentation of the SW 35 Maybach in 1935, third from left, with a sheet of paper in hands.
German designer of Hungarian Jewish origin, born in Budapest from German father and Hungarian mother, Ganz has been active in the 1920's and 1930's and has had a significant contribution to the ideas of the time; he was hired by BMW in July 1931 as a consultant and participated in the creation of the first version called AM1 - Ausfьhrung BMW Mьnchen March 20, 1932.
Already in the 1920s Ganz had originated an idea of the cheap car in Germany and Maikдfer in German May Beetle he designed for Adler and another standard Superior called designed in 1931 for the standard owner Wilhelm Gutbrod like a prototype and was named to the 1934 Volkswagen ads; arrested by the Gestapo in May 1933 under the trump charges of tax fraud cases and released in June 1934, Ganz emigrated to Switzerland, he later lived in France since 1949 and Australia.
His ideas of the 1930's were developed by the Tatra cars and also by the Nazis in their population car project.
Ganz and Jaray to Maikдfer 1928 Photo comes from higher standard list in 1933 from 1934.
Modernism 1930 - 1944 building for the future, the creation of the BMW brand.
French designer born in Bordeaux, as a teenager, he made wooden models of existing cars and imaginary, educated in France University student Boulle 1950-1953 as a sculptor working in wood, BMW chief designer from 1970 to 1974.
Bracq began designing in 1953 first make designs for the House of bodybuilders Association in Paris, later worked with Citroлn under Philippe Charbonneaux; during his military service and then officially occupied by the Allies Germany France had its own zone of occupation and Bracque served as sergeant in the army, Bracq made the first contacts with Mercedes in 1957 and later became the head of advanced design studio Daimler-Benz in Sindelfingen; Bracq Mercedes 600 models designed 230SL Pagoda, Coupй 220S, 250, and 220D series W108 Mercedes influence the whole style for years to come, in 1961, he married a Russian-German woman - Alice; in 1967he returned with the family to France and was involved in the design of high-speed train TGV, at the same time, he designed a prototype sports car based on the BMW 1600ti and coupй based on the Simca 1100 .
1970 BMW was Bracq neighboring chief design and was responsible for all BMW models until 1974 BMW 520, BMW 2002 Turbo, BMW 3 Series Coupe E21 BMW 630; Bracq also designed so-called Turbo prototype car gull wing doors that preceded BMW M1 - the last car he designed for BMW just before the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
He returned to France in 1974 to work for Peugeot from 1974 to 1996; Bracq now retired lives with his wife in Bordeaux suburb Caudйran, his daughter Isabella is an artist, his son Boris an industrial designer; Bracq dealt with abstract painting and elegant car illustrations.
Bracq said about his time at BMW I could freely express my ideas about automotive style while respecting the BMW image seventy years.
Born in Garessio Piedmont, Giugiaro is noted for his folded paper style - the era in the design of the car, promoting simple straight lines he started.
Giugiaro worked first with Bertone and Ghia, later, to its own full name Italdesign p Italdesign-Giugiaro is Feb. 13, 1968 now led by his son Fabrizio, with offices in France and Spain; Giorgetto Giugiaro worked for BMW on several committees that 3200 CS Bertone still - M1 1961 and 1977 as well as the concept cars of the sports supercar with a BMW V12 engine called first as M12 BMW Nazca C2 1991 and 1992 a version with a modified V12 engine Alpina and BMW Nazca C2 Spider 1993.
Giugiaro designed for other companies - Alfasud selection cars for Alfa Romeo, Volkswagen Golf I Rabbit De Lorean DMC 12 stainless steel plated cars 3 cars, FSO, Renault 19, a motorcycle - Ducati 860 and Nikon F3 and D3 SLR cameras .
A drawing by Giorgetto Giugiaro Giugiaro Giugiaro De Lorean DMC 12 1975 1978 BMW M1.
Constructivism 1977 - 2000 Luthe and his supporters, the maturity of the BMW design language.
German designer born in Wuppertal, began his career as a small bus factory trainee Karosseriebauer Voll in Wьrzburg and continued to work there for nearly six years 1948-1954, as a young designer Luthe went to work for Fiat AG in Germany in 1954 and later worked as a designer at NSU, where he created historical Ro80 model designed in 1964, launched in 1967 powered by the Wankel rotary engine; Luthe also designed NSU K70 produced later with modifications by Volkswagen and Audi 50, which was then for several years mass produced by Volkswagen Polo as I.
Claus Luthe was invited by BMW Hofmeister, BMW became the chief designer of April 1976, he oversaw the creation of all fantastic BMW cars 1980s as E30, E31, E32, E34 and E36 and the basic style of E38 and E39; Luthe managed to continue what Hofmeister began - to draw the BMW design in modern times not to lose the individuality of the brand; his style was postmodernist, he said when commenting E30 3-Series To maintain our tradition, we must not output designs, the important thing is the continuity is essential that we build an enduring image of what BMW is and not to be swayed by ever-changing fashion trends.
Classic cars will surprise with their simplicity and modern thought E30 3 series with the facelift in 1990, E 31 series 8 series E32 E34 7 and in particular 5 Series quarter-century after the introduction in 1988, designed by Spada in Luthe built up to 1996 are conventional; cars manufactured in Luthe clearly belonged to a BMW car family.
Luthe withdrew work to BMW in spring 1990 after the family tragedy, but his thinking continued the member of the Board Wolfgang Rietzle oversaw the BMW design along the lines of the design master, 5 Series E39 designed by Nagashima 1996 remains one of the best BMW models ever.
Psychologically unable to return to work, Luthe used to BMW in 1992 as an external consultant He died in 2008 in Munich and was buried on the cemetery Westfriedhof.
Luthe said in one of his interviews People do not see a good design.
Claus Luthe to models of its cars at different times of his life - first three images NSU Luthe is right on the first photo, the model Prinz NSU Sport Coupe 1958 with R80 1964 and finally to BMW with the E32 7 Series .
German designer born in Baldham, worked to mid 1970's to the Formula 2 team of Wilbert Willi Kauhsen, for whom he designed a prototype of the car of the wing of the race looking like Lotus 79 in 1978 with an idea to race in Formula 1, but the car's performance has been poor, collaboration collapsed and Kapitza went to work for Ford in Cologne, where he collaborated with Ford Capri III, Escort and Sierra.
In early 1984 Kapitza was recruited by Luthe BMW; he became head of the Exterior III studio, he signed one of the most important cars of the BMW history - E31 8 series 1989; BMW wheels, he designed, as well as U-shaped turning bars technical solutions for a convertible have been patented in the United States; Kapitza led for a while BMW Forschung und Technik design studio, created in 1985 the laboratory to point to new directions in the design of the car; Kapitza led the development of Z-13 showed 1993 personal car - a small three-seater powered by a central four-cylinder engine derived from motorcycle with 1100 cc and 85 hp This car project, which has been for years in secret developed by BMW, was never produced illustration.
Kapitza then worked at Porsche; At present, he lives in Germany and works as an independent consultant who also advises BMW, he was a member of the jury to select the best designers to design dept BMW in 2002; Kapitza in 2009 published a book on the Alfa Romeo cars and Die Alfisti Verlages Brьder Hollinek Purkersdorf, ISBN 978-3-85119-318-3, where hardcover edition is only 999 and each book is signed by Kapitza, recently also illustrated calendar with the text of 13 legendary Alfa Romeo cars illustration.
Legendary Italian designer born in Busto Arsizio, a small town Valese, 25 km north of Milan; studied at Istituto Technico Industriale Feltrinelli in Milan 1956-1960; Spada began working for Zagato, 1960 in Milan, where he became the head designer and made several models for Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Lancia Fulvia among others, Rover, Volvo and Ford.
Ercole Spada became Chief Designer Claus Luthe BMW in 1976-1983; working closely with Luthe, Ercole Spada designed two cars which until today feel modern BMW E32 7 Series and BMW 5 Series E34 - the car which, for the first time after World War II established BMW as Mercedes strong competitor.
In 1983 Spada returned to Italy to lead the IDEA Institute and design for the Fiat concern among other Fiat Tipo models in 1988 Ferrari Testarossa FZ 93; currently Ercole Spada leads his own design company established with his son Paolo Spada, a young Polish designer Wojtek Soko owski and Domitien Boschi - called Spada Concept, based in Moncalieri near Turin.
Lancia Flavia Zagato - a drawing Era 1962 BMW 5 series E34 Plans Spada - a car produced from 1988.
German BMW stylist, worked with Hofmeister and collaborated on his BMW 2000 coupe C and CS; Rennen has been under Luthe boss of the BMW Exterior II Studio in the middle of the seventy years, he worked on BMW E114 RS Cabrio prototype 1968 worked co with Michelotti and Bertram in 2002 on tour in 1971, worked with Gandini on BMW E12 - first generation 5 series BMW E24 1972 and 1975 first series 6; Later, he worked with Claus Luthe BMW E28, E30, E32.
Manfred Rennen - a design for BMW Hofmeister 2000 C Rennen a drawing for BMW E3 2500 a design for BMW 1600 RS Cabrio Targa - as a prototype small car design by Rennen could have been a prototype BMW 1 Series, 1975.
A Dutch designer bravado born in The Hague as Harm Lagaaij, studied at Delft University of Technology and began his career with Olyslager Soest Netherlands in 1971 at the age of 25 was already with Porsche where he designed Porsche 924, later he worked as designer head for Ford in Cologne from 1977 to 1985 and from 1985 to 1989 for BMW.
Lagaay was behind the design of the BMW Z1 designed from 1985 to 1986, a small experimental Z roadster which was taken from German Zukunft for the future, the body presented for the first time in 1987 and produced between 1989 to 1991; Z-1 has an aerodynamic design, the removable body panels with an idea of simple color change of the entire car, the side panels of plastic material, which open electric door by sliding down into the body of the car; Z1 development led BMW to several patents; However, despite an initial enthusiasm and speculative buying, the car was low power and did not sell - only 8000 cars were made.
Lagaay - a sports car enthusiast driver himself, returned to Porsche in 1989 after Urlich Bez, director of BMW M-Technik GmbH, who led the Z-1 project, he moved too; Lagaay led Dept Porsche in Weissach style - he designed three consecutive versions of their 911 model, working continuously on its design and Porsche Carrera GT, 966, Cayenne and Boxter; early in his career designer, he still took part in his free time in car racing as a driver, his drawings were admired but were also subject to the petty criticisms - the headlights he designed to Porsche were called in Germany spiegelei or fried egg; he retired in summer 2004 after 15 years with Porsche claiming to have fulfilled the mission of his life.
Z1 plastic body panels Harm Lagaay photographed by a German photographer Michel Lange.
An Austrian educated at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Akademie der Bildenden Kьnste - one of the oldest world of art academies, which fifty years before Adolf Hitler was denied access due to lack of talent in two occasions in 1907 and 1908 Boyer was admitted and after studies at the Ford designer career in Cologne and in 1978 was recruited by Claus Luthe BMW to lead one of the exterior design studios.
Boyer went to the design for the series and 7-series E38 BMW E36 3 and led one of BMW design studios; he worked with BMW until the years of the Bangle era as head of Exterior Design 2002-2007; there were 28 patents filed by BMW under his name to the end of 1970 ties 1990-ties and until 2005 as a design for the front of the car or the design of the wheel; now retired.
Boyer said: There is no one language that can express what we are trying to do, so we do our own language after city Fast Company 2002.
Deconstructivism Bangle era 2001 - 2010, cars that art, the emphasis on emotion, seeking to catch.
An American designer who was the most influential figure in the BMW design of the last twenty years.
Christopher Edward Bangle was born in Ravenna, Ohio; raised in Wisconsin, he attended West High School Wassau 1972-1975 and the University of Wisconsin, 1975-1977 Liberal Arts Studies, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA BS with Honors and Master in Industrial Design 1977-1981 ; during his studies, he worked as an assistant designer at Hartkopf Associates 1978-1981.
After Bangle studies first worked at Opel in Germany 1981-1985 and Fiat became in January 1992, the director of Fiat Style Center - a leading design centers in Turin; he participated in the design of Fiat and Alfa Romeo 145 Coupe.
Bangle BMW became responsible for design development in October 1992 after a difficult period after starting shot Claus Luthe, Bangle became head of Designworks 1996 to 2001 - American design affiliate bought by BMW designer American veteran Charles Chuck W Pelly 1996; Bangle was allowed to look for new design ideas for the BMW - he called Deep Blue Project; under one young designers staying in a house in Malibu beachfront were invited to start using again their emotions while not taking into account technical ramifications.
Bangle was general manager 2007-2009 BMW design; he was responsible for the design of the BMW E81 E82 E87 E88, E90 E91 E92 E93, E60 E61 E63 E64 E65 E66 and E53; Bangle has talked itself an expression of power in the BMW car and signature design elements in the body of the car; his ideas were called deconstructivist in a sense that his drawings have moved away from the material form of the traditional function equasion; He also spoke of flames surfaces of the body of the car to talk about the first Z4 in 2002 which means simpler surfaces of the car body connections using new technologies in the production by pressing the panel.
Bangle has proposed very different BMW models - led to different customers range of BMW models offers intentionally different cars; Bangle loved cause the client with unconventional style of classic cars often looked cheaper than their real price, they stunned the retail novelty, the provocative use of new materials, but often obviously economic; Luxury Bangle not interested - it was after the adventure; Bangle renewed BMW design - very exciting, sometimes controversial; Bangle oversaw cars were often hated because of their design, but are sold very well.
Each prototype designed during the Bangle was a design statement with consequences for the future of BMW design.
The so-called end Я Bangle - an aggressive form back from the E65 7 Series, in fact, designed by van Hooydonk was attributed to Bangle, as he is not afraid to move the BMW style in this sensitive aerodynamically direction.
Gifted and speaker seller reputation of its ideas, Bangle worked closely with Adrian van Hooydonk who succeeded him at BMW; after the departure of BMW, Chris Bangle created his own Italian design studio Я see drawing Bangle on the site of his studio at his home in Clavesana, Cuneo in the Piedmont region, 70 km south of Turin; Bangle is currently Samsung designer responsible for their laptops and smart phones; among its new models there is a bottle of Hennessy cognac famous; Bangle has recently published a work of fiction Я Peter Teufel A Tale of Car Design in 3 parts August 29, 2012 BOOK s Bangle was the position 380,144 on the list of best sellers on Amazon Kindle store paid.
Bangle said in one of his cars are art lectures, cars are what we are.
Statement on its website created for young designers said design equals direction.
A flamboyant Danish designer with an obvious taste for luxury, studied at the Art Center College of Design Europe, Vevey, Switzerland 1989 designer with BMW in Munich from 1989 to 2000, President of DesignworksUSA in California in January 2000 - September 2001; Fisker designed the BMW Z8, worked on X5, later he continued to design for Aston Martin; Fisker now heads his own coach building company Fisker Coachbuild LLC in Irvine, California, USA.
Fisker has received loan of 500 m from the US government in September 2009 to produce electric cars and 2011 hybrid Fisker Karma super car produced in Finland went on sale with 3000 cars sold in advance but not yet done and first car delivered to actor Leonardo di Caprio the price of the basic model Fisker Karma is 96,895 2012 model, but the buyer will get 7500 federal tax refund from the US government.
Henrik Fisker of the autograph of a drawing by Fisker - Fisker Coachbuild LLC picture.
Master American designer born in Morocco, went to high school in Madrid, Spain graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, USA.
BMW 1991-2002, Stephenson wrote the new R50 Mini One and Mini Cooper led the team that developed the E50 car in Munich parallel development in England by the Rover team was abandoned in 1995; Stephenson also co-wrote the first X5 E53 2000 and Mini 2001.
Stephenson moved to Ferrari Maserati in 2002 in Italy, where he designed Ferrari F430, Maserati MC12, led by Pininfarina Maserati Quattroporte and Ferrari 612 Scaglietti; Later, the head of Fiat and Lancia Fiat Style Center in Turin in 2005 Stephenson oversaw the creation of the Fiat 500 Nueva designed by Roberto Giolito, and from 2007 he worked at Alfa Romeo in Milan, where he led the MiTo creation, designed by Juan Manuel Diaz 2008, the car's name comes from the names of two cities - Milan and Turin - Torino.
April 2008 Stephenson is the Design Director McLaren Automotive in Guildford, England; according to the press release by the manufacturer Tag Heuer Stephenson designed his MP4-12C Chronograph 2011.
Frank Stevenson can be followed on Twitter with emotional design page.
Italian car designer who first worked for Pininfarina, where he designed Honda Argento Vivo - a sports car prototype 1995 and Peugeot 406 coupe, 1996.
Arcangeli later went to BMW, where he designed E60 E61 fifth generation 5 series; the car has been the subject of much criticism, not only because of the separation of the volume of the main body after Bangle, but also because of the whole front, much lower than usual at the time, with strange non-BMW headlights reminiscent Arcangeli Peugeot past and iDrive Controller on the center console inside, which seemed impractical and has been the usual silly jokes by the popular BBC car program, but was taken subsequently by all other major car brands including Audi and Mercedes; what was really important was the fact that the car is sold outselling competitors and become the segment leader in the US, over Mercedes E-Class and Toyota Camry.
Davide Arcangeli died in November 2004 of leukemia.
Two body of your Honda Argento Vivo, spider designed by Pininfarina for Davide Arcangeli, with parts in unpainted aluminum but polished - 1995 406 Peugot coupй - a fifth generation design Arcangeli of the BMW 5 series.
American designer, grew up in Pasadena, studied at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California Bachelor of Transportation Sciences Design -1989, Chapman began working as a designer at Isuzu; the UX-1 was voted best concept at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1993; the following year, he joined BMW Designworks USA.
D uring his time at BMW both at Designworks USA and BMW in Germany 1994 - 2011 with two years in Munich, Chapman was responsible for the X5, the concept X Coupe, 1-series E87, the concept CS1, cut 1 Series, X5 , X3 and Z4.
C hapman last position at Designworks USA was design director of transport; at the end of 2011, Chris Chapman left to become BMW since January 3, 2012 Hyundai Design manager, based in the Design Center of the company in Irvine, California; press articles reporting that Chris Bangle was invited to hold the position, but its financial requirements September 8 million per year were too high for Hyundai.
German automotive interior architect studied at the Hochschule für Gestaltung HfG - Academy of Art and Design in Offenbach am Main, Hessen and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California; since 2002 with BMW Designworks in the Los Angeles area, first as a product designer, and since 2006, a car inside designated r now with Tesla Motors Palo Alto, California, in their satellite office in Los Angeles.
Arnaout designed asymmetrically within the second generation BMW Z4 and E89 within the Concept CS.
In October 2010 BMW Designworks Arnaout left to work as an interior designer at Tesla Motors in advance Franz von Holzhausen, while the electric car company went to work with one of the biggest competitors BMW - Toyota.
A modeling design by Nadya Arnaout Arnaout Z4 door panel.
car designer from Korea, studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA SB 2004 and California College of Art BA, 2003 in San Francisco, he began his career with Volkswagen designer in Europe in 2002, Volkswagen and Audi in America in 2003 and later from 2003 to 2004 with Nissan - 1 year; since January 2005 with Designworks in California as Senior Car designer; Kim also teaches Art Center College of Design in 2006.
Kim has designed the BMW Hydrogen car concept Powered Salt Flat Racer - a built race car reusing ordinary materials like oil drums used and old barbecue lids as the main construction material of the car's chassis and wheels; Kim designed the body of the new BMW X-1.
Richard Kim is July 2012 Senior Lead Designer at GM Advanced Design in Los Angeles.
Richard Kim dessin final thesis of Art Center College of Design 2004 Classic BMW s designed by Kim Kim working on the BMW X1 X1 drawing by Kim.
Neoclassicism, from 2011 back to the existing BMW design language.
Dutch designer born in Echt Netherlands Adrian van Hooijdonk, he went to school and Lyceum also in Echt - a small municipality in the province of Limburg predominantly Catholic tight Netherlands between Germany and Belgium; studied at Delft University of Technology degree in 1988, when nearly 20 years ago Harm Lagaay studied and after two years of work has continued his studies at the renowned College does exist more Art Center of Design Europe, Vevey, Switzerland 1989-1990; first career for a year 1988-1989 freelance designer and product designer with GE Plastics Europe in Bergen op Zoom 1989-1990; According to automotive design studies in Vevey - since 1992 with BMW in Munich as exterior designer of the automobile; Designworks since 2000 with the United States as head of Automotive Exterior Design department and since 2001 as President of Designworks US.
Responsible among others for the Z9 Gran Turismo prototype wing gull, BMW 6 Series E63 E64 and E65 7 Series.
In its design Z9 GT 1999 van Hooydonk introduced the idea of sculptural design, which for more than a decade has influenced the BMW body style; the Z9 concept also has several future solutions of BMW cars come as flat almost symbolic grille, long hood, aggressive but short rear, more carved on the trunk serving as a rear wing end later called Bangle.
Van Hooydonk led Designworks Seven from 2001 to 2004, during his time, he wrote a number of different designs, including designs for Emeco chairs - chair producer of iconic American aluminum.
Van Hooydonk has worked closely with Chris Bangle, is co-author of the radical design policy of the development of new BMW cars at the beginning of 21c, it became BMW head of design of the 2004 car and Feb. 2009 after Chris Bangle's departure, he became design director, BMW Group in 2011, BMW's vice president.
Van Hooydonk design policy to put an emphasis on the quality of external forms traditionally understated interiors are complemented by valuable with repeated design features in different BMW models all BMW cars belong again to the same family.
chair designs for Emeco drawings by van Hooydonk in BMW Z9 GT and the concept car from 1999 to the BMW Museum in Munich last photo Adrian van Hooydonk and the first project under its BMW EfficientDynamics concept car Vision advance.
Canadian designer born in Beirut, Lebanon; in 1982 as a boy Karim Antoine Habib went to primary school in Iran, France and Greece before moving to Montreal, Canada; where he finished Stanislaus College in 1988 and later studied mechanical engineering at McGill University; with the school he went to study automotive design first at McGill and the non-existent today Art Center College of Design Europe in La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland, in 1994, studied at Art Center College of design in Pasadena, CA - BS i design Transport 1997; directly after graduation, he went to work for BMW Designworks first to i n CA, and 1998 in Munich.
His first project at BMW was inside the 5 Series E60; until March 2009 Habib was the team leader in advanced design for BMW in Munich, where he designed the body for the last BMW 7 Series F01.
Outside the F01 7 Series Habib designed the CS Concept car presented in Shanghai in 2007.
Habib left BMW in March 2009 to work for Mercedes in Stuttgart as head of advanced design; in one year, he made his mark there with studies of Mercedes F700 and presented in Geneva in 2010 BMW as Mercedes F800 concept future style with sliding rear doors along the body of the car and no pillar between the front and rear doors.
However only 2 years later, on 1 March 2011, Habib returned to BMW to become the head of the BMW Exterior Design in Munich - he was quoted in the BMW press release as excited to return press comments ome has Mercedes suggested that his stay could have been a kind of mission - spying or just in front of a step towards the exchange of ideas between Mercedes and BMW.
The June 1, 2012 Karim Habib became the design director at BMW as vice president Adrian van Hooydonk of the company.
Karim Habib and his drawings Mercedes F800 Concept Style - a project clearly in mind as BMW, for sporty drivers, not selling more taxi; while certainly convenient - sliding doors were used for decades in delivery vans, now used in the Mercedes cabin would send most of the taxi drivers to mental institutions to heal.
The Belgian designer studies in Switzerland and the United States in the Art Center College of Design 1996-2000, since August 2000 with BMW, currently a senior designer with BMW in Munich, Leclercq co-designed BMW X5 E70 and designed body E71 E72 X6; he said about his design X6 that was established with emotion and executed rationally; in one of his television interviews that he hoped to be able to afford to drive X6 someday.
Leclercq working on a picture clay model BMW X6.
The French designer born as Nicholas Huet and educated at traditional Lycйe Descartes 1983-1987 Tours and the University of Strasbourg, now an outside senior designer with BMW in Munich.
Nico Huet has designed the new BMW 1 - series F20; in our opinion, he left the neo-classicist designs in recent years BMW car looks sporty, simple, a bit rough and while some people criticize - we just like that.
American designer born as Erik Kristopher Goplen in Eugene, Oregon; grew up in Los Angeles, as the son of an architect and a piano teacher, he designed his first car at the age of 8, he went to Birmingham High School in California from 1980 to 1984 in engineering then studied at California State University Northridge Cal State Northridge 1984-1989; Goplen clerked at Designworks student as almost 20 years.
Goplen began his career in January 1987 to designer Superior Industries International - one of the world's largest suppliers of cast aluminum wheels and wrought for cars as BMW, movement already in June 1987 and then owned by Charles Pelly Designworks; he was with BMW in Munich 1996-2008; Goplen works as creative director at Designworks Newbury Park, California.
Goplen designed the BMW 3 Series E46, contributed to the design of the Z4 and designed the 2002-2004 second generation BMW X3 F25 2011, the car that reminds the X5 rear; it is also the first BMW to feature when the new models zicke line is not going right, but drops dramatically, although we have doubts about the design of the front and the line of lights that we really like this car.
said Goplen; I usually start by hand, small point, then this aspect, the scanner, do it in Photoshop, doing computer modeling around myself vaguely, but generally overlooks modelers Then, as soon as possible, get in a clay model of a scale model I really like city after Gotryke.
Goplen is an avid collector of classic car - it has 1969 De Tomaso Mangusta.
A drawing by Eric Goplen BMW X3 F25 2011 Goplen Bimmer is the picture today.
Head of the Division Exterior Design BMW M GmbH.
Karl John Elmitt designed the coupe version of the E92 M3 car work with Hans-Bruno Starke; Elmitt holds several US patents for the surface configuration of a car or its registered by BMW with its name.
Elmitt said about the M3 he designed t We could build cars as brutal as the old M3s today.
exterior designer of the new BMW Active Tourer Concept family car.
Young British designer Michael Bono is named after the famous contemporary physician, author and thinker Malta U2 singer Bono is not a real name, Michael Bono studied at the Transport Department To sign Coventry University degree 2003, his work degree, he conceived the rolls-Royce convertible two places where the traditional roll calender when the vehicle is driven rearward rocking to an angle position to reduce drag and fold to close the passenger compartment when the vehicle is parked seats of the cab; after Bono studies went to work for Rolls Royce and BMW design studio.
Bono is currently based in Munich, where he worked under Karim Habib.
Sketches De Bono for the BMW Active Tourer Concept-not, it is not only Honda Civic, it is a Bimmer Michael Bono work.
German designer BMW Z3 Coupe and M Roadster parked; Mini was principal designer for Mini Paceman, he recently designed the concept car Mini Coupй; Syring's designs have been patented by BMW.
Currently Marcus Syring is head of exterior design at BMW Mini.
Giles Taylor grew up in Coventry and attended the University of Coventry Automotive Design MA 1986-1990 and Royal College of Art in London 1990-1992; after graduation, he worked as exterior designer at PSA Peugeot 1992-1997, was head of exterior design and the head of design at Jaguar, now owned by Tata of India.
Rolls Royce led by chef departure of Ian Cameron design, was an example of a surprising reversal in every way - it really is the dream cars, which also sold very well - the same can be little said about the Jaguars the last decade; Press pointed out that by appointing Taylor, Rolls Royce maintains British-ness of the brand.
Ian Cameron said about Giles Taylor has a deep knowledge of emotive brands in the luxury segment and a proven track; Giles Taylor, who is credited with the design of the new Jaguar XJ sedan, said in one of his interviews There should be a visual purity effortlessly with new Jaguar design, born of an understanding of the functional and technical aspects of the vehicle, be it sports or living room.
Giles Cameron become the new Rolls Royce head of design from April 1st, 2011 replacing Ian Cameron.
decorative designs Giles Giles Taylor and Taylor himself.
BMW in Munich German designer, co-designed coupe E92 E93 E82 E88 3 Series cabrio, coupe designed 1 Series cabrio; his drawings with Peter Gabath for front and rear bumpers have been patented by BMW.
Currently Marc Michael Markefka works as a project manager at Rolls Royce.
German designer Friedrich Schelling studies Grund und Hauptschule mit Werkrealschule Besigheim 1981-1985, Realschule, Besigheim 1985-1991, Robert-Franck-Schule Ludwigsburg 1991-1994, the University of Applied Sciences in Pforzheim design, technology and business Masters 2001 2004.
Thurner worked for Rolls Royce; he designed the new baby Rolls 200EX - a smaller car Rolls Royce changed based on the platform 7-series, called Rolls Royce Ghost 2010; its much repeated quote about this car is that it seems not natural style.
A great designers BMW DesignWorks studio Addition.
German designer who came to BMW in 1998 Frog Design; Schaffer studied at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich Fachhochschule and FHM, industrial design degree, 1987-1992, after graduation, he worked as a freelance designer at Frog Design GmbH; Schaffer later worked in their studio in San Francisco, he led the BMW Designworks studio Munich 2000-2009 and was for a time in charge of the BMW Lifestyle Collection 2003 to 2006.
The December 1, 2009 Laurenz Schaffer became president of Designworks Designworks studio in California taking over Verena C Kloos who left for the BMW Munich design studio.
German designer from an aristocratic family name Silesian - Nikolaus Graf von Saurma-Jeltsch with an established name in the world of the German automobile, educated at the Technische Universitдt master Berlin 1993 Art Center in Switzerland, graduated with honors - art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA SB 1995; since August 1995 Designworks USA in Newbury Park, since 1997 the new BMW Designworks Studio Munich; He created and directed the studio BMW Designworks Singapore from 2006 to 2008.
Niko Saurma became December 1, 2009, the director of the Munich studio Designworks, USA.
Swedish born designer, as the son of the IBM Executive Aspegren spent his youth in several countries in Europe and the United States; trained as an architect, Aspegren worked as a Concept Designer for NBBJ architects; Later, as director of development for textile products AABE the Netherlands; Later, as a project manager at Teagu he worked on the visual brand identities of commercial aircraft for over 20 airlines including Air France worldwide, Scandinavian Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Asiana and Ansett Worldwide between others, as well as domestic business aircraft; Since 2005 Aspegren was creative director at BMW Designworks in Los Angeles, he created interior designs for jet Boeing and Embraer Legacy 500 in 2007; 2009 - 2012 Director of Singapore Designworks studio; the studio moved in the spring of 2012 in Shanghai, China Magnussen now heads the Studio Designowrks Shanghai.
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