Bentley on Tuesday named Andreas Mindt as its new design chief. Mindt is currently head of exterior design at fellow Volkswagen Group brand Audi and starts his new role on March 1. He replaces Stefan Sielaff, himself an ex-Audi designer,…
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Buy these sketches from McLaren P1 and modern Mini designer Frank Stephenson to help a good cause
Automotive designer Frank Stephenson has created a YouTube series called “How I Designed” in which he discusses greatest hits like the first modern Mini. Now he is auctioning off sketches from the video series for charity, according to a Wednesday…
Karma snags former Rolls-Royce designer Andreas Thurner
Karma on Thursday named Andreas Thurner as its new Vice President of Global Design and Architecture. In the newly created role, he will oversee the design of next-generation models from Karma starting with a battery-electric car due in 2021. The…
Hyundai's chief designer: We're chasing legends now, not just sales
Luc Donckerwolke Luc Donckerwolke is one of us. The 53-year-old designer—born in South America, trained in Brussels, and chief designer for a South Korean global automaker—speaks with a soft French timbre that rises and falls mid-sentence. It makes every clause…
Apple hires senior designer from Tesla
Apple store Apple has once again sparked rumors it may be developing more than just self-driving car software. The California-based technology giant has hired Andrew Kim, a former senior designer at Tesla. The Verge reported on Kim’s hiring on Monday…
Hyundai Motors designer wants products as sexy as Alfa Romeo
DETROIT — SangYup Lee doesn’t want Hyundai to settle for just being a value marque. Lee, Hyundai Motor’s vice president of design since 2016, wants to add an emotional touch to Hyundai products through designs that are just as “sexy”…