Interviews Archives

Anna Costamagna on Experience Design, Diversity and Design Management

Eric Gallina — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:39:00 +0000

Anna Costamagna is an Italian Interior Design Manager working at Peugeot and Advanced Design Manager for Stellantis. While her mother worked as an assistant to Sergio Pininfarina, she was initially drawn to fashion design before venturing down the path in automotive. She began her career at Bertone in Caprie, a suburb of her native Turin, after studying engineering and management at the acclaimed Politecnico di Torino. Costamagna then moved to Paris, France, to bring Peugeot production cars to fruition. Despite […]

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Paolo Tumminelli on How to Keep the Automobile Relevant and Renew Its Emotional Connection With Customers

Radek Laube — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 08:02:00 +0000

The automotive industry is going through a seismic change. From electric cars to MaaS, the traditional business model is evolving, so too is the public’s perception of the automobile as a machine to carry society away from its problems and provide freedom to the end-user. Arguably, much of what is transpiring around the world is the result of regulation and legislation, all of which is taking place outside of automotive companies themselves and thus beyond their control. But are there […]

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The Female Design Team Behind Lucid Motors

Eric Gallina — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:29:46 +0000

Automotive design is a largely male-dominated profession, but nascent electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Motors is not your typical car company. Form Trends editor Eric Gallina speaks with Joann Jung, Sue Magnusson, and Jenny Ha – the interior design director, CMF design director, and exterior design manager, respectively – who are working to develop the California startup’s new line of vehicles. This conversation takes us down various paths speaking about each of these wonderful ladies’ backgrounds, the Lucid brand, and the […]

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Jonny Smith Interviews Former Jaguar Design Boss Ian Callum

Eric Gallina — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:08:00 +0000

I’ve met Jonny Smith on a few occasions (the last time was on the Green at Pebble Beach where we talked about his brother’s renovation shop in the UK) and it’s been great to witness him making an impact in the YouTube scene with some insightful, quality content. His latest video is part of a new series he calls ‘Idol Chat’, and his first guest is Jaguar’s former design director Ian Callum. Callum is a great person to speak with […]

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The Pandemic Has Changed the Automotive Industry and Made EVs Inevitable

Form Trends — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:08:05 +0000

As much as people talk about ‘the new normal’ of a pandemic, what such a state looks like exactly changes almost minute by minute. For automakers like Volkswagen, that can mean weighing a host of short and long-term factors, from helping customers who’ve suffered job losses to planning for an electric future. Reinhard Fischer’s job is to keep all these elements in mind. As senior vice president of strategy for the Volkswagen Group of America, Fischer helps plot the company’s […]

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Polestar Head of Design Maximilian Missoni on the Future of the Brand

Eric Gallina — Fri, 29 May 2020 08:00:00 +0000

Jointly owned by Volvo Cars and parent company Geely, Polestar is a car manufacturer on a mission to become... LOGIN OR SUBSCRIBE TO VIEW

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Color and Material Trends In Car Design

Eric Gallina — Wed, 20 May 2020 11:52:00 +0000

John Anthony Sahs and Nicole Fonseca are two designers working for Nissan Design America. John is chief designer in Brazil, overseeing the design studio in Latin America, while Nicole, a senior color and materials manager, just returned to California from Japan and China, where she was on assignment for the past few years. In the video series below, recorded live on Nissan Design Latin America’s Instagram account, the designers discuss the importance of color and material design in automotive. OUTSIDE INFLUENCES […]

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Automotive Artists: Exterior Designer Irina Zavatski

Eric Gallina — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Irina Zavatski is an automotive designer from a small republic called Tajikistan in the former Soviet Union. She attended both the College of Creative Studies in Detroit and Cleveland Institute of Art, but perhaps what makes her more unique is her perspective — that of a woman that’s managed to achieve success in what has always historically been a male-dominated industry. Zavatski is an exterior design manager working for FCA in Detroit, Michigan. In 2017, she was deemed a ‘rising […]

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NDE Design Director Mat Weaver on the New Nissan Juke

Eric Gallina — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0000

The Nissan Juke caused quite a stir when it was first unveiled nearly a decade ago. Designed by Mat Weaver at the Nissan Design Europe (NDE), the compact SUV was unabashedly design-led and proved immensely popular. In the Nissan stable, it was only outsold by the venerable Qashqai (another Mat Weaver design). It sent competitors rushing to the drawing boards, clamoring to develop their own B-Segment SUV contender. The second iteration of the Nissan Juke was again designed at NDE, […]

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Michael Mauer, Head of Style Porsche, on How the Electric Taycan Will Influence the Brand

Eric Gallina — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Anticipated to make its first public debut (undisguised) at the forthcoming IAA in Frankfurt, the Porsche Taycan – the company... LOGIN OR SUBSCRIBE TO VIEW

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Inside Singer Vehicle Design With Founder Rob Dickinson

Eric Gallina — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:36:38 +0000

Singer Vehicle Design founder and creative director Rob Dickinson isn’t your typical car customizer. He’s a trained designer who set out on a mission to create his ultimate dream car after being approached by people who liked what he’d done with his personal car. The result is the “ultimate 911”. Dickinson’s story is part fairy tale, part resilience. After graduating from Coventry University he landed a job at Lotus in Norfolk, UK, and was taken under the wing of Peter […]

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Polestar Design Director Max Missoni on the Polestar 1

Eric Gallina — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:34:31 +0000

Polestar is a new brand created under the Geely umbrella. Run by CEO Thomas Ingenlath, Volvo Cars’ former Head of Design, the company’s first car is a hybrid model called the Polestar 1. We speak with design director Maximilian Missoni.

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