Adrian van Hooydonk
Adrian van Hooydonk (born June 21, 1964 in Echt ) is a Dutch industrial and automotive designer . He has been Head of BMW Group Design since February 2009.
Vita
Adrian van Hooydonk studied industrial design at the TU Delft in the Netherlands and specialized in transportation design at the Art Center College of Design in Vevey, Switzerland. Before he took over the BMW Automobile design department in Munich in 2004, he worked for Designworks , an independent subsidiary of the BMW Group, in Newbury Park (USA) - first as Head of Automotive Design, later as President of the international design agency. In his current role as Head of BMW Group Design, van Hooydonk heads a design team of around 700 people worldwide and is responsible for developing the design of the brands BMW , BMW i , BMW M , BMW-Motorrad , Rolls-Royce , MINI and Designworks.
The replica of the lost Garmisch concept vehicle from 1970, which was presented in May 2019, goes back to his use .
Career
| 1992 | BMW AG, Munich; Automotive Exterior Designer |
| 2000 | BMW Group Designworks USA, Newbury Park (USA); Head of the Automotive Design Department |
| 2001 | BMW Group Designworks, Newbury Park (USA); president |
| 2004 | BMW AG, Munich; Head of Design, BMW Cars |
| 2009 | Head of BMW Group Design |
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Vehicle designs
Adrian van Hooydonk was responsible for the design of a large number of the BMW Group models, e.g. B. BMW F01 , BMW i3 and BMW i8 , the X model series, the sporty BMW M models as well as design studies and collaborations:
- BMW 328 Homage (2011)
- Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé (2013)
- BMW Vision Future Luxury (2014)
- BMW 3.0 CSL Homage R (2015)
- BMW Vision Next 100 (2016)
Web links
- BMW AG press release dated February 3, 2009 on handing over the management of BMW Group Design from Chris Bangle to Adrian van Hooydonk
- Automobile production: inspire through authenticity (2015)
- Video: Adrian van Hooydonk on the future of BMW design (2015)
- www.bmwism.com, BMW Designer , accessed on June 1, 2019. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ auto-motor-und-sport.de of May 24, 2019, clone of the prodigal son , accessed on May 31, 2019.
- ↑ youtube.com: BMW 328 homage
- ↑ bmw.co.uk: BMW Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé
- ↑ youtube.com: BMW Vision Future Luxury
- ↑ youtube.com: BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage R
- ↑ youtube.com: BMW Vision Next 100
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hooydonk, Adrian van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch vehicle designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Really , Limburg |