Ian Callum

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Ian Callum during the presentation of the European Car of the Year award 2019

Ian Callum (born July 30, 1954 in Dumfries , Scotland , Great Britain ) is a British automobile designer. After working at Ford , TWR and Aston Martin , he has been chief designer at Jaguar since 1999 .

education

After attending the Lanchester Polytechnic`s School of Transportation Design in Coventry (now Coventry University ) and the Aberdeen Art College , he graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a degree in Industrial Design . He then studied at the Royal College of Art in London and completed his studies with a master's in vehicle design .

Career

Ford (1979–1990)

Callum worked at Ford from 1979 to 1990, where he designed various smaller vehicle elements , mainly steering wheels . In addition to his work on the large series models Fiesta and Mondeo , he also participated in the image-promoting models RS200 and Escort RS Cosworth. After being appointed Design Manager, he was responsible for the Ghia Design Studio in Turin , Italy , and worked on the Via , Zig and Zag show car concepts .

TWR (1990-1999)

After eleven years Callum left Ford to co-found TWR Design with Peter Stevens and Tom Walkinshaw. There he became chief designer and managing director in 1991. During this time he designed the Aston Martin DB7 , for which he is best known to this day. In addition, Callum's pen was used to design the Aston Martin Vanquish , the V12-powered DB7 Vantage and the Aston Martin Project Vantage study . In addition, he was responsible for numerous design projects for other TWR customers such as Volvo , Mazda and HSV . Callum received the Jim Clark Memorial Award in 1995 for his work on DB7. This is awarded annually by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers to a well-deserved Scot from the motorsport sector. In 1998 Callum designed the Nissan R390.

Jaguar (1999-2019)

Designer Ian Callum with the Car of the Year trophy

In 1999 Callum succeeded Geoff Lawson as chief designer at Jaguar after the automobile manufacturer became a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company in 1990. For a short time, he was head of design for both Jaguar and Aston Martin. His influence at Jaguar was initially evident in the concept vehicles R-Coupe from 2001 and the R-D6 from 2003. The first production vehicle that was created under the aegis of Callum was the facelift of the Jaguar S-Type in 2004 , followed by the X-Type Estate in the same year in which the Briton was responsible for the design of the tailgate.

Over time, Callum turned away from the retro design of its predecessor and took a more dynamic and modern direction for the next generation of Jaguar models with a new design. The pioneering model of this new generation was the first Jaguar designed entirely by him in series: the Jaguar XK . The model introduced in 2006 bears a resemblance to Aston Martins DB9, which Callum attributed to current safety guidelines. The dynamic design continued in 2008 in the Jaguar XF , which Callum described as the “next decisive step” in Jaguar's design evolution, followed by the XJ in 2010.

The C-X75 concept was developed under his leadership, although it did not go into series production, but will be used in the 2015 film " James Bond 007: Specter ". Other Callum designs are the C-X16 concept from 2012 and the resulting Jaguar F-Type series sports car from 2013. With the Jaguar XE mid-range sedan, another model from Callums went on sale in the summer of 2015. In 2015 the new Jaguar XF MY 2016, also designed by Callum, celebrated its world premiere in London . In 2019 Callum received the Car of the Year trophy for his Jaguar I-Pace design .

In June 2019, Callum left Jaguar to start his own business.

His designs

Others

  • Inspired by a Jaguar XJ6 in 1968, Callum decided early on to become an automobile designer at the age of 14 and sent a design sketch to the then chief engineer Bill Heyes.
  • Ian Callum's younger brother, Moray Callum, is also an automobile designer and is currently chief designer at Ford.
  • When asked which Jaguar he is most proud of, Callum always gives the same answer: "To the next one!"

Awards

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), 2006
  • Hon. Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA, 2006
  • Royal Designer for Industry (RDI), 2007
  • Jim Clark Memorial Award, Association of Scottish Motoring Writers, 1995 and 2006
  • Minerva Medal from the Chartered Society of Designers in recognition of lifetime achievement, 2014
  • Designer of the Year Award, 2015
  • Hon. Doctorate of Humane Letters, University of Art Academy, San Francisco, 2000
  • Hon. Doctorate of Design, De Montfort University, 2002
  • Hon. Doctorate of Arts, Abertay University, 2006
  • Hon. Doctorate of University Birmingham City, 2012
  • Hon. Doctorate of Glasgow University, 2012

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.iancallum.com/Ausbildung , accessed on March 26, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c My Life in Cars. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 29, 2015 ; accessed on March 23, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ Auto Motor Sport: The new XF floats in here , accessed on March 26, 2015
  4. ↑ Paul Horrell: design boss Ian Callum Jaguar leaves after 20 years. In: topgear.com. June 4, 2019, accessed January 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b www.jaguar.de/Geschäftsführung , accessed on March 26, 2015
  6. ↑ Automotive News: Moray Callum draws lines between Ford, Lincoln , accessed March 26, 2015
  7. ^ Jaguar Land Rover Media , accessed March 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Callum, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British automobile designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Dumfries , Scotland