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Old 07-03-2008, 05:43 AM   #530 (permalink)
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Re: 2010 BMW 5er (F10): spy pics & info
Here they are:

Exterior designers of recent BMW models ... THE MOST COMPLETE LIST UP TO DATE!!!!:
  • Joji Nagashima: E90/E91 3 series, E36 3 series, E36/7 Z3, E39 5 series
  • Adrian van Hooydonk: E63/E64 6 series, E65/E66 7 series, Z9 GT Concept, Z9 Convertible Concept, MINI ACV30 Concept ... (now Head of Design BMW Automobile)
  • Geoff Velasco: E83 X3
  • Anders Warming: E85 Z4 roadster, GINA Light Concept, Mille Miglia 2006 Coupe Concept ... (now Head of Exterior design BMW Automobile)
  • Chris Chapman: E87/E81 1 series hatchback, E53 X5, X-coupe Concept, CS1 Concept ... (now Head of Automotive Design @ BMW Group DesignworksUSA)
  • Erik Goplen: E46 3 series
  • Davide Arcangeli: E60/E61 5 series
  • Tomasz Sycha: E86 Z4 Coupe
  • Marc Michael Markefka: E92/E93 3-series coupe & cabrio, E82/E88 1-series coupe & cabrio
  • Pierre Leclercq: E70 X5, X71/E72 X6
  • Karim Antoine Habib: CS Concept, F01/F02 7-series, F?? "new 8-series" (project "GranTurismo")
  • Juliane Blasi: E89 Z4 roadster ... yes, it's a woman
  • Jacek Froehlich: F10 / F11 5-series
  • Mark Djordjevic: RR Phantom family (Phantom, Drophead Copue, Coupe)
  • Frank Stephenson: R50-R53 MINI Mk1
  • Marcus Syring: R55-R58 (R60?) MINI Mk2

Mind that interiors, M-kits, M-specific exterior, rims / wheels, interior details like steering wheel, iDrive knob etc are designed by other people!!!

And as you can see NONE of the BMW model's exterior hasn't been penned by Chris Bangle!!! EVER!
And that the design team is VERY international.

Btw, Chris (Bangle) once said due to cultural & lingual differences very often onomatopoetic words were used when desribing some desgn elements / ideas ...
For example: "We need a little more "woosh" here ..." or " The fascia has to express "Agrrrrrhhh" or "the line has to "sssssssshhhh" (=to flow) and then "zap!" (=to end abruptly). And there was a lot of hands talk & facial expression to additionally support the description. Such language was the most common frequency all designers could understand & operate despite all the differences. Interesting.
That's why Chris is so poetic, expressive & graphic when describing something. Like explaining something to a small child. Check his explanation of GINA acronym.


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