BMW i4 vs. Audi e-tron GT: What on Earth Is Happening With BMW’s Design Team?
22 Mar 2021, 15:48 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / BMW has recently previewed its first electric sedan, the new i4. While not exactly a direct competitor to Audi's e-tron GT, its design is two steps behind
What's Up With BMW's Shape-Shifting Kidney Grille?!
11 Jul 2020, 07:25 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / The renowned BMW 'kidney grille' has taken quite different shapes and sizes during its close to nine decades of evolution, so we are wondering why the outrage
Karim Habib, BMW's Design Boss, Has Reportedly Left the Company
18 Jan 2017, 15:32 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / According to reports from German media, the boss of BMW's design department has left the company. This would be the third time when Karim Habib leaves BMW
Upcoming BMW Models to Be Better Differentiated Styling-Wise
27 Oct 2014, 10:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If we’re to be completely honest, it’s hard even for us to distinguish between certain BMW models today. That’s from the outside. From the inside, it’s virtually impossible a...
BMW Presents the Double Space Presentation for the London Design Festival
22 Sep 2014, 12:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW, under the overall direction of Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President of BMW Group Design and the careful supervision of Karim Habib, BMW Head of Design, created a special presentation insi...
BMW’s DesignworksUSA Gives Shape to Mercury FourStroke Engines
16 Jul 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It looks like BMW’s subsidiary DesignworksUSA can do just about anything. The designers working there are known to have worked on some of the most unusual items you can think about. From the M...
BMW DesigwerksUSA Creates Ice Hotel Suite in Lapland
7 Mar 2014, 13:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / There’s absolutely no limit to what you can do if you’re creative enough. Living proof of this statement is the latest work BMW’s DesignwerksUSA studio finished, in Lapland. Th...
BMW Showcases 100 Years of Iconic Design in 60 Seconds
28 Feb 2014, 18:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In less than 2 years, BMW will be celebrating its centenary, a cause of joy for all of the brand’s fans but also the rest of the automotive world, as the Germans will surely surprise us with a...
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Design Explained
14 Feb 2014, 15:15 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / BMW will take a lot of heat for making the 2 Series Active Tourer, some of it from us, some of it from people who just don't get the way the auto industry in Europe works. That won't stop ...
BMW DesignworksUSA Wins Eight GOOD DESIGN Awards
17 Jan 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / After the BMW Group claimed 5 GOOD DESIGN Awards this week, the DesignworksUSA subsidiary was also praised by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design with no less than 8 such awards....
BMW Announces Design Team Changes
21 Sep 2013, 12:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Back in August, BMW made a couple of changes in its design team, naming Adrian van Hooydonk in charge of the BMW Group Design, taking care of all models and brands of the manufacturer. Also, A...
Ex-BMW Design Boss, Chris Bangle Says Current Cars Need Change
3 Sep 2013, 13:16 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / If there's one controversial character to ever get behind major projects at BMW, it's Chris Bangle. He was the one responsible for the E60 5 Series and the E65 7 Series' looks, back i...
Jim Halls Explains the Importance of BMW's Angel Eyes
2 Sep 2013, 13:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Each manufacturer has its own trademark lines and design cues. Whether it's BMW's Angel Eyes, kidney grilles or even the Hofmeister kink, or Buick's Ventiports or Corvettes' roun...
Head of BMW i Design Talks About i3
29 Jul 2013, 17:30 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A premium feel, environment sustainability and cutting edge technology – these are traits very few cars have to embody at the same time. But the BMW i3 is special in that it's the first o...
BMW DesignWorks Helps Singapore Airlines Reach New Luxury Standards
11 Jul 2013, 15:17 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / In the past, we've seen BMW's American design branch work with major companies from various fields to bring the world some of the best looking and most functional items needed. One of t...
Exclusive Interview with BMW Designer Daniel Mayerle
26 May 2013, 18:18 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / BMW might not show it, but the company is in the midst of an important transformation at the moment. The switching to turbocharged engines and the expansion of the M range were just the first moves ...
BMW's DesignworksUSA Asked to Design Gaming Gear
12 Mar 2013, 16:12 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / It turns out that BMW designers know what they're doing to such an extent that even gaming peripherals could be drawn by them, according to Thermaltake. The American Thermaltake Group's su...
Go Behind the Scenes with Karim Habib, Head of Design at BMW
20 Feb 2013, 15:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / "BMW is a company that builds cars meant to be enjoyed" says Karim Antoine Habib, head of design over at BMW Automobiles. After the Chris Bangle era, BMW is now on the capable hands of ...
BMW Takes Time to Design a 4-Year Old's Dream Car
7 Feb 2013, 07:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Nica / Some time ago, a little kid named Eli posted, with the help of his uncle, some specs that his ideal car would have, and what it would look like. These ideas were made public with the help of his lov...
Karim Habib Named BMW Head of Design
24 May 2012, 09:19 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As of June 1st, 2012, BMW will have a new man in charge of design. Karim Habib is a 42-year-old Lebanese-Canadian, who since March of last year has been in charge of exterior design. He is also p...