Karim Habib named new Head of BMW Design

[EnI]

BMW Design under new leadership.

• 23.05.2012

Karim Habib will take over as Head of BMW Design on 01.06.2012. The 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian has been in charge of Exterior Design BMW Automobiles since March 2011. He joined the BMW Group design team in 1998 and, among other achievements, shaped the design of the current BMW 7 Series.

Following his studies in Canada and California, Karim Habib had various posts in interior and exterior design before becoming Team Leader Advanced Design for the BMW Group and later heading the BMW Exterior Design department. Now the designer and engineer takes overall charge of the design of BMW cars.

“I feel very honoured and I look forward to this new challenge. Now I have the opportunity of working together with a great team to shape the future face of the BMW brand,” says Karim Habib.

“Karim Habib is an outstanding designer who has had a significant impact on the design of the BMW brand over many years. His longstanding experience and subtle instinct for timely elegance and dynamics are the ideal prerequisites for this demanding task. I look forward very much to his support and collaboration,” says Adrian van Hooydonk, Senior Vice President BMW Group Design.

Source: BMW AG


Mind this is Head of BMW Automobile Head of Design position. Adrian van Hooydonk stays Head of BMW Group design. While Benoit Jacob is still Head of BMW i design, Anders Warming Head of MINI design, and Ian Cameron Head of Rolls-Royce design.

 

[Centurion]

That's a big employment. Exciting 12 months of change for him. So Hooydonk still remains head of the design for the whole BMW AG. Is BMW i a separate studio from BMW?

 

[speed_kills]

Save the 2 series and put the 1er in intensive care for a quick LCI.

 

[Deleted member 25]

They took their time to fill the post but tjey choosed well. I always thought that anders was the one that would take the job.

 

[K-A]

Obviously when BMW jacked Habib back from M-B, they had to raise the stakes. I'm sure this was promised around that time to him.

 

[Human]

Now let us write him a letter from this forum, asking, politely to re-design the F20 1er face and get it over with. Shall we!?

 

[Centurion]

Obviously when BMW jacked Habib back from M-B, they had to raise the stakes. I'm sure this was promised around that time to him.

No wonder he left MB. BMW clearly promised him excellent progression.

 

[klier]

Yea, makes sense...

 

[K-A]

No wonder he left MB. BMW clearly promised him excellent progression.

Totally. The man should be feeling good about his talents right about now, obviously being tugged back and forth between the two powerhouses to the point where one has to give him "the big one" in order to lock him down. Obviously, if Von Hooydonk and BMW part ways during Habib's time there, he's next in line for BMW AG position.