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Discover the challenges and opportunities in California's car design studios, the cultural contrasts between European and Californian design philosophies, and why California continues to lead in innovation and creativity, as Martin chats with Nilu27 founder Sasha Selipanov.

Join Martin Groschwald as he chats with Nikita and Iliya Bridan, founders of Oilstainlab, about their journey and the next generation in car design. They discuss innovative projects, teaching experiences, and the evolution and future of car design culture in California.

Join David Woodhouse, VP at Nissan Design America, and Martin Groschwald, CEO of Konzepthaus, for a captivating exploration of how car design is shaped by cultural diversity and regional influences. Discover why California stands out as a unique mobility hub in a global context.

Andre was one of the first to take the step from the old to the new world, leaving Germany to pursue his career in California. Get insights into his journey and insights in our new episode.

This episode offers a rare glimpse into Chris's perspective on what's currently missing in modern car design and what the future holds for the industry.

Anne Forschner, BMW New Class InCar & NonCar Experiences at BMW, and Martin Groschwald, CEO of Konzepthaus delve deeper into the topic of diversity in exterior design teams. Anne shares her journey as one of the few female exterior designers in the industry. She looks at why there's still a gender gap in exterior design compared to other disciplines such as UX and interiors, due to the competitive nature of this niche. Tune in to find out why diverse teams are crucial to shaping the future of automotive design and how we can encourage more women to pursue careers in the field.

Claudia recounts her remarkable journey navigating a male-dominated industry, discussing challenges such as the lack of female mentors and balancing career aspirations with societal stereotypes around motherhood. As a role model for her children, her team and women in the industry, she candidly shares her struggles to establish her leadership style while remaining authentic amidst professional pressures. Drawing on her experiences in German and Swedish car design companies, she highlights the influence of Swedish culture on her leadership approach.

Amy Frascella, former Materiality Director at Jaguar & Land Rover talks about her journey in the automotive design world, navigating a heavily male-dominated industry. From adapting to a non-inclusive environment early in her career to witnessing a shift in leadership mindset, Amy shares personal insights on communicating and collaborating at the executive level, overcoming stereotypes, and finding mentors for personal growth. Join us as she discusses her challenges in evolving automotive design departments.

The cityscapes and the environment are changing rapidly. Digital influences and new designs are shaping a new image of a modern metropolis. This is about exploring how design reacts to these changes and how it affects the vehicles around us. The panel is hosted by BMW Designer Chris Bangle and presented by KONZEPTHAUS GmbH, partner of the IAA Conference.

Mobility design is more than just the sum of technologies. It strives to create experiences that appeal to all the senses and create an emotional connection between man and machine in the long term.

Mobility design is more than just the sum of technologies. It strives to create experiences that appeal to all the senses and create an emotional connection between man and machine in the long term.

A modern automobile no longer just gets us from A to B. A wide range of comfort functions, entertainment offerings, communication interfaces and digital services are at the heart of the driving experience. The car has long since matured into an interactive everyday companion. Vehicle designers are paving the way.

Karim Antoine Habib (Senior Vice President of Design at Kia Motors) talks to Martin in this week's episode about the influences culture has on design and how his experience has helped him build brands with his works but also on how Social Media is affecting the way designers think in today's world.

Martin talks with Stephane Janin about the different ways of how to inspire a brand and how the new and younger generation is using different platforms such as Online Games as inspiration to bring their own culture and way of living into their designs.

Laurens van den Acker joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the topic of reshaping a brand, his dream of becoming a car designer and the challenges he faced to make people fall in love with Renault all over again.

Martin talks with Holger Hampf about the future of a designer and also the influence of transportation and mobility design.

Martin Groschwald was one of the 5 guest speekers at the panel discussions called "Rethinking Design" to discuss the topic of "The changing role of designers". Listen to the full Audioblog to hear what Martin has to say about this topic!

Stefan Rosén joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about branding and how it influences the design of a car.

In the first concept the CEO of a company elects or selects the Design Leader of a company .In the second concept the different department leaders get together and (s)elect the Design leader whereas in the third concept the Design leader is (s)elected democratically by all design members. We would love to hear your thoughts on what you think is the best way to choose the right person for the right job. Leave your thoughts below the posts on LinkedIn which can be found in the show notes.

Benoit Jacob joins Martin in this week´s episode to talk about leadership and management in design and what he learned from working for different car companies in the past.

Martin talks about a decision every manager will have to make in their careers at some point. Do you hire someone with a lot of potential or someone who has gathered a lot of experience in his or her business life?

Martin talks about the topic of Design Challenges and the pros and cons that come with this format.

We hope you had a great start this year. GESTALTEN is starting out strong with a new Episode featuring Ray Ng who is the Head of Creative Design Innovation at Hyundai. In this episode we want to find out what the future of Design Strategy might look like and get some insights on the Company of Hyundai.

Sam Livingstone joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the journey of a car designer. From a student to a vice president of design and the levels between.

Christopher Butt joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the partnership with a new design website called Design Field Trip which is being managed by Christopher himself.

Jeremy Offer joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the new mobility generation that is happening right now, how Jeremy's background helps him at a company like Arrival, how Arrival is being run, and its very influential CEO.

Martin talks about what creative design departments can learn from professional sports teams.

Wayne Burgess joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the future and process of transportation design and its role in the UK over the past years but also in the future.

Benjamin Baum joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the Porsche 992, its development process, Porsche as a company and their design concept.

Torgny Fjeldskaar joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about the importance bicycle designer in the transportation design filed of the future and how they will affect the way we might commute and travel in the future.

Martin talks about the future of design studios in his latest blog.

Jelle Tjebbes joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about brand design and how it communicates with the design department based on strategy, marketing and even product design.

Christian Eckert joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about the importance of UX-Design in the industry and how UX-Design can be even more essential than the visual aspect of a product. After this episode, we will take a little summer break for 6 weeks. Stay tuned for the next season of the GESTALTEN Podcast starting on Wednesday the 16th of September. Till then stay safe and healthy.

Alain Lonay joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about design on a budget. Throughout the conversation, they cover certain questions like "How is the car scene in markets like India working?" "What technics are used to create budget cars?" and "Is it easier to make decisions in a budget design project because of the team structure?"

Jo Stenuit (Design Director at Mazda Motor Europe) joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about Brand Strategy in the design industry. Throughout the conversation, he will give unique insights about Brand Design and its future from a business and personal perspective.

Paul Snyder (Chairperson at the Transportation Design Department at College for Creative Studies) joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about education and which impact it has on the future of design. Throughout the conversation, they cover questions like "How will the role of design educators change in the future?" and "Will future car designers be able to work in more than just on design field?".

Sue Neuhauser joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about the reality of color and trim design in the design industry. Throughout the conversation, they cover questions like "Why is CMF being disregarded by so many people?" and "How can CMF, UI and UX Designers improve future products?".

In this special crossover episode with our brother podcast, Moodboard from our Konzepthaus Digital department Martin met with Head of VW Group Design, Klaus Bischoff to talk about how design can have an impact on business decisions. This episode is in German. For all English speaking listeners please head to Youtube to enjoy this episode with English subtitles.

Thomas Bigwood joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about the question of how cultural differences have an impact on design. Throughout the conversation, he will give unique insights about his experience at car companies such as Toyota and Renault.

Michael DiTullo, one of the most experienced and versatile designers in the industry joins Martin in this week's episode to have a conversation about the relevance of design in product marketing. Throughout the conversation, he will give unique insights about his knowledge in the car, smartphone and sneaker design fields.

Sonny Lim, Head of Design Motorsports at PUMA's Headquarter in Herzogenaurach, Germany joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about what Mobility means for a company such as Puma, how his background in transportation and product design helped him to develop a diverse design career, why a shoe is not that different from a car and how product and transportation might merge in the future.

Benjamin Nawka, Chief Designer at Borgward's German studio in Stuttgart joins Martin in this week's episode to share some insights on how design can impact major business decisions in a positive way, how to run a design studio as a design and how knowing more than just the design department helps you to make better decisions for better products.

Lutz Fügener, Professor for Transporation Design and Chair of the Bachelors Programme at the renowned Pforzheim University joins Martin in the 10th Special Episode to discuss design education, how students impact the design industry, is a MBA for creatives anything we will see in the future and the role of the industry in education.

Oliver Vogt, Byton's Director of Design Operations, joins Martin in the 9th Special Episode to talk about the process of starting a design organization, the challenges he faced in this journey and the experience he made.

Welcome back to the first Auto Show review of this year. Due to the cancellation of the Geneva International Motorshow 2020, Eric and Martin have to resort to a purely digital walkthrough. Tune into the second part of our review for all the concept cars that should have been presented.

Welcome back to the first Auto Show review of this year. Due to the cancellation of the Geneva International Motorshow 2020, Eric and Martin have to resort to a purely digital walkthrough. Tune into the first part of our review for all the production cars that should have been presented.

Christian Eckert, Chief Experience Officer at Iconmobile joins Martin on our 8th special episode to talk about the automotive experience. Christian gives us a deep insight on what combining and leading experience mean already today, the impact the new mobility has on this experience and where the future of mobility might look like.

Eric and Martin return with a not so brief review of the India Auto Expo and more exciting topics. Join us on our 18th episode for the latest unveiled concept and production cars, a massive rant about piano black wheel arches and some very exciting announcements.

The new year brings us new auto shows and newly unveiled cars. Martin and Eric return after a well-earned winter break just to find that the car industry had no break at all. While they spent time under Christmas trees the industry has been busy and unveiled a lot of new cars. Tune in now and find out what Eric and Martin think about newly unveiled cars like the Gordon Murray T50, the TOGG by Pininfarina, the Sony Concept, The Mercedes Avatar, and the Fiskar Ocean.

We are happy to welcome our audience to one of the most important design awards in the industry. Our hosts Martin Groschwald and Eric Gallina lead present us the best concept and production cars they have seen on this year's auto shows in the following categories. Production Car Design of the Year Concept Car Design of the Year Design Team of the Year Best Exterior of the Year Best Interior of the Year Best UX of the Year Best CMF of the Year Most disappointing production car design of the year Most disappointing concept car design of the year Amongst the nominees are world-renowned brands like Aston Maritn Lagonda, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, Genesis, Kia, Peugeot, Porsche, Toyota and also newcomers who have shaken up the industry in the past year.

In our 7th special episode, Martin invited Belkin Internationals VP of Design Oliver Seil to find out how the Belkin design team is able to put out so many products and how the product design process compares to the auto industry.

We are back in with our 16th regular episode to continue where we left off after the LA Auto Show 2019. Join our Hosts Eric Gallina and Martin Groschwald in their discussion on the unveiled cars at the Guangzhou auto show, the Lamborghini „Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo“ and find out what they think about the Tesla Cybertruck.

We return to the LA Auto Show with our host Martin. Join him and Eric on this review episode of GESTALTEN, where they give us an insight into the unveiled cars, unfolding design trends and find out if this year's LA Auto Show was worth the trip and how our hosts see the future of the show.

In our sixth special episode, Martin invited Sam Livingstone from Car Design Research to talk about the recent observed development in car design and what this means for transportation and mobility and even the concept of the car as we know it.

As the Tokyo Motor Show comes to a close our Hosts Martin and Eric come together to give us the first purely digital walkaround on a motor show. Our hosts talk about the newly presented concepts, the latest production cars and the impression they got from the show.

One Month has passed since the IAA and Eric and Martin return to talk about the recent changes in staff and the development of EV Manufacturers and the future of the automotive industry.

The automobile industry is changing and Eric and Martin return to the IAA 2019 to a Frankfurt Motor Show that has decreased in numbers of exhibiting manufacturers but certainly not in size. Tune in now to get the full review of the show, the winners and losers of the show.

Martin invited Chris Bangle to talk about his thoughts on the change of the relationships people had with their cars, where the industry stands and what the next big thing might be that could transform the car design industry.

Martin and Eric return to talk about the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed and do two things that we have never done before on this podcast: Talk about cars for the Indian market and complement BMW. Furthermore, our Hosts discuss numerous newly debuted cars such as the latest concepts revealed by BMW, KIA, Ford and the revived De Tomaso.

In our fourth special episode, Martin invited Anders Warming to talk about the experiences that formed his career, his own design philosophy, what made him start his own business and where he sees his independent design studios like his own venture.

In this episode, Martin Eric talk about the New York auto show we missed since we went to the Auto Shanghai, even more, unveiled cars since then and talk about their most inspiring car movies and movie cars.

In our third special episode, Martin has invited the great Takumi Yamamoto, known for his work not only on the GTbyCitroen but also his own Tribute for David Bowie, the "portrait of db" an interpretation of the artist as a car presented at the Festival Automobile Internationale 2018 in Paris.

Tune in into our review live from the show floor of the biggest auto show in the world. Eric and Martin look back at two days at the Auto Shanghai, tell us what's new, how Chinese transportation design is evolving and of course crown the best and worst concepts and production cars.

Join Eric and Martin in our twelfth Episode where Eric and Martin talk about the implications a possible Brexit scenario could have for the car design industry especially in Britain and a preview of the next auto shows we will attend and the ones we will, unfortunately, miss out on. Please excuse the less than stellar audio quality in our twelfth episode. We are curhis it seemsrently trying to figure out what exactly could have gone wrong. At the time we upload t to be the case a can telephone was involved in the recording.

Live from the Geneva International Motor Show Martin and Eric give you our grand review for one of the worlds best auto shows.

New year, new auto show season and a new episode of the GESTALTEN Podcast. In our first regular episode, Martin and Eric talk about the most recent changes in positions in the automobile industry, trends in open positions, impressions from the recent student shows we went to and where the demand in the industry is heading.

The year is still fresh and we travelled to Detroit to attend the last first auto show of the year. While the show comes to a close, Eric and Martin take some time to review the past two days, and give us an insight into their thoughts of the presented concept and production cars. Also noteworthy due to absence of BMW, we decided to skip the BMW bashing in this episode. We are looking forward to Geneva.

As 2018 is coming to a close and Christmas being just around the corner, Martin and Eric sit down and look back at an eventful year. In this episode, Eric and Martin crown their best and worst concept and production cars of 2018 as well as the best and worst design teams of 2018.

Eric and Martin sit down at the show and give us a brief review of the exhibitiors, the cars that were unveiled and the show in general.

In Episode 10 of GESTALTEN Eric is back from his vacation and rejoins Martin on the show to finally quit bashing BMW, talk about new production cars, share their opinions on new concept cars and give us a general overview of the latest changes in design top-level management.

In our second special episode, Martin gets an in-depth explanation by Carlos Salaff on how to build his own supercar and a number of extra lessons of all the things Carlos learnt on his journey to the concept lawn of pebble beach.

In our first special episode, Byton's Quirin Friedl joins Martin to talk about the present and future augmented and virtual in automotive design.

In the 9th Episode of GESTALTEN, Martin and Eric review our visit to the Paris Motor Show, try not to bash BMW too much and give out insider knowledge to all design students among our audience.

On our second but also last day on the Paris Motor Show 2018, Martin and Eric sit down between the Honda NSX and its pretty impressive racing version the NSX GTR 3 and review the presented concept cars we have seen on the show.

It's Episode 8 of the Gestalten podcast! Eric and Martin are back for another big episode to discuss the latest concept and production car designs, ask the question if we're stuck in the car design industry in its current form and preview the next episode that will be all about the Paris Motor Show!

Welcome back to the 7th Episode of GESTALTEN! Eric and Martin have lots to discuss after our summer break. Beside a discussions about new cars that were released, Eric went to Californa and happened just in time for this year's Pebble Beach Concourse d'Elegance.

In our sixth episode of GESTALTEN, Eric and Martin discuss not only the latest trends and events in automotive design but talk about how design studios work and what is needed to build a car. We also have our first special guest on the show, Konzepthaus co-founder Daniel Schoenfeldt, who gives us exciting insights in how contracting in design works and why it is needed.

In the 5th Episode of GESTALTEN Eric and Martin talk about the latest unveiled cars, how one of them compares to Kim Kardashian and discuss why the auto shows as we know them might come to an end sooner as we might imagine.

In our fourth episode, Eric and Martin share their thoughts on recently released cars, their opinions about vulgar design and discuss the trend of setting up multiple satelite design studios. They also have big news for the future of Gestalten.

In this episode Eric and Martin talk about new cars, Martins impression from the CES Asia in Shanghai and discuss plagiarism in automitive design.

In the second episode of our podcast Eric from Formtrends and Martin from Konzepthaus talk about new cars, how ui and ux design influence automotive design and the difficulties associated.

Martin from Konzepthaus and Eric from Formtrends talk about the Auto China 2018 in Beijing, how the development in chinese OEMs impact the world and latest trends in cardesign.