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Over the last 10 years, the head
of the MINI Design studio has provided the impetus for countless
MINI vehicle concepts and for the entire design development.
Alongside the further development of the third generation of the
classic MINI, the MINI Cabrio and MINI Clubman were also created
under his leadership. This year, Gert Hildebrand and his team
added a real 4-door version to the MINI brand: the MINI
Countryman, launched in September.
The MINI Coupé and MINI Roadster
concepts presented in 2009, which will be appearing on the
market in 2011 and 2012, were also created in the MINI Design
studio under his guidance. Apart from designing cars, Gert
Volker Hildebrand has also devoted himself to encouraging young
designers and to talking about design in institutions and to the
public.
Anders Warming, head of Exterior
Design, BMW Automobiles, started working for DesignworksUSA in
California in 1997. Following this, the 38-year-old Dane was
employed in various positions as an automobile designer before
coming to Munich in 2005 as Team Leader, Advanced Design, BMW
Group. In 2007, he took over as head of Exterior Design, BMW
Automobiles. Under his leadership, the BMW Z4, BMW 5 Series and
the BMW Concept 6 Series Coupé, presented at the Paris Auto
Show, were created.
"I would like to wish Gert
Hildebrand all the best for the future and thank him for working
with us so well and so successfully", says Adrian van Hooydonk,
head of BMW Group Design. "Anders Warming has the expertise, the
necessary experience and the intuition to take the MINI brand,
with the support of the entire MINI Design team, into an ever
more successful future."
Photos: MINI/BMW
(Dec. 01, 2010) |
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