Hello Dottiowyo,
The MINI Cooper was designed by the BMW Group, Munich.
?Introduced in 1959 to the British market, the original MINI quickly
earned a reputation as a pop-culture symbol and a motorsport success.
The revamp of this cheeky British classic, designed by BMW Group of
Munich, Germany, and introduced to the U.S. market in spring 2002,
takes cues from its predecessor's quirky shape and colors, but with
more technological bells and whistles, including six airbags and
Dynamic Stability Control. Lovelady liked the car's nostalgic, cult
appeal.?
CLIENT|DESIGN BMW Group, Munich, Germany: BMW Design Team
http://www.idonline.com/adr02/mini_dell_moen.asp
Frank Stephenson at BMW headquarters in Munich designed the MINI Cooper.
DesignWorksUSA and Rover designers at the facility in England also
collaborated in the design of the MINI Cooper.
?Adrian Van Hooydonk talks about the Mini Cooper as a "jewel in the
box" that BMW bought when it paid 800 million pounds for Britain's
last major car company, the Rover Group, in February 1994.?
?The car had gone virtually unchanged for four decades. Then it ceased production.?
?So when the president of DesignWorks/USA learned he would get a crack
at remaking the classic model, he did what any auto enthusiast would
do. He took the "old girl"?a vintage Mini?for a spin around the
block.?
?Van Hooydonk's American team found itself in friendly competition
with design studios at the Rover facility in England and at BMW
headquarters in Munich. His own design, which favored the "S-type"
racer, was unveiled in a hammered-aluminum prototype in Monte Carlo in
1997.?
?It helped set the stage for a slightly less radical view penned by
American designer Frank Stephenson in the Munich studio. Stephenson's
design won over BMW's decision-makers.?
?But the process was collaborative. The design engineers at the three
studios used IBM's CATIA collaborative design software to model work
electronically. They traded information, concepts and drawings over a
secure virtual private network, to create drafts and digital mockups.?
Read more about it here:
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1397,1632416,00.asp
Frank Stephenson
??a man who has to be considered one of the current all-stars of
automotive design, Frank Stephenson. Stephenson, who designed the
current MINI ??.
?Stephenson's arrival in Modena, the center of the Italian sports car
world, was greeted by more than a little surprise and skepticism. It
took the 45-year-old designer from one automotive extreme to another.
In his previous job Stephenson had worked on a variety of projects,
including the BMW X5. But he earned his spurs for penning the shape of
the reborn MINI Cooper.?
CooperChronicle
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Frank Stephenson is currently Head of the Fiat, Lancia and Commercial
Vehicle Styling Centre, based in Turin.
?Frank Stephenson, Director of Ferrari-Maserati Concept Design and
Development, is to move to Fiat to become Head of the Fiat, Lancia and
Commercial Vehicle Styling Centre, based in Turin.?
(?)
?Appointed to his current position in July 2002, Stephenson's
influence has been seen in the Maserati MC12 and the all-new Ferrari
F430. He has also overseen the introduction of the Maserati
Quattroporte and Ferrari Scaglietti, both designed by Pininfarina. The
45-year-old designer, a graduate of Art Center College of Design in
Pasadena, previously spent 11 years at BMW, where he began as a senior
designer in Munich and worked on a variety of projects, including the
BMW X5. He is best known for penning the shape of the reborn BMW MINI
Cooper, launched in 2001.?
Car Design News: Feb 22, 2005
http://www.cardesignnews.com/news/2005/050222fiat-stephenson/index.html
?Frank Stephenson is an automobile designer, currently head of the
Fiat, Lancia, and Commercial Vehicle Styling Centre in Turin, Italy.
Stephenson was a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in
Pasadena, California.
Stephenson spent 11 years at BMW, where he worked on the BMW X5. He is
best known for the design of the 2001 BMW MINI. He moved to Fiat in
July 2002, working on the Maserati MC12 and Ferrari F430. He also
oversaw Pininfarina's work on the Maserati Quattroporte and Ferrari
612 Scaglietti. He moved to his current position on February 22, 2005
and was replaced by Donato Coco.?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stephenson
Frank Stephenson
?The American designer, born in Morocco to European parents, is
considered one of the hottest talents in the auto design industry.
During an 11-year tenure at BMW, he racked up his first industry icon:
The popular Mini Cooper, which was launched in 2001. The Ferrari F430
came from Stephenson's drawing board during his recent stint at
Ferrari and Maserati.
Stephenson, who penned his first car design at age 11, studied at the
Art Center College of design in Pasadena, Calif. He's now working
feverishly to bring out a new generation of cars at Fiat, including a
remake of the historic Fiat 500, one of Europe's hottest-selling cars
in the 1960s.?
Businessweek Online: JANUARY 16, 2006
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_03/b3967019.htm
Questions and Answers to MINI designer Frank Stephenson.
http://www.mini2.com/article33-your-questions-answered-by-frank-stephenson.html
Frank Stephenson´s Design Journey
http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/110505.html
Contact Information:
DesignworksUSA
Email: contact@designworksusa.com
1-805-499-9590
Website: http://www.designworksusa.com/site.html
BMW Designworks
201 Corporate Center Drive
Newbury Park
California 91320
USA
Phone +1 805 499 9590
Fax +1 805 499 9650
Fiat Auto SpA.
Corso Giovanni Agnelli 200,
10135 Turin
Tel: +93-11-683-1111
Fax: +39-11-683-7591
BMW
Address: Petuelring 130, 80809 Munich
Tel: +49-89-3820
Fax: +49-89-3822-5858
URL: www.bmwgroup.com
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