Podcasts
Listen to live reviews from the show floors of the world’s biggest auto shows, and learn about the design philosophies and career paths of the industry’s top designers and engineers. Our special guests include industry leaders from the world’s largest manufacturers and mobility design pioneers.
SE01:EP03 - Diversity in exterior design teams
Anne Forschner, BMW New Class InCar & NonCar Experiences, 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.
S01:EP02 - Authentic Leadership: Becoming a role model
Claudia Braun former head of CMF design for Rivian, Volvo, Polestar, Porsche, and Merced, now part of our Consulting team here at Konzepthaus dives deeper into the topic of Authentic Leadership and Becoming a role model. She recounts her 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 shares her struggles to establish her leadership style while remaining authentic amidst professional pressures.
SE01:EP01 - A generational shift in mindset and female leadership
Amy 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 envolving automotive design departments.
EP 68: How Infrastructure and Design shape the Future of our Spaces – moderated by Chris Bangle
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.
EP 67: The Impact of Design on Mobility in Politics, Culture, Economy and Responsibility – moderated by Christopher Butt
What is the influence of design on the perception of cultures, and how does design affect politics? The way we will move in the future will be guided by other factors than simply an OEM. How will new players like cities creatively react to these challenges? The panel is hosted by Christopher Butt, critic and writer at Design Field Trip.
EP 66: Design & Technology – More than just a product – moderated by Martin Groschwald
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. How user-centred products are created from technologies is the focus of the expert panel.
EP 65: Design Mobility Solutions – moderated by Martin Groschwald
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. How the role of creatives and the nature of their products is changing is the central point of discussion in this session.
EP 64: How culture influences design with Karim Antoine Habib (Senior Vice President of Design at KIA)
Karim Antoine Habib (Senior Vice President of Design at Kia) 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.
EP 63: Inspiring a brand with Stephane Janin (Director Design Mobilize at Renault New Mobility Brand)
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.
EP 62: Turning a dream into reality with Laurens van den Acker (Senior Vice President of Renault Corporate Design)
Martin talks with Laurens van den Acker about the topic of reshaping a brand. Laurens van den Acker, Senior Vice President of Renault Corporate Design 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.
EP 61: The future role of a designer with Holger Hampf (President at Designworks, A BMW Group Company)
Holger Hampf joins Martin in this week’s episode to talk about the future role of designers and how they can and will influence the role of transportation and mobility design but also how the role of a designer itself will change.
EP 60: Cultural Design with Stefan Rosén (Senior Vice President Lynk & Co Design)
Stefan Rosén joins Martin in this week's episode to talk about branding and how it influences the design of a car.