Anders Warming

Anders Warming (born 1972)[1] is a Danish automotive designer working for BMW AG. He was the new chief of Design for the Mini division of BMW, but resigned in July 2016. Many 1st and 2nd Generation Mini owners disliked his styling approach for the third generation cars. The most often criticized design element was the front end, something many people called a 'fish mouth' due to its large oval grille and lip-like black plastic trim. Before working at MINI, he was recently the chief of exterior design for BMW from 2007 to the end of 2010.

Biography

Education and early career

Warming studied at Art Centre College of Design Europe, Vevey, Switzerland and also the campus in Pasadena, California.[1] He began his career at the BMW's DesignworksUSA studio in California in 1997.[2]

Warming also had a short tenure at Volkswagen from 2003 to 2005.[3]

He worked at various positions before returning to BMW headquarters in Munich in 2005.[2]

Career

Warming contributed to the exterior designs of the new second generation iteration of the BMW X3.[4] He also was known for his designs on the new BMW 5 series, Z4,[5] and the new 6 series.[4] [6]

He has worked under Chris Bangle when he was the chief of BMW car design and now works under Adrian van Hooydonk. In spring of 2011 Anders Warming became the Chief of Design at BMW Mini.

References

  1. 1 2 "BMW designers before the WWII, the Dawn of the Automotive Design - Classic Period". BMWism.com.
  2. 1 2 Levent OZLER (December 1, 2010). "Anders Warming to Head MINI Design". Dexigner.
  3. ↑ Evan Mccausland (December 1, 2010). "http://wot.motortrend.com/bmw-6-series-designer-anders-warming-named-mini-design-chief-9888.html#ixzz1BNkkCWhb". motortrend.com. External link in |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Anders Warming will be new MINI Head of Design". BMW Group. FTM Studio S.r.L. 2 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "BMW Car Designers throughout history". BMWism.com. Retrieved 2013-2-2. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ↑ DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC (12/01/2010). "Mini names BMW's Warming to succeed Hildebrand as design chief". Check date values in: |date= (help)

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