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Electric vehicle Polestar announced in late August its Design Chief Maximilian Missoni was leaving the company to “take up a new role outside of Polestar.” On Friday, BMW announced Missoni amid a major restructuring of its design team led by Adrian van Hooydonk.
The former Volvo and Polestar designer will be leading BMW’s upper mid-range, luxury class and BMW Alpina, the company said in a statement.
Missoni had joined the Geely-backed brand in mid July after spending nearly nine years at Volvo Cars where he worked with the — now former — Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath and became Vice President of Exterior Design in 2014.
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Oliver Heilmer, former Head of MINI Design, will now oversee the design of all compact, mid-size BMW models, and BMW M.
Claudia Braun will lead the new Color and Material Design department for BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars while Domagoj Dukec, previously Head of BMW Design Studio, will take over Rolls-Royce Design, including Bespoke and Coachbuild.
Anders Warming, former Head of Rolls-Royce Design, will manage all Advanced Design topics and BMW Group Designworks. Holger Hampf, current Head of BMW Group Designworks, will take charge of MINI Design.
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