Former BWM designer Jochen Paesen joins the design studio at Kia Motors. The South Korean-based design team is led by Karim Habib, former BMW Head of Design. This is Kia’s third major hire from BMW’s…
Kia Motors Corporation has appointed Karim Habib as Senior Vice President and Head of Kia Design Center. He will take up his new post at the start of October and will be based at Kia’s…
The abrupt and unexpected departure of the talented and highly appreciated BMW Head of Design Karim Habib has left a void in the design team in Munich. Habib is highly esteemed in the design circles…
It’s free-agency time in the NFL, at the moment. A time when high-priced athletes leave their current teams to go to different, sometimes rival teams. It’s a tense but exciting time for fans and teams…
Earlier this month, at the opening of the Paris Motor Show 2016, BMW unveiled a car that has been talked about for quite some time. Rising up from the rumormill, the BMW X2 Concept was…
When BMW first debuted the 2002 Hommage Concept, it was met with quite a lot of mixed reactions. Some loved it, some hated it and very few were on the fence about it. It was…
BMW’s Chief Designer, Karim Habib went on camera for us to explain the design of the new BMW 7 Series. The amount of technology, luxury and finesse featured on the 7 Series’ cabin is simply…
At the international media launch of the new 2016 BMW 7 Series, we sat down for an interview (video to publish shortly) with Karim Habib, the charismatic BMW chief designer in charge of all things…
At the 2014 Paris Motor Show, we sat down for an interview with Karim Habib, BMW Chief Designer. Among many design topics, we touched on the new BMW X6, design trends in the industry, Tesla’s…
One of the main criticism with current generation BMW models was the slight differentiation in exterior design when you look across the 3, 5 and 7 Series range. “Same sausage, different lengths” was a phrase…
