Jason Castriota’s story reads like the stuff of boyhood dreams. Born and raised in New York, he spent hours sketching Ferraris growing up. A few years later, while still in the midst of a transportation design degree at Art Center College of Art and Design, Castriota was offered first an internship and subsequently a full time position at Pininfarina, giving the designer the op... More...

On any given Sunday, Derek Jenkins, design director of Mazda North American Operations, winds his way up Mulholland Drive into the hills near his home in Malibu, California. A roadside coffee shop somewhere at the top serves as Mecca for car and motorcycle enthusiasts, and fertile ground for design inspiration. More...

CDN catches up with Peter Schreyer, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Design Officer at Kia, at the launch of the Kia Sportage in London recently. More...

Becoming a design director at an automaker is not an easy feat. Years must be dedicated to creating visions for future products and managing a team that is capable of winning programs. That Tony Williams-Kenny achieved that level in his career when he was a scant 32 years of age makes the accomplishment all the more impressive More...

‘Industry veteran’ can be an overused term but Chuck Pelly’s 40-plus years of professional design experience definitely makes him qualify. He’s perhaps best known for founding DesignworksUSA but his design story started in 1954 after getting a $3000 scholarship from the Fisher Body Craftsman Guild – an annual competition set up by the eponymous General Motors division to help t... More...

Very few would contest Chris Bangle’s position as one of the leading figures in contemporary car design. Love or loath him, the former BMW Design Director has left a noticeable footprint on the industry. We catch up with the outspoken American designer and find out what's next on his agenda. More...