Richard Kim (car designer)

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Richard Kim (born 1981) is a Korean-American car designer, known for his work on the BMW i3 and i8 electric cars. He joined Canoo in 2017 as Chief Design Officer and Co-Founder. [1]

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Career

Kim obtained a degree in Transportation Design from Art Center College of Design in California [2] [3] in 2004 and later taught as a faculty instructor from 2008-15.

In 2016, Kim was the subject of controversy after he claimed design authorship over his home without crediting the building's architect. [4]

He has worked as a designer for BMW Designworks USA and BMW Project i in Munich from 2005 to 2012. He then worked at GM Hollywood and VW/Audi group Santa Monica and subsequently left in 2015 to join start-up car company Faraday Future which he left in December 2017. [5] He worked at Faraday Future as VP of Design, Branding, UIUX, and Experiential.

Prior to working at BMW he spent time with Nissan Design Europe and VW Group in Simi Valley and Barcelona.

Notable designs

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References

  1. ↑ "BMW Vets Raise A Stunning $1 Billion For Stealth EV Startup".
  2. ↑ "Bio". Art Center Transportation Design. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "History: BMW car designers – Episode 1". BMW. 23 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Did The Designer Of The BMW i3 And i8 Take Too Much Credit For The Design Of His House?". Jalopnik. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  5. ↑ "Faraday Future's chief designer resigns, as some employees stop showing up to work". The Verge. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "BMW Concept X1 - Richard Kim (exterior designer) and design engineer (10/2008)". BMW Group Press. 1 October 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Glimpse BMW's Slick, Sexy Electric Future". Wired. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "BMW Unveils i3 Electric Car and i8 Hybrid Electric Vehicle on US Soil for the First Time!".
  9. ↑ "BMW i8 Spyder: Its Tech Is Undeniably Cool".
  10. ↑ Tannert, Chuck (13 January 2016). "Can Faraday Future Change the World?". BBC. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Faraday Future's "founding executive" and FF91 designer has resigned".
  12. ↑ "LeEco LeSee Pro concept looks lovely, is far from production ready".
  13. ↑ "canoo-cruise-electrify-the-car-industry".
  14. ↑ "Richard Kim's Rectilinear Design for the Canoo Multi-Purpose Delivery Vehicle".
  15. ↑ "CANOO, LAND ROVER AND PEUGEOT WIN THE CAR DESIGN AWARD 2021".
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