Chris Svensson died on this day 21 July 2018. A former resident of The High.
Svensson’s long, impactful career with Ford resulted in designs ranging from the 1996 Ford Ka city car, which looked uncannily like the designer’s final-year thesis project at the Royal College of Art, to the 2017 Ford GT supercar, the development of which Svensson oversaw while serving as Ford’s Design Director of the Americas.
He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1992 with a Masters in Automotive Design, after earning his Bachelors in Automotive Design from Coventry University.
After his graduation from RCA in 1992, Svensson was hired on at Ford’s Cologne, Germany design center, and he went on to work for Ford in England, Australia, and the United States. He was appointed to his most recent role – Global Design Director of SUVs, Trucks, and Commercial Vehicles in 2017
Thanks Brian Storey and text from Ford
Svensson’s long, impactful career with Ford resulted in designs ranging from the 1996 Ford Ka city car, which looked uncannily like the designer’s final-year thesis project at the Royal College of Art, to the 2017 Ford GT supercar, the development of which Svensson oversaw while serving as Ford’s Design Director of the Americas.
He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1992 with a Masters in Automotive Design, after earning his Bachelors in Automotive Design from Coventry University.
After his graduation from RCA in 1992, Svensson was hired on at Ford’s Cologne, Germany design center, and he went on to work for Ford in England, Australia, and the United States. He was appointed to his most recent role – Global Design Director of SUVs, Trucks, and Commercial Vehicles in 2017
Thanks Brian Storey and text from Ford
