Interior Motives Design Awards 2011

Anne's role is to define and implement ‘best in class’ design solutions, as well as to foster a design excellence culture within Dassault Systèmes. She joined in 2007, having previously been Executive Director of Design, Advanced Design, at the GM Design Center in the USA. Prior to that she was in charge of vehicle design at GM’s Michigan, Los Angeles and England design studios from 2000 to 2007.

Anne began her career at French automaker Renault, where she was responsible for driving the design of small and mid-size cars, such as the Megane range.

Klaus Busse was appointed Head of Interior Design for Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram Truck in June 2009. He joined the Chrysler Group in 2005 following 10 years with Mercedes-Benz Design where he led the large- and sports-car design team. His work for the Chrysler Group includes the award-winning interior of the 2009 Ram as well as the interior of the 2009 Chrysler 200C concept with its innovative design devoid of any mechanical switches.

Most recently, Busse led the design team responsible for the transformation of the Chrysler Group's interiors to world-class designs, including the much applauded 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 2011 Dodge Durango and 2011 Chrysler Town & Country.

Busse holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in transportation design from Coventry University, England.

Dutch-born vehicule designer and Royal College of Art (year 2000) graduate has headed up interior design at Peugeot since 2008.
Prior to this role he gained experience by leading the interior design of the 207 and the 908 concept-car reveiled in 2006. He and his team are responsable for the new design direction taken by the conceptcars SR-1, BB-1, EX-1, HR-1 and SXC(Shanghai).
Recently launched productioncars like de 3008/5008, 508 and RCZ visualise a solid vision at Peugeot in the interior design field.

Wolfgang Mueller-Pietralla studied biology at the University of Hanover, focusing on models and simulations of ecologic systems.
In 1992 he joined Volkswagen where he introduced a sustainable environmental management system. During the EXPO 2000, Mr. Mueller-Pietralla was Volkswagen's project manager and stage-managed both the Autostadt and the rain-forest house. Since 2003 he is head of Volkswagen's future affairs department within the Volkswagen Group Research, which is analyzing future developments and deducting future mobility and vehicle concepts.
From October 2010 on Mr Mueller-Pietralla holds a lecture at the Free University of Berlin.

Holder of a degree in Industrial Design from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, Victor Nacif first joined the Ford Motor Company as a designer in 1979, before moving to the PSA Group in 1984. After a ten-year stint at Ford between 1987 and 1997, Nacif rejoined PSA and worked his way up to Director of Design for PSA Peugeot Citroen in 2000. Since joining Nissan in June 2004 as Vice President of Nissan Design America, he has been actively engaged in instilling better practices and methodologies to increase efficiency and effectiveness among Nissan Design affiliates worldwide - a role that also involved him in the development of the company's current Sentra, Maxima and 370Z models. He was appointed Vice President of Nissan Design Europe in 2010.

Robin started his design career at Jaguar Cars and joined Rolls-Royce and Bentley in 1995.
Page designed the interior for the Continental GT, GT Convertible and Continental Flying Spur, launching a new era for Bentley. Leading the Interior Design team at Bentley he also created the cabin for the Azure, Brooklands, Supersports and the New Bentley Mulsanne.

Jeff Perkins started his career with General Motors in 1989, since when he has worked in a number of studios and positions. Highlights of his career include the Pontiac G6 family, Camaro concept and production interior, 2012 Chevrolet Malibu interior, Cadillac Converj and XTS concept interiors, and an upcoming Cadillac production interior.
Perkins is currently wrapping up a two-year assignment as Director of the GM UK Advanced Design Studio, focusing on the Cadillac brand and Advanced Visions for the next generation of GM vehicles.

Romanian-born Romulus Rost joined Audi in 1988; in 1994, he transferred to the company’s Design Centre in California.
Rost was promoted to head of Audi’s Design Studio in Munich in 1997. He is best known for the interior of the Audi TT coupe, with its “mould-breaking art deco” forms.
In 2002, Rost led the interior car division and product design division at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg. He joined Volkswagen Design Centre Potsdam in 2005.

Having contributed to Interior Motives almost since its inception in 2002, Euan Sey took over the role of Editor in 2006 and played a key role in developing Car Design News when it joined the Ultima Media portfolio in 2008. Euan has been writing about car design for over a decade and has had articles published in Car, Auto Express, Top Gear, Intersection, Autocar, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. He is chair of the Interior Motives Design Awards judging panel.

Born in Port Lyautey, Morocco Frank Stephenson attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After completing his studies he worked at Ford, BMW, MINI, Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo. Currently he is the Design Director at McLaren Automotive, based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England.

Scott Strong graduated from Art Centre College of Design, Pasadena in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Transportation Design. Since joining Ford of Europe in Cologne in April 1986 – a role that saw him lead the design of numerous production cars, including the exterior of the iconic Ka and the first-generation Focus – Strong has held several key Design Group positions at the Blue Oval. These include Chief Designer, Ford of Australia; Director of Ford's North American passenger Car Group; Director of North American Advanced Design; and, latterly, Design Director of Ford's Asia Pacific & Africa region.
In his new role as Director of Design, Ford Global Automotive Interiors, Scott looks forward to adding yet more accomplishments to a career that already includes re-energizing Ford Australia with the award-winning Falcon and Ford Territory, delivering the '06 SVT Shelby Mustang GT500, the '04 NAIAS "Best of Show" Shelby Cobra Roadster, and most recently, the all new 'Ranger' revealed at the Sydney and Geneva motor shows.

German-born designer Andreas Stump graduated from Pforzheim University in 1995. After that, a spell at Volkswagen Design saw him design the interior of the VW Touareg and SEAT Ibiza, before a move to Citroen in 2001 gave him the opportunity to lead the interior design of key vehicles such as the C-Airdream concept, the newly launched C3 Picasso and the acclaimed GT by Citroen concept. He has been Head of Citroen Interior Advanced Design since 2009.

Jürgen Uedelhoven was born in 1960 and took over his parents’ model-building company, UedelhovenStudios, soon after completing his engineering studies.

Jurgen's subsequent biography is company history. Through his passion for automobiles and the drive to meet the highest customer demands in terms of quality and innovation, he has established Uedelhoven-Studios as a renowned partner to the Automotive Industry. Over the course of the years, he has built the company up to its current size, cultivating a successful Design Department to complement the specialist Premium Modelmaking service.

Today, his company employs an international team of specialists; offering support for all phases of the design realization process through its comprehensive range of expertise.