Karim Habib

Karim Antoine Habib (born 1970[1]) is a Canadian automotive designer of Lebanese descent, currently the head of design for the Korean vehicle manufacturer Kia. He previously worked for BMW and Infiniti.[2][3][4] He is fluent in Arabic, English, French, German, and Italian.

Karim Habib
Born17 March 1970
Beirut, Lebanon
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materMcGill University
OccupationAutomotive Designer
Years active1998–present
Known forAutomotive Design

Career

Habib moved to Canada in his early years and was educated at McGill University, as well as Transportation Design at the Art Center College of Design.[2]

In 1998, he was hired by BMW. He got his first break at BMW designing the interior of the E60 5 Series.[5] Later he designed the exterior of the BMW 7 Series F01.[2][3][4] He left to work for Mercedes-Benz in 2009 for a few years and came back to BMW in 2011 as exterior designer until January 2017.[2][3][4]

He started employment with Infiniti in July 2017[6] and left the company in August 2019, being replaced by Taisuke Nakamura.[7]

In September 2019, Habib joined Kia as Senior Vice President and Head of Kia Design Center.[8]

Notable works

References
  1. "Karim Habib of BMW". Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  2. Lightstone, Miranda. "Interview: Karim-Antoine Habib". Archived from the original on 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  3. "Who's Where: Karim Habib appointed Head of BMW Design - Car Design News". www.cardesignnews.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  4. "BMW designer, Karim Habib (*1970) | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  5. "BMW Automobiles Design Boss Karim Habib Resigns. Again". Form Trends. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  6. "Karim Habib devient responsable du design chez Infiniti - le blog auto". le blog auto (in French). 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  7. "Taisuke Nakamura named head of INFINITI Design". Nissan Online Newsroom. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  8. https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1650268
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