After Jozef Kabaň moved to BMW replacing Karim Habib, Skoda was wondering whom to fill the Head of Design position with. Nearly after 5 months, Skoda has decided to bestow the vacant position to Oliver Stefani, who has been with the Volkswagen Group since 2002. Most recently, the 53-year-old was Head of Exterior Design for the Volkswagen brand.
Stefani has worked on many VW production and concept cars from the last ten years. He played a crucial role in developing the up!, Polo, Jetta, Tiguan and the current Golf models, as well as the I.D. family.
“In recent years, Skoda’s design has developed extremely well. Most recently, we have also transferred the new and expressive design language to our SUV models,” said Skoda Auto CEO Bernhard Maier. “And now, Oliver Stefani will instigate the next stage of development. He will design our cars to have even greater emotional resonance and will lead them into the era of digitalisation and the electrification of vehicle manufacturing. Oliver Stefani has great creative potential. I am looking forward to working with him,” continued Maier.
For the Skoda Auto Board Member for Technical Development Christian Strube, Stefani also represents the perfect choice. “I am convinced that Oliver Stefani will consistently continue to develop the Skoda brand’s new design language and successfully elevate it to the next level. His expertise will allow him to delight Skoda customers with future models. He is the perfect fit for the Skoda brand,” said Strube confidently.
From September 1, Stefani will take over as the new Head of Design for Skoda. He studied design in Braunschweig and Pasadena (California). In addition, he worked at the Design Center Europe in Sitges (Spain) for three years.
His expertise fits in perfectly with the Skoda brand, with its numerous Simply Clever ideas and expressive, crystalline design language, added Skoda in an official statement.
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