{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/why-volvo-s-game-changing-design-move-could-signal-a-new-trend/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Why Volvo's game-changing design move could signal a new trend","slug":"why-volvo-s-game-changing-design-move-could-signal-a-new-trend","createdLocal":"2023-02-26 14:30:57.762768","publishDate":"2023-02-23 10:22:08-05:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/how-jim-rowan-aims-take-volvo-design-new-level"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Volvo Cars' decision to pick an executive to lead its design team who has no experience at a traditional automaker could become a new industry trend.\n\"This is the first but unlikely the last move where an automaker shakes up its design by bringing in someone who isn't a longtime car design boss,\" Sam Livingstone, who is director of consultancy Car Design Research, told Automotive News Europe.\nIncoming Volvo global styling boss Jeremy Offer has more than 30 years' experience as a designer, but this will be his first top-level post at a global automaker.\nThe 55-year-old executive, who will start May 1, comes to Volvo from electric van startup Arrival, where he serves as senior vice president and chief design officer.\nPrior to joining Arrival, Offer was head of industrial design and part of the senior management team at global consulting firm EPAM, where he helped bring service and industrial design to their wider consulting practice.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"why-volvo-s-game-changing-design-move-could-signal-a-new-trend"}}}