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Jozef Kaban joins SAIC | Articles

A shake-up of Volkswagen’s design department early in 2023 saw Andreas Mindt replace Jozef Kabaň as head of design, who moved into a new ‘creative art director’ role elsewhere in the group.

We can now report that Kabaň has taken up a new gig in China with SAIC, treading a similar path to ex-colleague Klaus Zyciora, who moved from VW to Changan. Kabaň will serve as vice president of the design center based at SAIC’s R&D Innovation Headquarters, and will report to global design director Shao Jingfeng.

Kabaň joins at an exciting time for the brand, with MG celebrating its

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How Kia’s design chief is making Americans want to drive sedans again

Kia’s K4 sedan, a sleek, compact four-door that debuted this week at the New York International Auto Show, has stiff competition — mainly from the Korean brand’s own sport-utility vehicles and crossovers.

American drivers, however, may soon become enamored with the sedan’s fastback styling and airy interior.

“We’re not all going to drive SUVs … people have different tastes and needs and desires,” Karim Habib, the head of Kia Global Design, told ABC News. “We wanted to make the sedan relevant for the future.”

Habib joined Kia in 2019, overseeing the brand’s exterior, interior, color and material teams. He’s also

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Design news: style after a mastectomy, a pop art funfair and a skate ramp at Chelsea | Life and style

Qhis month brings a great revival as well as new launches. Luna Luna was a 1980s funfair created by artists, including a carousel by Keith Haring and a mirrored maze by Roy Lichtenstein. Read about how it was restored here, as well as Chelsea Flower Show’s first skateable garden and clothing for asymmetric bodies.

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All the fun of the art fair

Keith Haring with his carousel at the original Luna Luna. Photograph: Luna Luna

If a funfair which includes rides and exhibits created by the likes of David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dalí and Jean-Michel Basquiat sounds preposterous,

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