Jozef Kabaň

Jozef Kabaň (born 4 January 1973 in Vavrečka, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a Slovak automobile designer. He started his career as a designer at Volkswagen. In 2003 he moved to Audi as an exterior design assistant. In 2007 he advanced to the position of Chief of Exterior Design at Audi. He was exterior designer of the Volkswagen Lupo, SEAT Arosa, Bugatti Veyron and Škoda Octavia. He has been Chief of Exterior Design at Škoda Auto since 2008. In early 2017 he left Škoda for BMW to become its head of design replacing Karim Habib.[1] In 2019 he changed position within BMW Group and headed design at its subsidiary Rolls-Royce.[2] After half a year he decided to leave Rolls-Royce and BMW Group returning to VW in January 2020, this time for its main VW brand.[3]

Jozef Kabaň
Jozef Kabaň (2007)
Born	(1973-01-04) January 4, 1973 Námestovo, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia)
Education	Master of Arts Industrial Design
Alma mater	Royal College of Art Academy of Fine Arts and Design
Occupation	Automotive Designer
Employer	Rolls-Royce Motor Cars BMW Volkswagen Group AG Skoda Bugatti
Notable work	Škoda Superb Škoda Kodiaq Škoda Octavia Volkswagen Lupo SEAT Arosa Bugatti Veyron

Education

Kaban completed a degree in Industrial Design from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design located in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1991. He graduated with a Master of Arts from the Royal College of Art, London, UK in 1997.

References

1. "Bugatti Veyron designer and Škoda design chief Jozef Kaban joins BMW | Autocar". www.autocar.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
2. "Bugatti Veyron designer moves from BMW to Rolls-Royce | Autocar". www.autocar.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
3. "Klaus Bischoff wird Konzern-Designchef | Automobilwoche". www.automobilwoche.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-04.

External links

• Auto CZ (in Czech)
• Who's Where: Jozef Kaban appointed Head of Škoda Auto Design