Kris Tomasson
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Kris Tomasson was born in 1967 to parents Marlene and ballet dancer Helgi Tómasson[1], is an American industrial designer and responsible for Design at car brand NIO.[2]
Since joining NIO in 2015, he has led the design of its brand and car line up including the most recent ET7[3], ET5, ES7 and the NIO Eve[4], the first NIO concept car.
Early Life and Education[edit]
Kris Tomasson grew up in New York with his parents. He studied transportation design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California as well as at a satellite school in Switzerland and graduated with honors.[5]
Career[edit]
After graduation, he worked as a designer at various companies, From 1992 to 1998 for the first time for BMW, then as design director, Innovation of the Arnell Group, for the Coca-Cola Company (Global Design Director), Gulfstream Aerospace, Ford and from April 2014 to May 2015 again for BMW, where he was responsible for the exterior body design of the electric i-models[6] In June 2015, he moved from BMW[7] to the Chinese start-up company Next EV (NIO)[8] after a three and half hour meeting with William Li at the Reitschule Café on Munich’s Königin Avenue. Kris Tomasson became the vice president Design of NIO's Munich design studio. [9] located in Munich/Bogenhausen, production of the cars is in China.[10]
Since joining NIO he has been responsible for development of the brand including NIO's Logo[11] revealed at the Saatchi Gallery and its range of electric cars. These include the
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ES8
ES6
EC6
ET7
ET5
ES7
Tomasson also created the ET Preview and Eve concept cars.
Awards[edit]
Kris Tomasson has a won a number of awards for his designs. The NIO ES6 has been awarded the top mark for vehicle design in the 2020 Automotive Brand Contest[12]. The ES6 took first place in the exterior premium brand category. His ET7[13] has secured a Good Design Award won a Red Dot Award in 2021 and the ET5 was a winner in 2022 [14]
Patents[edit]
Tomasson has a signifcant number of patents attributed to him from his designs at NIO, BMW and Coca Cola[15]
References[edit]
- ↑ Ambroff-Tahan, James. "Helgi Tomasson, who transformed the S.F. Ballet into a world-class institution, begins his long goodbye". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "DESIGNED IN GERMANY". The Group of Analysts. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ News, Global Design (2022-01-13). "Kris Tomasson unveils a tour-de-force for the new autonomous NIO ET7 Electric Sedan that is heralded as the 'visionary car for tomorrow'". Global Design News. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ read, Eric Gallina··4 min (2017-05-15). "NIO Eve Design Story: A Vision for Autonomous Mobility". Form Trends. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Walford, Lynn (2021-08-03). "How NIO Design, Branding And Tech Are Leading to Success - NIO Insiders Kris Tomasson & Ganesh Iyer". Auto Futures. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ "Kris Tomasson to Keynote at the ArtCenter College of Design's Virtual Car Classic". www.nio.com. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ Eversloh, Saskia. "Elektroauto: Chinesisches Start-up Nio setzt auf den Standort Deutschland". www.wiwo.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
- ↑ "NextEV Nio EP9". www.welt.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- ↑ Walford, Lynn (2021-08-03). "How NIO Design, Branding And Tech Are Leading to Success - NIO Insiders Kris Tomasson & Ganesh Iyer". Auto Futures. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Ein E-Auto-Start-up, irgendwo zwischen Apple und BMW". www.sueddeutsche.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2022-02-07.
- ↑ Vinkhuyzen, Maarten (2022-06-23). "NIO Enters the Global Stage — Not Your Average Carmaker". CleanTechnica. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "NIO Wins 'Best Of Best' For The ES6 Design At The Automotive Brand Contest". InsideEVs. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "The Good Design Awards". www.good-designawards.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Red Dot Award".
- ↑ "Kris Tomasson Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
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