Tastemakers: Industrial Designers

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From the new BMW 7-Series to candy-colored iMacs, these are the products whose ingenuity captures our imaginations and whose lines catch our eye. These are the chairs that straighten our slouches, the containers that prevent us from spilling on our laps, the handy tools that are triumphs of form and function. They are the vehicles that transport us along roads--and even through the stratosphere--in comfort and style.
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Chief Designer
The BMW Group, Munich, Germany
Major Awards: 2004 appointment by the Singapore government to the International Advisory Panel of Design Singapore Council; The BMW Group has received multiple design awards, including from the IDSA and Germany's iF International Forum Design.
Designs We Love:Under Bangle, the BMW Design Group has designed models in the 1 Series, 3 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series and 7 Series; the Z4 Roadster; the MINI; and the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Stats: $2.9 billion in domestic 3 Series sales, based on average invoice prices, and $680 million in MINI sales, according to Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com
Press Mentions: 255

Since joining the BMW Group in 1992, Chris Bangle has given the BMW more sculptural curves than some purists can stomach, igniting debate as scorching as his "flame surfacing." Rear-end designs have earned the unkind sobriquet "Bangle Butt," and critics have signed an online petition to get him canned. Steering the brand into a raucous new future, the design chief is backed fully by his bosses, not to mention sales: The BMW Group sold more than 980,000 cars internationally during the first three quarters of 2005, an 11% increase over the previous year.