renault 4 ever jury: laurens van den acker

laurens van den acker, vice president of renault corporate design




senior vice president, corporate design renault
laurens van den acker, born on september 5, 1965, obtained a diploma in industrial design at the university of technology
in delft in the netherlands. he began his career in 1990 as a designer at design system URL in turin, italy.
he joined audi in 1993 as exterior designer in ingolstadt (germany). in 1996, he became senior designer at
SHR perceptual management in newbury park (usa). in 1998, he became chief designer of the brand imaging group
for ford motor company in irvine (california). in 2003, he was appointed chief designer of the ford escape platform
at design centre in dearbon (usa) and in 2005, he became chief designer strategic design. he went on in 2006 to head
the design division of mazda motor corporation in hiroshima, japan. he joined the renault group on may 2009, 15,
and he is appointed senior vice president, corporate design on september 2009. he built the new design strategy
for renault and launched 3 concept-cars with the new formal language and new front identity:
DEZIR, CAPTUR and R-SPACE.