Niels Van Roij | Automotive Design / Coachbuilding

Niels (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/nielsvanroijdesign/ '>@nielsvanroijdesign</a>) is an automotive designer and coachbuilder specialising in bespoke products for wealthy clients. One of his more famous designs is a Tesla Model S shooting brake but he has worked on quite a few cool projects. We discuss automotive design, photography, making cars look "Right" and much much more. Thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Niels. You can find the video podcast here: <a href='https://youtu.be/FuQiZahPSYQ'>https://youtu.be/FuQiZahPSYQ</a> <br/><br/>Niels' website: <br/><a href='https://nielsvanroij.com/ '>https://nielsvanroij.com/ </a><br/><a href='https://www.instagram.com/nielsvanroijdesign/ '>https://www.instagram.com/nielsvanroijdesign/ </a><br/><br/>Hope you enjoy, <br/><br/>Sam<br/><br/>Show Notes:<br/><br/>0:00 Your journey<br/>6:35 = What do you learn studying industrial design?<br/>6:48 = Designing a London taxi<br/>11:50 = Having a fresh perspective <br/>15:57 = The Porsche Cayenne<br/>20:37 = There is so much happening in the industry right now<br/>21:08 = Why would you go back to study at the RCA when you've already got a job in design?<br/>26:19 = What is coachbuilding in 2020?<br/>28:48 = The Breadvan Homage<br/>34:35 = The Rolls Royce Shooting Brake<br/>41:40 = It becomes about more than the car<br/>49:58 = How do you stop a car looking like a concept car<br/>55:52 = What's your favourite bit of new design?<br/>59:28 = Mclaren Senna, what went wrong?<br/>1:10:30 = You must get a high amount of job satisfaction<br/>1:14:10 = Car Photography (and tiny things that mess it up)<br/>1:18:14 = Good photography vs bad and bad press shots<br/>1:22:20 = Cars need an environment <br/>1:24:00 = Cars are not cows<br/>1:32:35 = Adventum Coupe<br/>1:36:20 = Making a car with a singular message<br/>1:38:49 = 5 Questions<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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