3 Series
If you’re a fan of the blue and white roundel, then it’s likely you know of the name Chris Bangle. You may have even heard the expression “Bangle Butt”. If not, Chris Bangle was the head designer…
Nico DeMattia / August 16, 2016
Videos
This video shows Chris Bangle talking passionately about design, what drives design and showcasing him as an innovator who tried to create new, fresh, technologically advanced designs
Nico DeMattia / January 22, 2015
7 Series
The car that most people will remember Chris Bangle by is the E65 7 Series and the infamous Bangle Butt
Nico DeMattia / January 21, 2015
Interesting
Back in 2012, BMWBLOG had the opportunity to interview Chris Bangle, BMW’s ex-chief designer. There are a number of us at BMWBLOG that think very highly of Chris Bangle’s contribution to automotive design and particularly…
Horatiu Boeriu / December 28, 2014
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BMWBLOG Interviews Chris Bangle
by Hugo Becker / Date: July 30, 2012
Interesting
Chris Bangle, the charismatic designer and ex-chief of design at BMW, launches a novel. The U.S.-born designer penned the Peter Teufel, A Tale of Car Design in 3 Parts. But there is more to it….
Horatiu Boeriu / January 22, 2012
News
According to Autoblog, Chris Bangle, the controversial former head of BMW design, has joined forces with Samsung to oversee the design of notebooks and phones. The talented American designer left BMW back in 2009 after…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 12, 2011
Videos
Chris Bangle, the charismatic designer and ex-chief of design at BMW, attended the 2011 Geneva Motor Show and as usual, he made a stop at the BMW exhibit where he was seen cordially chatting with…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 6, 2011
Videos
Chris Bangle is back in the spotlight. Inframe.tv created a documentary on Chris Bangle and allowed him to freely speak about design and his days at BMW, and in our opinion, this is the best…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 15, 2010
Others
Regardless of popular sentiment, from either pole, Chris Bangle has had a significant impact on BMW. His retirement in March of 2009 marked the end of a decade and a half of service designing automobiles…
Hugo Becker / December 28, 2009
Others
In the summer of 2003 I drove to Nashville in a new Jet-Black 3.0 BMW Z4 coming in from the north out of Kentucky and into little Tennessee towns. Somewhere among the little hilled hoot-n-hollers…
Horatiu Boeriu / February 7, 2009