The Art and Science of Design | Frank Stephenson | TEDxEton

Frank talks about the influences of both art and science in car design, and design in general; he touches upon how these two elements have shaped his work throughout his illustrious career. Frank goes on to share his anticipations for the future of design.

Frank Stephenson is one of the world's most renowned and influential car designers today. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco. After growing up there, in Turkey and in Spain, he became a professional motocross racer, before moving to California to study automotive design. Frank began his professional design career in 1986 with Ford Motor Company and designed the iconic Ford Escort RS Cosworth, moving later to BMW Group where he designed the first BMW X5 and the award-winning New MINI. His next move was to Ferrari and Maserati, as their first ever Design Director. There he designed many supercars, including the Ferrari F430, the Ferrari FXX Super Enzo, the Maserati MC12 Stradale and the Maserati GranSport. He was then placed as Design Director for Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo, where he was responsible also for the design of the new Fiat 500. Frank joined McLaren Automotive in 2008, creating a vanguard design studio and design team, and establishing a new and distinctive design language.

[ers]

Frank has his own youtube channel where he explains his designs in detail - some of his designs will be the best we have ever seen!

[allanb]

The fact that the audience do not realize how much many of us will give to hear such an inspiring TED talk, this is truly amazing

[mattilinan]

this is the dude who designed the McLaren P1, MP4-12C, Ferrari F430, Maserati MC12, BMW X5, Fiat 500 among others. Literally the greatest automotive designer of the modern era, so if you're gonna listen to anyone about design, it's this guy.

[qlus]

Frank Stephenson is one of the best car designers ever

[RML]

Mister Stephenson is a true inspiration, I learned about him when I discovered his YouTube channel. Great to see how his brain works, when it comes to design.

[philiprodney]

He makes the subject so accessible. A real skill.

[kwardozz]

he's literally GREAT in predicting the future, he designed the Fiat 500 which hasn't changed its design to this day, and the MINI Cooper - a car that looks as amazing, quirky and cool as it did back in the 2000s! And the Maseratti MC12 he designed is to this day my most fav car design ever.

[gurmeharbajwa]

Honestly one of the coolest people in the world

[ccwnyc]

He designed the Mini Cooper, and also worked for Ferrari. He's also a cool guy. 😎

[COLD]

Not used to seeing Frank that nervous, makes it even more interesting to watch because it shows he really cares about this talk

[wongsakornwattanavekin]

Automotive design is very complex and extremely hard to rise to a view on the top of the world, Frank is one of the few who reached that peak.

[dScience_uk]

Inspirational speech... dream huge and make it happen
Persistence wins resistance

[AutoPlusU]

Never know before most of the fantastic car on the road today was came from this guy. Super!

[Venator]

It's been downhill for bmw after he left

[luizarthurbrito]

I love frank, but his power point is terribly 'designed' hahaha

[goldenmath]

Hi Frank, here's mine..
' greatness is the wonder between possible imaginings'
We never know who's great, wonder and the zeitgeist carries them

[carldavis]

Making others SMILE 😊
is what makes me creative💕

[ksisneh]

This is an amazing speech. Should get more views

[carldavis]

I can bore you with ideas and inventions ..form days, to weeks, to months, to years, & to decades at a time..But i never stop thinking about designing..even when Im in bed, I get up and write down ideas

[carldavis]

Under the door you could possibly have ...a slide out drawer for your shoes...☯️