Engineers working for car companies and using networked computer-aided design terminals still file their ideas directly tothe server for thechiefdesignerto approve rather than bouncing them around among colleagues for collective improvement.
In the background Samsung is working with a team of senior designers like e x-BMW chiefdesigner Chris Bangle to improve the usability and appearance of products.
To soak it all in, there was Sex and the City chief costume designer Patricia Field, Hollywood stylist Phillip Bloch and Fern Mallis, early creator of New York Fashion Week.
It works to smooth power demand on the grid and effectively lowers electricity costs tothe customer, says Schmitz, who was formerly Chief Operating Officer of UltraLife (ULBI), a worldwide designer and manufacrturer of power and communictions systems.
When I talked recently (via email) with ex-BMW chiefdesigner Chris Bangle he was doubtful about driverless vehicles simply because the liability issues it created needed to be resolved before the cars could go on sale.