Automotive Designer

Sabine Zemelka is the head of BMW’s material and colour design department. Zemelka has a broad educational background, having studied interior architecture, industrial and product design, as well as art history and sociology.

Though famous for his motorcycle designs, Pierre Terblanche – born in South Africa in 1956 - began his career in advertising working on the Ford Motors account with Young & Rubicam in Cape Town.

Born in Prieska, South Africa, and graduating from Cape Town Technikon with a degree in graphic design, Oona Scheepers has established herself as a prolific designer in the automotive industry. She believes “every line has a function” and that direct communication is the golden rule to guarantee good automotive design.

Born in Calvinia, South African Keith Helfet studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cape Town before doing a Masters in Automotive Design at the Royal College of Arts in London.