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About Design
Design Inspiration & Education
Explore the creative process behind automotive design through the eyes of the designers who bring Stellantis vehicles to life.
Abstract: The Art of Design
Ralph Gilles
The outstanding Netflix documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design, featured Stellantis Chief Design Officer Ralph Gilles and the 2017 Chrysler Portal Concept in an episode in its first season that beautifully outlines the entire automotive design.
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Watch on YouTubeAUTOMOTIVE DESIGN BASICS
Learn How to Draw
Learn How to Draw the Exterior Details
Learn How to Draw the Jeep® Wrangler
Learn How to Draw the 2025 Ram REV
Learn How to Draw the Chrysler Halcyon Concept
Exterior Design
Exterior design is all about imagining and expressing the sculpture of a vehicle's design through sketches and renderings. That includes everything on the exterior of the vehicle: its shape, its proportions and surfacing, as well as the wheels, headlights and other details.
What Makes Great Design with Mark Trostle
OUR EXTERIOR DESIGNERS
Eugenio Sellaro
Irina Zavatski
Mike Gillam
Interior Design
Interior design shapes and influences everything that the driver and passengers can see and touch on the inside of the vehicle. Every knob, button, switch, seat and steering wheel starts out as a series of sketches from one of our creative designers.
Interior Design with Corneal Campbell
OUR INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Everard Scott
Ludwin Cruz
Ben Treinen
Winnie Cheung
Tyler Rusnak
Badging & Identity
In the Badging and Identity department, we bring the "emotion" of a vehicle to a visual representation utilizing symbols, icons and/or unique typography. The vehicle character, body lines and design elements work together and have a certain DNA. Our goal is to capture that essence - yet differentiate each vehicle's individual identity. Every vehicle is unique while having its place within the brand lineup. We strive to find that place while making the look cohesive across the entire brand.
Keven Carter talks about his role in the design process.
Clay & Sculpting
Clay sculptors are expert craftspeople who shape every visible surface on our vehicles by hand. They use tools and techniques that have been passed down by generations of artisans. They build smaller, scaled versions of new vehicle designs, as well as full-sized clay models that exactly portray the look of the finished sheetmetal.
Michelle Menendez talks about clay sculpting.
Color & Materials
Color and Materials design creates the right atmosphere inside and out. Choosing the right paint colors, the correct softness of leather, the right stitching and carpeting for each and every part. Color and Materials designers draw inspiration from all over the world to make each of our vehicles as unique and beautiful as they can possibly be.
Designer Story: Advanced Color and Materials with La Shirl Turner
OUR COLOR & MATERIALS DESIGNERS
Yuna Felix-Broderick
Jasmine Brown
LaShirl Turner
UX & Design
User Experience designers imagine all of the ways that people might want to interact with our vehicles and design for all of the things that we need our vehicles to do. They create the digital environment for all of the screens in the vehicle and work to integrate other technologies — such as your phones, content streaming apps and smart home devices.
Chrysler Portal Concept: User Experience.
OUR UX DESIGNERS
Mo Ismail
Aubree Dehaan
Emilio Feliciano
Digital Sculpting
Digital sculptors use the latest technology to build and shape virtual 3D surfaces to create accurate design models of our vehicles. These models can be shared with engineering and our suppliers and are the key part in translating our design work to a final, drivable vehicle. Digital sculpting allows us to quickly make updates, revisions and different versions of every vehicle. Our visualization team also allows us to create unbelievable digital imagery and virtual reality models that bring our designs to life long before the vehicles get built.
SRT Tomahawk Vision Gran Turismo: Unveiled
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