From form vs. function to form + function

Their jobs are distinctly different, but engineers and their design counterparts share an end goal: the best vehicle possible.

Chris Bangle has said it before, and he believes it is as true as ever: “Design is too important to leave to designers, and the same is true for engineering.”

Chief designer for BMW Group, Bangle might also qualify as chief philosopher for the automotive design community, if not for designers from all fields. Bangle Tenet No. 2: “Engineering is an opinion.”