- Hyundai Motor Group President, Chief Design Officer, and Chief Artistic Officer Luc Donckerwolke, former President and Chief Design Officer Peter Schreyer, and legendary designer Giorgetto Giugiaro acknowledged for design excellence
- Automotive Information Centennial Awards commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the publication and honor extraordinary people whose imaginative and prescient, innovation and management have made a long-lasting impression on the world automotive trade
- Awards ceremony held in Turin, as a part of Automotive Information Europe Congress 2025
Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) main design figures Luc Donckerwolke, President, Chief Design Officer, and Chief Artistic Officer, and Peter Schreyer, govt design advisor and model ambassador, have been acknowledged with Automotive Information Centennial Awards for his or her excellent contributions to world automotive design. Legendary designer Giorgetto Giugiaro – chargeable for Hyundai Motor’s unique Pony and the Pony Coupe idea – was additionally honored.
Introduced throughout the 2025 Automotive Information Europe Congress in Turin, Italy, June 11-12, the Centennial Awards rejoice 100 years of the publication. The awards honor extraordinary people whose creativity, innovation, and management have made a long-lasting impression on the world automotive trade.
CDO and CCO Luc Donckerwolke honored for shaping world automotive design
Because the Group’s President, Chief Design Officer, and Chief Artistic Officer, Donckerwolke oversees design technique for Hyundai Motor, Kia, and Genesis, and was praised for pushing artistic boundaries and championing progressive and interesting design philosophies to distinguish the Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis manufacturers.
Beneath Donckerwolke’s management, Hyundai Motor Group’s automotive manufacturers have earned world recognition for autos that mix expertise, sustainability, and design excellence.
“I’m deeply honored to obtain this award,” stated Donckerwolke. “This recognition is a testomony to Hyundai Motor Group’s perception in design as a driving pressure for innovation and identification. I share this award with all of the gifted groups that encourage me daily and work relentlessly to problem the established order.”
Donckerwolke joined Hyundai Motor Group in 2016 after holding senior design positions at Skoda, Audi, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Bentley. In 2018 he grew to become the Group’s Chief Design Officer, increasing his tasks additional in 2020 as Chief Artistic Officer.
Design visionary Peter Schreyer celebrated for distinctive contribution
Peter Schreyer joined Kia in 2006 as Chief Design Officer having began his profession at Audi, later shifting to Volkswagen. At Kia, Schreyer launched a daring new design identification, redefining the model with the now-iconic ‘tiger nostril’ grille and positioning Kia as a worldwide design chief.
In 2013 he was promoted to President and Chief Design Officer of Hyundai Motor Group, including accountability for Hyundai Motor design, the place he led an progressive renewal of the model’s SUV lineup and guided design throughout Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis, strengthening their world model identities.
Following his retirement on the finish of 2023, Schreyer has served as a mentor for college kids below the Group’s partnership with the Royal School of Artwork, supporting the Hyundai-Kia Design and Innovation Challenge, Clever Mobility MA Visiting Design Fellowship Program, Customized Skilled Growth Workshops, and The Hyundai-Kia Pupil Awards.
“It’s an unimaginable honor to obtain this award. It belongs to the various artistic and devoted groups I’ve had the privilege to work with – and to Hyundai Motor Group for its unwavering perception within the energy of design to drive significant progress and alter,” stated Schreyer.
Each Donckerwolke and Schreyer had been acknowledged for his or her instrumental roles in reworking Hyundai Motor Group into a worldwide design powerhouse.
Additionally honored was Giorgetto Giugiaro, whose relationship with Hyundai dates again to the Nineteen Seventies. Cited as a key inspirational determine by each Donckerwolke and Schreyer, the famend Italian designer was chargeable for the enduring 1974 Hyundai Pony Coupe idea, in addition to the manufacturing Hyundai Pony – South Korea’s first domestically developed mass-produced automobile.
Talking on the Automotive Information Centennial Awards, KC Crain, President and Chief Government Officer of Crain Communications, mother or father firm of Automotive Information, stated, “Peter Schreyer and Luc Donckerwolke have helped redefine what trendy automotive design means – not only for Hyundai Motor Group, however for the complete trade. Their daring creativity and management have elevated the position of design as a strategic pressure, and their legacy is mirrored in autos acknowledged around the globe for each their magnificence and innovation. We’re proud to honor them with Automotive Information Centennial Awards for his or her extraordinary contributions.”
This recognition of Hyundai Motor Group’s design imaginative and prescient underscores the Group’s dedication to design as a strategic differentiator. With daring, human-centered improvements on the core of its design philosophy, the Group continues to form the mobility panorama via creativity, collaboration, and world-class design management.
Luc Donckerwolke Bio
| 2020 – present | President, Chief Design Officer, and Chief Artistic Officer, Hyundai Motor Group |
| 2018 – 2020 | Chief Design Officer, Hyundai Motor Group |
| 2016 – 2018 | Design Director, Hyundai Motor and Genesis |
| 2012 – 2016 | Design Director, Bentley |
| 2011 – 2012 | Head of Superior Design, Volkswagen Group |
| 2005 – 2011 | Head of Design, SEAT |
| 1998 – 2005 | Exterior Designer and Challenge Chief / Head of Design, Lamborghini |
| 1992 – 1998 | Exterior Design Coordinator, SKODA; Exterior Designer / Exterior Design Chief, Audi |
Peter Schreyer Bio
| 2013 – 2023 | President and Chief Design Officer, Hyundai Motor Group |
| 2006 – 2013 | Chief Design Officer, Kia |
| 2004 | Volkswagen (model) Design Heart Europe, founder |
| 2002 – 2006 | Head of Design, Volkswagen (model) |
| 1994 – 2002 | Head of Design, Audi |
| 1993 – 1994 | Head of Exterior Design, Volkswagen (model) |
| 1980 – 1993 | Audi Superior Design (Exterior and Inside) |
