John Krsteski | |
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Born | Macedonia |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Education | College for Creative Studies |
Occupation | Car Designer |
Organization | Genesis Motor |
Title | Senior Chief Designer |
John Krsteski is an American automobile designer, automotive artist, painter and Chief Designer at Genesis, North America. Born in Macedonia, he moved to Detroit, Michigan when he was a child.[1][2] He went on to study transportation design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.[3] While at CCS, Krsteski elected also to study painting.[4]
On graduation, he joined Johnson controls where he worked on advanced automotive interiors at a time when the expectation for design graduates was to become exterior designers.[3] He described going into interior design as "An unusual step of focusing on his weakness",[3]
"Coming out of school, I wasn’t too good at interiors," he says. "At that time, students weren’t being trained for interiors, because the expectation was that you’d be an exterior designer. I had an opportunity with (supplier) Johnson Controls to do interiors. I thought it was fantastic. I could go there and learn more about the inside of the car."
Krsteski worked at Johnson controls for three years where he became a design manager. He joined Hyundai Motor America in 2007 as a design manager,[3] remained there for 13 years, and joined joining Genesis Design, as a chief designer.[5][6] He started out with interiors and later transitioned to exterior design. During Krsteski's time at Hyundai, he was responsible for several concept and production vehicles, such as the Hyundai Nuvis concept,[7] Curb Concept, HCD-14 concept,[3] Hyundai Sonata, and Hyundai Genesis.[8][9] He appeared on the MotoMan TV in 2011 in a mini documentary series about the design and development of the Hyundai Curb concept.[10][11]
Krsteski is also an instructor at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, where he teaches automobile design.[12]
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