Niels Van Roij | Automotive Design / Coachbuilding

Niels (@nielsvanroijdesign) is an automotive designer and coachbuilder specialising in bespoke products for wealthy clients. One of his more famous designs is a Tesla Model S shooting brake but he has worked on quite a few cool projects. We discuss automotive design, photography, making cars look "Right" and much much more. Thoroughly enjoyed this chat with Niels. You can find the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/FuQiZahPSYQ Niels' website: https://nielsvanroij.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nielsvanroijdesign/ Hope you enjoy,  Sam Show Notes: 0:00 Your journey 6:35 = What do you learn studying industrial design? 6:48 = Designing a London taxi 11:50 = Having a fresh perspective  15:57 = The Porsche Cayenne 20:37 = There is so much happening in the industry right now 21:08 = Why would you go back to study at the RCA when you've already got a job in design? 26:19 = What is coachbuilding in 2020? 28:48 = The Breadvan Homage 34:35 = The Rolls Royce Shooting Brake 41:40 = It becomes about more than the car 49:58 = How do you stop a car looking like a concept car 55:52 = What's your favourite bit of new design? 59:28 = Mclaren Senna, what went wrong? 1:10:30 = You must get a high amount of job satisfaction 1:14:10 = Car Photography (and tiny things that mess it up) 1:18:14 = Good photography vs bad and bad press shots 1:22:20 = Cars need an environment  1:24:00 = Cars are not cows 1:32:35 = Adventum Coupe 1:36:20 = Making a car with a singular message 1:38:49 = 5 Questions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices