Ian Callum Was Britain’s Most Important Car Designer

Ian Callum is one of the most important automotive designers of the 21st century. You probably know him best for his tenure at Jaguar, where he revitalized their design language and brought the brand into relevance again. But this wasn’t the first storied British automaker that Ian helped return to form. Aston Martin owes much of their rebound, and possibly their continued existence, to Callum’s work for them in the mid-90s and early aughts. And even though he’s recently called it a career in the automotive industry, he’s still making headlines heading up his own design consultancy. Well discuss all this and much more in this episode of industry icons! SOURCES TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 1:02 EARLY LIFE 7:23 FORD 9:28 GHIA VIA 11:00 FORD ZIG AND ZAG 14:40 TWR DESIGN 16:38 DB7 22:36 VARIOUS TWR PROJECTS 25:20 EARLY JAGUAR 30:11 XK 32:59 XF 37:42 XJ 40:46 LATER JAGUAR PROJECTS 45:47 CALLUM