Volvo Design Director Steve Mattin: A Car Is a Sculpture on Wheels
June 5, 2005 | Levent OZLER
Steve Mattin is passionate about cars and design, and now has the opportunity to put his mark on the future look of Volvo cars since joining Volvo Car Corporation in Gothenburg as Design Director after 18 years with Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart, where he was directly responsible for a whole series of models, including the A-Class and the new M-Class.
According to Steve, arriving as a newcomer to Volvo is a distinct advantage: "I can see things with fresh eyes.
My international experience also helps, as well as coming from a major premium brand.
"I tend to live the brand - it is fixed in your brain and becomes impregnated in your soul," he says, and is sure that the Volvo brand will become just as much a part of him.
Steve had been with Mercedes-Benz ever since he graduated from Coventry University in 1987 with a BA (Hons) in Industrial Design (Transportation).
Hans-Olov Olsson, CEO and President of Volvo Car Corporation and J. Mays, Chief Creative Officer at Ford Motor Company managed to impress Steve with the opportunity of a future with Volvo.
Like another of Volvo's former design directors, Peter Horbury, Steve Mattin is also English and grew up in the village of Wootton, in Bedfordshire.
He has loved drawing for as long as he can remember, and always looked forward to being taken to motor shows as a child
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