{"id":3006,"date":"2020-01-31T15:13:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T23:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2020-01-31T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T23:14:01","slug":"karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/en\/2020\/01\/31\/karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Karma Debuts New Design Studio At Global Headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Karma Debuts New Design Studio At Global Headquarters<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Design Studio Represents Multimillion-Dollar Investment in Karma\u2019s Irvine, Calif., Home Base<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>New Studio Further Establishes Karma Design as Dedicated Business Unit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Studio Tasked with Guarding Karma\u2019s Unique Design Language for Current and Future Vehicle Programs, and Offering Design Services to Others<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Southern California-based luxury electric vehicle automaker and high-tech incubator Karma Automotive unveiled its new dedicated design studio at its global headquarters in Irvine, Calif., before a group of local stakeholders, business leaders, and employees. The state-of-the-art studio further establishes Karma Design as a dedicated business unit for the company, to both drive the company\u2019s unique design identity and syndicate its styling services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3007\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/en\/2020\/01\/31\/karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters\/karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karma debuts new design studio at global headquarters-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3007\" src=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2.png\" alt=\"Karma debuts new design studio at global headquarters-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2.png 800w, https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-2-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3008\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/en\/2020\/01\/31\/karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters\/karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,534\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karma debuts new design studio at global headquarters\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters.png\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3008\" src=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters.png\" alt=\"Karma debuts new design studio at global headquarters\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters.png 800w, https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Karma-debuts-new-design-studio-at-global-headquarters-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Image Credit: Karma<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 12,000-square-foot design studio represents a multimillion-dollar investment and underscores Karma\u2019s efforts to enhance and grow its design services. The new studio strengthens the company\u2019s design capabilities as it readies itself for both future Karma design projects and those on behalf of other OEMs and startups. The new business unit is also tasked with offering luxury-lifestyle design services beyond automotive and developing and guarding the unique Karma\u2019s design language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKarma Design plays an important role in Karma\u2019s diversification efforts as we embrace new market opportunities and evolve toward the next phase of our future,\u201d says Dr. Lance Zhou, Karma CEO. \u201cOur dedicated in-house design team will lend their expertise to other OEMs, startups and those seeking to leverage our luxury- lifestyle design services beyond automotive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new studio is designed to offer Karma\u2019s signature luxury offerings to others and features a customization room for clients to tailor jewels, colors and materials to their unique specifications, in addition to a trim shop. A floor-to-ceiling power wall provides designers the opportunity to show full-scale concepts digitally, while clay modeling is completed on a new surface plate and state-of-the-art measuring towers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Karma moves forward in new and excited directions, our new Design Studio is equipped to deliver luxury design services to both discerning Karma customers and business enterprises,\u201d says Andreas Thurner, Karma\u2019s Global Vice President, Design and Architecture. \u201cThe architecture of the new studio is minimalistic and modern; it is certain to bring fresh inspiration to our designers, partners and customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Led by Thurner, Karma Design\u2019s dedicated team encompasses skilled designers from across the globe with experience in a variety of industries including automotive, fashion, luxury goods and more. In addition to designing future Karma product, Karma designers will also lend their creative expertise and signature luxury offerings to OEMs, startups and design projects beyond automotive.<\/p>\n<p>Karma\u2019s design team is responsible for the iconic design language exhibited in the company\u2019s striking SC1 and SC2 concept cars, and its reimagined 2020 Revero GT, which recently received the 2020 Luxury Green Car of the Year Award. The new design studio is part of a wider investment of more than $10M in new infrastructure at Karma\u2019s Global Headquarters in Irvine, Calif., including a new dynamometer test facility and conference center.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/en\/2019\/12\/18\/the-efficient-drivetrain-for-the-purely-electric-bmw-ix3\/evh-news-lighting-bolt-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EVH-News-Lighting-Bolt-Logo-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"100,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1575197468&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" 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