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Big Love for a Vision

July 1, 2021

This DLD Summer session sees the world premiere of a car: The MINI Vision Urbanaut was designed to make the most of limited space in bustling cities, while at the same time leading the way in terms of sustainability and design.

Many of the Urbanaut’s materials are recycled or come from natural resources. The engine is electric (of course) and the interior can flexibly adapt to various usage scenarios, as MINI Lead Designer Oliver Heilmer and Head of Brand Bernd Körber explain in conversation with DLD founder Steffi Czerny.

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Oliver Heilmer

BMW MINI

Oliver Heilmer is Head of Design for BMW Compact Class, Neue Klasse, and BMW M. His work focuses on dynamic, intelligent and confident automotive design. Previously, he was BMW’s Head of Interior Design, President of the company’s Designworks unit in Los Angeles, and Head of MINI Design.

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Bernd Körber

MINI

Bernd Körber, Bernd Korber, Bernd Koerber

Bernd Körber is the head of BMW’s MINI division. He believes that everything you need in life can fit into a MINI. He is a proud father of two and an outdoor devotee since childhood, when he grew up in the countryside near Nürnberg in Bavaria.

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Steffi Czerny

DLD Conferences

Steffi Czerny is co-founder and co-CEO of the DLD Conference as well as its global spin-offs, establishing DLD as “one of Europe’s most important innovation conferences”, according to The Economist. An accomplished leader, Steffi Czerny has repeatedly been ranked amongst the 100 Most Influential Women in German Business by Manager Magazin as well as the daily business paper Handelsblatt.

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