Celebrating International Women's Day

Here at Car Design News, we are lucky to have access to a wide range of designers – including plenty of female designers across all manners of automotive design. Therefore, this International Women's Day, we are rounding up a selection of interviews with these women in one handy place.

There is still work to be done in the industry to support and bolster women in design. Gender imbalance remains, with just 13% of mobility designers being women in Europe – and this figure dropping to a mere 7% in senior leadership.

And with the recent omission of diversity & inclusion reports from large OEMs in the US, it is now more difficult than ever to get an accurate picture of gender diversity within design. 

Ultimately, to be a woman in car design is to be valued and respected for one's perspective – regardless of gender. When speaking to a panel of female designers at Lynk & Co, this sentiment was echoed, alongside the added benefit of a woman's ability to spot detail and add emotion into design. 

So read on for a selection of our latest coverage led by female automotive designers. 

Jewel Li

 Tensor COO Jewel Li spoke to CDN about the new autonomous SUV that was designed with the AI-native principle in mind.

 Read here.

Marília Biill

There are always of plenty of job updates to keep up to date with, but one of the most notable was Marília Biill's promotion to VP of CMF design at Kia. We also caught up with her from Korea for a discussion on autonomous vehicles and CMF. 

 Read here.

The women behind Lynk & Co's design

As mentioned in the introduction to this article, CDN spoke to seven female Lynk & Co designers – from exterior design to UX design – about gender in design and challenging standards typically driven by men.

Eileen Hwang – Interior designer (first on left, standing)

Victoria Gadzhieva – Senior interior designer (first on right, standing)

Jiaqi Wang – Exterior designer (third in from left side, standing)

Louise Kivi - Chief UX designer (third from right side, standing)

Sara Borg – Graphic designer (second from right side, standing)

Adriana Bochiniac Brito Girault – Acting head of CMF (second from left side, standing)

Julia Reiter – Chief UX designer (right side, sat)

Read here.

Aileen Barraza

As part of CDN's annual Car Design Review book, CMF design director at Scout Motors, Aileen Barraza, talks through her career so far and how the team works differently when it comes to CMF.

Read here.

Stephanie Petit

The head of CMF at Alpine provides insight into sustainable materials, 3D-printed finishes and French craftsmanship. Petit also dives into her strategy of technology and detail.

Read here.

Nicola Danks, Erin Crossley & Irina Zavatski

Design director of the Cadillac Celestiq Erin Crossley; Lucid's CMF design director Nicola Danks; and vice president Chrysler brand exterior design Irina Zavatski all spoke at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2025 on the idea of America luxury.

Panel discussion here.

Libby Carpenter

The spotlight was on CMF designer Libby Carptenter, who runs a new speccing suite in Morgan's Malvern dealership while pursuing new materials to supplement classic materials such as wood and leather.

Read here.

Alina Renoux

Ford's director of colour and material design Alina Renoux spoke to editor-in-chief James McLachlan about the concept of meaningful CMF and why digital tools play a pivotal role in design.

Read here.

Misty Yeomans

Discussing the intersection between chemistry, materials and design, Misty Yeomans, colour styling manager for the Americas at PPG, also gives her take on the main trends around automotive paint and colour. 

Read here.

This is only a small selection of female-led interviews and features. Keep up to date with Car Design News for more.