The women behind Lynk & Co’s design: “We’ve seen a big shift in the automotive industry”
By Lucy Abbott2025-06-25T13:36:00
Car Design News sat down with a selection of female automotive designers at Lynk & Co headquarters in Gothenburg for an open and honest conversation about gender inclusion within the industry
Once working in the margins of a male-shaped industry, today’s female car designers are steering the conversation and the craft towards a future where gender is no longer the most radical thing in the room.
It’s a long road from the early days of Helene Rother, remembered as the first female automotive designer at General Motors. Joining the interiors team in 1942, she brought European styling flair to midcentury Cadillacs, shaping instrument panels, h…