Michelle Christensen

Michelle Christensen is an American car designer. She was Acura's first female exterior designer.[1] Since 2005 Christensen has worked for Acura and was the lead designer of the second generation Honda NSX.

Christensen grew up in San Jose, California. She learnt about the mechanics of cars from her father, who was into hot rods and muscle cars.[1] In school she developed an interest in drawing and fine art and at community college she learned about car design and went on to study at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.[2] Christensen said that car design is the ideal blend of her passions, "art, cars, and making things for people."[3]

Christensen's undertook an internship at Volvo's Camarillo studio in California before joining Acura in 2005.[1] She briefly worked for General Motors in 2010[4] before returning to Acura as Lead Principal Designer at Honda R&D. The 2016 Honda NSX was her first project as the lead designer. Christensen received the Woman on Top award from Marie Claire magazine.[1]

Car designs

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "For new NSX, Acura's designing woman". Los Angeles Times. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Acura NSX Designer Michelle Christensen on the Influence of Nature, and the '67 Chevelle". Car and Driver. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  3. ↑ File, Forbes Style. "Women of Influence: Meet the Women Auto Designers Behind the Wheel". Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  4. 1 2 "Michelle Christensen The next Philippe Starck". Marie Claire. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "The woman behind the bold NSX". Automotive News. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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