DVN presents below an interview of Andre Georgi, Audi Senior lighting designer who teams up with Dr. Wolfgang Huhn, in charge of the technical development of the “Light and Vision” department in Ingolstadt, to give the Audi car a face and determine its character—dynamic or calm, friendly or aggressive.
Andre Georgi is Dipl.-Designer, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)Senior Designer AUDI Lichtsysteme
Education and career:
2000 Graduation Dipl.- Ingenieur (FH) (Transportation)
2000-2002 Designer at VW
2002 Graduation Dipl.- Designer (FH) (Transportation)
2002-2008 Designer Exterieur Lighting/ AUDI Design, Ingolstadt
Since 2008, he is Senior Designer, responsible for Exterieur Lighting at AUDI AG
Since 2010 Project Leader AUDI MatrixBeam
Latest projects are the light systems of the current A8, A6, A1.
Altogether Andre Georgi made the design of about 80 lights (Showcars included) during the past 8 years within a very motivated AUDI-Team.
> Mr. Georgi, what kinds of design freedoms can be attributed to LED lights?
With LED lights, a designer is facing entirely new tasks and challenges. A LED is not a light bulb! It offers completely new possibilities and freedoms. At the same time, complexity is increasing – technically, creatively and from a legal point of view. This requires completely new models of collaboration between engineers and lighting designers.
> Why does it work at Audi?
Through a longstanding team of designers and engineers who work together to bring the “crazy” and “This is surely not possible!” prescribed ideas into production. One example is the turn signal lights on the A8 and A6 (C7), which is installed in the daytime running light signature.
Wolfgang Huhn and I both work in a very product-oriented way. In the end, the only winner is always the product.