The design of the new Škoda Octavia so intrigued us that we wanted to talk with Petr Nevrela about the new exterior lighting content.
Indeed, Nevrela and the Škoda design team won a prestigious CDN award for Best Lighting Design Team. One of the main drivers of that award was the use of light on the entire current Škoda model range, and particularly the unique lighting signature. This also characterizes the ‘Crystal Face’ in battery-electric Enyaq IV models, with 131 LEDs that illuminate the vertical ribs and the horizontal bar of the grille. In response to an approaching driver, the Crystal Face, along with the LED matrix headlamps and rear lights, creating an animated welcome effect.
DVN: Petr, it’s great to talk with you. Tell us about yourself and the Škoda lighting team, will you?
Petr Nevrela: We are quite a small team, consisting of colleague Martin Paclt and me. Until recently we also had Michal Hess, who is now working on another project. We have more than ten years’ experience in light design work and still enjoying it!
The CDN win was the best award for all our efforts which we gave to the projects and at the same time perfect milestone as we now transform to new ‘Modern Solid’ design language.
DVN: On the new Octavia, a lot of the lighting has changed—the headlamps are integrated with the grille, for example.
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