Indian Kalamkari craftsmanship is very similar to the Czech bohemian glass industry tradition: Oliver Stefani

Oliver Stefani, Head of Design, Skoda, is the man of the moment. He tells us about designing the VISION IN, incorporating Indian Kalmkari design into the concept car, how boat and ship designs inspire him, and why strong colours will rule Skoda cars  TOS: How long has it taken you to design VISION IN from the start to showcasing it here today? OS: The whole process including designing and building this show car was about one year…12 months. TOS: Did the brief for this vehicle come from India or from Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic? OS: We developed this brief together with our Indian colleagues. We visited India, of course, and we knew the kind of compact SUV this had to be, we knew our competitors, so we started to design the car last year, around January- February, we made some sketches, we made some proposals, and we discussed this internally, we discussed this with our colleagues, and then we came up with this kind of direction.  TOS: What other competition did you look at, in India, while designing the VISION IN? OS: We were looking at several competitors, I can’t tell you exactly which ones we were looking at, but there are always the right competitors and we were