Peter Olah took over the management of the Interior Design department at Škoda on December 1st 2020. The habilitated designer has been responsible for the interior architecture of all brand models since 2015. “With Peter Olah at the helm, the interior architecture of our models has taken a big step forward in recent years. As head of the Interior Design Architecture department he has, with his team, brought numerous innovative concepts to life and set new impulses”, said Oliver Stefani, Škoda Head of Design.
After completing his studies at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Olah founded a design studio before joining Volkswagen Group in 2002. He started out at the Škoda Design Studio where he was appointed as a senior designer in 2005. A year later, Olah moved to the Volkswagen Group Design Center Europe in Potsdam and worked on projects for various Volkswagen Group brands. He returned to Škoda in 2007 as a design project manager. During this period, he also completed his doctorate and, after gaining his habilitation, he became a docent at the Slovak Technical University. Later he went on to manage the Interior Design, Details and Human Machine Interface (HMI) team. In addition to design strategy, his responsibilities included interior models, digital design models and interface design, as well as connectivity and infotainment design, graphic design and merchandising.
