{"id":73753,"date":"2026-03-16T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=73753"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T15:06:16","slug":"jose-navarro-new-head-of-design-of-italdesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2026\/03\/jose-navarro-new-head-of-design-of-italdesign\/","title":{"rendered":"JOSE NAVARRO NEW HEAD OF DESIGN OF ITALDESIGN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Jose Navarro has been appointed head of Italdesign\u2019s Design Business Unit, overseeing all creative activities in the company\u2019s automotive, transportation, and product design divisions. He succeeds Joaquin Garcia Sanchis, who is leaving the company after playing a key role in the evolution of Italdesign\u2019s design philosophy.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate in Industrial and Product Design from the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia, Jose Navarro joined Italdesign in 1996. Over the course of his nearly thirty-year career, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, contributing to numerous key projects developed at the Moncalieri headquarters alongside Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro. During his tenure, he also supported activities related to Italdesign California, the U.S. subsidiary established to strengthen relationships with the design and engineering research centers of major automakers in the region.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently served as head of the Design department at Italdesign Barcelona and Italdesign China, and also gained significant experience as General Manager at Italdesign China. Throughout his career, Jose Navarro has developed a deep understanding of Italdesign\u2019s history, culture, and international scope. His career path mirrors the company\u2019s own evolution: a journey focused on global growth, innovation, and a forward-looking vision of design. \u201cJose Navarro best embodies internal growth at Italdesign,\u201d said Antonio Casu, CEO of Italdesign. \u201cOver the years, he has developed a deep understanding of our creative DNA and has helped consolidate our presence in the most strategic international markets. His experience, global vision, and solid design culture make him the ideal person to lead our creative direction with competence, passion, and a clear strategic focus.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":73751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1087,3434],"class_list":["post-73753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-italdesign-en","tag-jose-navarro"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 13:40:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73768,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73753\/revisions\/73768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}