David Stingl
David Stingl
Automotive, Industrial Designer
Prague, Czech Republic

I am an industrial designer, designing new products and vehicles.

My role is to define the core idea and identity of a new product, shaping it’s form, aesthetics and ergonomics, as well as defining how people interact and experience the product. I develop projects from initial ideas and sketches through detailed 3D design and visualization to realization.

Alongside designing cars at Škoda Auto for the 4th year, production and concept projects, from exterior design through in-car experience to other product design,
I also collaborate independently with companies and creative teams on their product development, from early concepts and design strategy to detailed 3D Design development, visualization and final presentation.

My work has received international recognition, including Michelin Award for Design, an Award for Ergonomic design and many more, while being presented around the world from Barcelona’s Expo to university audiences in India.

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Awards and recognition
· Michelin Award for Design: Movin’On 2023
· Award for Ergonomic design by CzEA 2023 (International Ergonomics Association &
European Ergonomics Societies
· Award by Union of Professional Designers 2023
· Institute of Machine & Industrial Design Award 2023
· Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona SCEWC 2024

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Exhibitions and symposiums
· Triennale di Milano, 2024
· Smart City Expo World Congress, Barcelona SCEWC 2024
· Ars Electronica, Austria 2023
· Speker at Ekodesign: New European Bauhaus
for Ministry of Industry and Trade of Czech Republic (CzechTrade) 2024
· Speaker at GIET University in India on topic of Industrial Design, 2024
· The Big Thing, Brussel 2024
· Archipelago, Prague 2023

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Experience
Škoda Auto · Designer · 2023 - present
· Several exterior proposals selected for further development, including advancement
to the full-scale phase
· 2025 Favorit concept: exterior co-design, interior design and 3D development
· 2025 MBX 2.0 concept: interior design
· 2025 Vision O: design support, visualization and HMI presentation development
· 2023 Vision GT: EV Sound Experience Design, animation and cinematic visualization
· 2025 Octavia RS: contribution to press visualizations

Industrial and Transportation Designer · 2015 – present
most significant projects:
· Volkswagen ID.4: exterior design elements for ID.4 (external designer for Draive GmbH)
· Public transportation vehicles in France for Geste Engineering and LoopAM
· Product design for Octopus development
· Rapid Defence Tech Design: Worked in a multidisciplinary international team to develop unmanned logistics solutions for supplying small units, reducing personnel exposure risk during frontline supply operations, UAV solutions. And as well designing military field medical equipment. With Estonian Defence Forces - Force Transformation Command and soldiers; Milrem Robotics - unmanned armored vehicles defence company; KrattWorks - UAV systems defence company; hosted by Eka
· SimbaEV + XPeng: reskin car design for new market (exterior + interior)
· Design of an interior showroom for Tesla in California

Authentica, s.r.o. · Product Designer 2017 – 2018

Harebrained Schemes (Paradox int.) · Concept Designer for vehicles 2016 – 2017

Skills

Industrial DesignAutomotive DesignTransport DesignaerodynamicsProduct Design3D Modeling3D AnimationGame DevelopmentAR (Augmented Reality) developmentVR (Virtual Reality) development

Software proficiency

Blender
Blender
Plasticity 3D
Plasticity 3D
Photoshop
Photoshop
Autodesk CFD
Autodesk CFD
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Keyshot
Keyshot
Corona Renderer
Corona Renderer
Unity
Unity
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
CRYENGINE
CRYENGINE

Productions

    • Video Game
      BattleTech
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Vehicle Concept Designer
    • Company
      Harebrained Schemes

Experience

  • Automotive Designer at Škoda Auto (VW Group) part-time
    CZ
    January 2023 - Present

    👉Contributed to multiple exterior design projects, with several of my exterior proposals selected and advanced to the 1:1 scale phase of the car design process.

    👉Škoda MBX 2025 official concept: Interior Designer.

    👉Škoda Favorit 2025 official concept: Co-Designer for exterior.

    👉Škoda Vision O: Support Design - exterior elements design, surface shaping, premier trailer definition for HMI, press renders

    👉Škoda Octavia RS 2025: contributed to press renders

    👉Škoda Vision GT: design of the ev sound, 3D cinematic trailer, visualizations and animtions

    👉Product design of prize award trophy for Škoda’s Talent Hackathon 2025

    👉User Interface (UI) design for web projects and unique forms of design presentations

    👉Contributions to AI Design innovations.

  • Automotive Designer at Stingl Design
    January 2015 - Present

    Automotive, Industrial Designer

    Design of transportation and products

  • Product Designer, VR/AR Architect at Authentica, s.r.o.
    Prague, Czech Republic
    April 2017 - January 2018

    Design of products;

    and development of a 3D software for use in product design;

    and VR/AR Architect;

    and mobile apps developer

  • Vehicle Designer at Harebrained Schemes
    Prague
    September 2016 - November 2016

    Design of vehicle concepts for a AAA project, of the entertainment industry, taking place in the distant future.

    Design, 3D modelling, PBR texturing, optimization.