John Krsteski

John Krsteski is an American automobile designer, automotive artist, painter and Chief Designer at Genesis, North America. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan,[1] he studied transportation design at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.[2] While at CCS, Krsteski elected also to study painting.[3]

John Krsteski
Born	United States
Education	College for Creative Studies
Organization	Genesis Motor
Title	Chief Designer

On graduation, he joined Johnson controls where he worked on advanced automotive interiors at a time when the expectation for design graduates was to become exterior designers.[2] He described going into interior design as "An unusual step of focusing on his weakness",[2]

"Coming out of school, I wasn’t too good at interiors," he says. "At that time, students weren’t being trained for interiors, because the expectation was that you’d be an exterior designer. I had an opportunity with (supplier) Johnson Controls to do interiors. I thought it was fantastic. I could go there and learn more about the inside of the car."

John Krsteski automotive art

Krsteski worked at Johnson controls for three years where he became a design manager. He joined Hyundai Motor America in 2007 as a design manager,[2] remained there for 13 years, and joined joining Genesis Design, as a chief designer.[4][5] He started out with interiors and later transitioned to exterior design. During Krsteski's time at Hyundai, he was responsible for several concept and production vehicles, such as the Hyundai Nuvis concept,[6] Curb Concept, HCD-14 concept,[2] Hyundai Sonata, and Hyundai Genesis.[7][8] He appeared on the MotoMan TV in 2011 in a mini documentary series about the design and development of the Hyundai Curb concept.[9][10]

Krsteski is also an instructor at the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, where he teaches automobile design.[11]