Adrian van Hooydonk (born 21 June 1964 in Echt, Limburg), is a Dutch automobile designer and BMW Group's Design Director.
[2] He studied at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he received his diploma in 1988.
His career started off with one year as a freelance designer, followed in 1989 as a product designer with GE Plastics Europe, and then returned to study Automotive Design Studies at Art Center Europe in Vevey, Switzerland.
He joined BMW in 1992 as an automotive exterior designer in Munich, Germany.
He credits Italian architect Mario Bellini as one of his most influential designers.