Joji Nagashima (born 1955; 永島譲二) of Munich, Germany is an automobile designer for BMW. Nagashima was born in Tokyo and educated in Japan. He is best known for the exterior designs of the E36 and E90 versions of the BMW 3 Series, the E39 version of the BMW 5 Series, and the Z3 Roadster. He has been granted 22 patents in car design (as of Nov. 2007).
1955 - born in Tokyo .1978 - graduated from Musashino Art University Department of Craft and Industrial Design,.1980 - Master's degree in industrial design at Wayne State University. Joined Opel .1986 - Joined Renault .1988 - Joined BMW .2009 - Visiting professor at Kyoto Seika University design department .2015 - Visiting professor at Tokyo University of Technology Design department .D514,491 - Surface configuration of a trunk lid for a vehicleD516,480 - Surface configuration of a side mirror for a vehicleD514,990 - Surface configuration of a front bumper for a vehicleD514,985 - Surface configuration of a vehicle, toy and/or other replicasD514,484 - Surface configuration of a hood for a vehicleD513,601 - Surface configuration of a trunk lid for a vehicleD512,675 - Front face of a vehicle wheelD512,673 - Surface configuration of a rear fender for a vehicleD511,725 - Surface configuration of a rear bumper for a vehicleD511,486 - Surface configuration of a front fender for a vehicleD511,129 - Surface configuration of a side door for a vehicleD511,128 - Surface configuration of a side door for a vehicleD385,524 - Front face of a vehicle wheelD384,629 - Front face of a vehicle wheelD406,252 - AutomobileD375,715 - Exterior surface of a trunk lid for an automobileD374,206 - Exterior facing surface configuration of a side panel grille for an automobileD374,202 - Exterior surface of an automobile hoodD374,201 - Exterior surface of a rear bumper for an automobileD372,695 - Exterior surface of a front bumper for an automobileD371,328 - Exterior surface configuration of an automobile