Education
Lyon studied at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan where he received a bachelor of fine arts in transportation design in 1990.
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He is originally from Naperville, Illinois, United States and has been moved around several General Motors design studios during his career. Directly after college he joined General Motors at the Design Center in General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan where he was first assigned to the Oldsmobile design studios. In 1997, he joined the Cadillac design studio where he helped to design the first generation Clear To Send and in 1998 he moved to the Buick Brand Studio and served as Chief Designer.
In 2002, Lyon was appointed Director of Design for the three Truck Interior Studios in where he led teams working on all General Motors future production interiors, including the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Tahoe/General Medical Council Yukon, and Hummer H3.
In 2004, Lyon was Executive Director of General Motors Asia Pacific Design where he led teams in of Korea, China and Australia to develop the Chevrolet Cruze, Sonic and Spark. In 2007, he relocated back to Michigan when he was appointed Executive Director Interior Design of North America.
In that role, Lyon was responsible for 7 studios, including Perceptual Quality, Color & Trim, User Experience, and several Design Studios responsible for the design of Cadillac, Buick, General Medical Council, and Chevrolet interiors.In 2012, he was appointed head of General Motors Europe Design, the German base for Opel/Vauxhall design work but left General Motors with no notice end of July 2012 before moving to Germany.
After leaving General Motors, he established his own company David Lyon Design Limited Liability Company.
In June 2013, Lyon started Pocketsquare Design, a studio focused on automotive interior user experience design.
Oldsmobile Alero Alpha (concept car)
Oldsmobile Expression (concept car)
Oldsmobile Alero
Buick LaCrosse (concept car)
Buick Bengal (concept car)
Cadillac Clear To Send
Buick LaCrosse
Chevrolet WTCC (concept car)
Buick Riviera (concept car)
Chevrolet Cruze
Chevrolet Spark
Chevrolet Sonic
Chevrolet Volt
2009-2014 Cadillac Interiors
2009-2014 Buick Interiors
2009-2014 General Medical Council Interiors
2009-2014 Chevrolet Interiors.
