{{Infobox person | name = Ryan Nagode | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = East Aurora, NY | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = Chief Designer, RAM Interior Studio at Stellantis | occupation = Automobile Designer }} '''Ryan Christopher Nagode''' is an automotive designer and chief interior designer at Stellantis.<ref name="linked">{{cite web | title = Linkedin.com, Ryan Nagode | publisher = Linkedin.com, Ryan Nagode | url = http://www.linkedin.com/in/rnagode}}</ref> In 2014, he was named to the Automotive News "40 under 40."<ref name="forty">{{cite web | title = Ryan Nagode: Design Chief of Ram/SRT/Fiat North America, Interior Studios, FCA US LLC | publisher = Ignite Automotive | url = https://www.igniteautomotive.org/ryan-nagode-at-ignite-automotive-3.html | access-date = 2022-01-01 | archive-date = 2022-01-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220101144018/https://www.igniteautomotive.org/ryan-nagode-at-ignite-automotive-3.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art Industrial Design Program in 2003, Nagode designed the exterior of the Dodge Avenger;<ref name="san antonio">{{cite web |title = Avenger meets its rivals head-on |publisher = San Antonio Express-News, G. Chambers Williams III, 08/02/2007 |url = http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/columnists/gcwilliams/stories/MYSA080307.01G.OnTheRoad.28bf195.html }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the Dodge Journey;<ref name="LFP">{{cite web | title = DRIVELINE: Dodge has strong hand in Journey | publisher = The London Free Press, Harry Pegg, February 8, 2008 | url = http://lfpress.ca/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=224188&s=wheels}}</ref> the interior of the 2009 Dodge Ram<ref>Dodge Ram</ref> and 2011 Jeep Wrangler; and directed the design studio for the 2013 RAM 1500/2500/3500 interiors, including the Laramie Longhorn and Limited models, as well as the 2013 Dodge Dart and the return of the 2013 SRT Viper.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
In a 2007 interview, Nagode said the front end of the Avenger was inspired by a favourite pair of designer Oakley sunglasses <ref name="san antonio"/> and the feeling they give him when he wore them.<ref name="autofieldguide">{{cite web |title = On The Avenger, Dodge makes a big statement with its midsize car |publisher = Automotive Design and Production, Gary S. Vasilash |url = http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/040708.html |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513154958/http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/040708.html |archivedate = 2008-05-13 }}</ref>
==Background== Nagode is the son of Larry and Denise Nagode, grew up in East Aurora, NY<ref name="autofieldguide"/> and graduated in 1998 from East Aurora High School.<ref name="buffalo news">{{cite web | title = East Aurora, N.Y., native found inspiration in designing Dodge Avenger | publisher = The Buffalo News, Matt Glynn, March 5, 2007 | url = http://www.buffalonews.com/}}</ref> Nagode's father was also a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1974, and was a student of Viktor Schreckengost<ref name="metroplis">{{cite web |title = Industrial Designer Viktor Schreckengost dead at 101 |publisher = Metropolis Magazine, Paul Makovsky, February 4, 2008 |url = http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=3147 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080416222020/http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=3147 |archivedate = April 16, 2008 }}</ref> and is Senior Designer at Fisher-Price<ref name="autofieldguide"/> — where Ryan Nagode had also served a summer internship.<ref name="linked"/>
Nagode participated in the CIA's 5th annual Automotive Design Symposium, March 2, 2007 at the Cleveland Auto Show<ref name="cleveland auto show">{{cite web | title = Automotive Design Symposium with the Cleveland Institute of Art enters 5th Year | publisher = ClevelandAutoShow.com | url = http://www.gcada.org/pdf/2007CAS_%20Exh%20Report%20.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref> as well as the Cleveland Institute of Art's Future center for design and technology transfer, Design Values 2, June 1 through August 3, 2007.<ref name="Design Values 2">{{cite web | title = Design Values 2 | publisher = future.cia.edu | url = http://future.cia.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=141&Itemid=113}}</ref>
==Gallery== The second generation Dodge Avenger, 2009 Dodge Journey, as well as the 2009 Dodge Ram Interior, styled by Ryan Nagode: <gallery> Image:08-Dodge-Avenger-SE.jpg Image:DodgeJourney2.jpg </gallery>
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbIkr3D2_Po Video: Ryan Nagode comments on the 2008 Dodge Avenger] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW72vbf_srM Video: Ryan Nagode, Design Chief, 2008 Dodge Avenger] *[http://mefeedia.com/entry/la-auto-show-chrysler-designer-ryan-nagode/5002014/ Video: LA Auto Show: Chrysler Designer Ryan Nagode and the Dodge Journey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714070215/http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/la-auto-show-chrysler-designer-ryan-nagode/5002014 |date=2011-07-14 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130537/http://db.podhead.dk/pod/pod_progalfa$programmer.QueryViewByKey?P_ID=4807&Z_CHK=5332 Podcast: LA Auto Show, Chrysler Designer Ryan Nagode (podcast #132)]
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