About Me:

Mark Randall, Founder of Cool Grey 5

  • Interned at Ford Motor Co in 1996, designing wheels and bodykits.

  • Graduated from Coventry University in 1997.

  • Worked as a designer for Omni Design Ltd post-graduation and later internationally at Lotus and Volvo Cars.

  • Spent a year in Australia at Holden before returning to Europe in 2004.

  • Learned Alias and began working for various companies across Europe like Ford, Hyundai, Renault, and GM.

  • Joined Volvo Trucks in 2006 as a designer, contributing to the design of the 2008 FH facelift.

  • Worked on the 2013 FH model and returned in 2014 for the new FH facelift.

  • Started at Lotus Cars in Hethel in 2010, enhancing Alias surfacing skills over two years.

  • Started Cool Grey 5 Ltd in 2012.

  • Joined Scania Trucks in Sweden as an A-class exterior modeller in 2012.

  • Returned to the UK and Bentley in Crewe in 2015 for two years focusing on production interior surfacing.

  • Joined Nissan Design Europe in 2017, working on show cars and production models.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought significant change to the way we work including a shift to remote working. This let me expand Cool Grey 5’s client base, and learn new skills in Sub-D concept modelling. My future plans include continuing to expand in Sub-D along side NURB’s work and also offering training courses for Alias digital surfacing.


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