Einar Hareide (born 27 March 1959 in Hareid) is a Norwegian industrial designer.[1]
Starting in 1985, Einar Hareide started for the automobile manufacturer Saab to work on the exterior of the new Saab 900. In 1989, he was hired by Mercedes-Benz where he themed the 1994 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W210), but returned to Saab in 1991 to developed the exterior design of the Saab 9-5. He became design director in 1994. In 1999, he co-founded Hareide Design in Moss, Norway.[2]
His design company Hareide Designmill launched the battery jumper Startloop in 2002,[3] which became part of the MoMa's permanent collection in 2003.[4] In 2016, his firm dove into superyacht concept design.[5]