About
One of the few designers who has spent a career at the precise intersection of engineering rigour and aesthetic intelligence.
Born in Israel and educated at Coventry University's Transport Design programme, Nir Kahn joined Plasan in September 2001. Over the following 23 years he led vehicle design at the company, creating some of the most significant armoured vehicles of the modern era: the Navistar MaxxPro MRAP, the Oshkosh M-ATV and JLTV, and Plasan's own SandCat, StormRider, and Wilder.
His philosophy has always been the same: design is not what something looks like — it is how it works. Every line must earn its place. Every gram saved through geometry is a gram that doesn't need to be saved through expensive materials. The human interface is the designer's domain, and it matters as much as the ballistic protection surrounding it.
In 2024 Kahn founded Namiir Design, making that capability available as an independent consultancy — to defence and automotive clients worldwide, without supply chain constraints.
