Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giorgetto Giugiaro (born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automobile designer responsible equally for a stable of supercars and several of the most popular everyday vehicles driven today. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont.
Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002.[1]
In addition to cars, Giugiaro has designed camera bodies for Nikon, computer prototypes for Apple, Navigation promenade of Porto Santo Stefano and even developed a new pasta shape "Marille"[2], as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation[3]
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Noted initially for such sensuous efforts as the Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Bertone, De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo and Maserati Ghibli, Giugiaro switched courses to introduce the highly angular "folded paper" era of the 1970s. Straight lined designs such as the BMW M1, Maserati Bora, and Maserati Merak followed before a softer approach returned in the Lamborghini Cala, Maserati Spyder, Ferrari GG50.
[edit] Studios
- Bertone (1960–1965)
- Ghia (1966–1968)
- Italdesign Giugiaro (1968–present)[4]
[edit] Notable designs
[edit] Automobiles
[edit] Cameras
[edit] Motorcycles
- Ducati 860 GT motorcycle (1975)[12]
- Suzuki RE5 Wankel/Rotary motorcycle (1975)[13]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Giugiaro news". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20080506050618/http://maseratinet.com/MCI/hall_of_fame.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ "NOTES & THEORIES: For perfect pasta, simmer for 500 years". findarticles.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20071022140758/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20050814/ai_n14884033. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ^ "okamura". Okamura.jp. http://www.okamura.jp/global/. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Volkswagen buys control of car designer Italdesign". Reuters.com, May 25, 2010. 2010-05-25. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE64O0TI20100525.
- ^ "Archive: Classicmotor.se BMW Spicup". http://www.classicmotor.se/artiklar/artiklar/20111005/bertones-bmw-spicup/?page=1.
- ^ "Archive: Giugiaro Mustang, Take One". Motor Trend. http://www.motortrend.com/features/archive/112_0703_archive_1965_giugiaro_mustang/index.html. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Innovech MyCar information". Forum.softpedia.com. http://forum.softpedia.com/lofiversion/index.php/t103865.html. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Innovech MyCar photo gallery". Motorbox.com. http://www.motorbox.com/Auto/Magazine/4889.html?mmc=49. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ "Volume leader in automobile design". autonews.com. http://www.autonews.com/files/euroauto/inductees/giugiaro.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ^ Škoda 720: Unikát, který mohl konkurovat BMW, retrieved on 17 February 2009. (in Czech)
- ^ 1986 Seiko Speedmaster by Giorgetto Giugiaro, retrieved on 17 February 2009.
- ^ Roland Brown (July/August 2011). "1975 Ducati 860GT". Motorcycle Classics. http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/motorcycle-reviews/1975-ducati-860-gt.aspx. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ http://www.cmmilanese.it/site/?p=224
[edit] External links
- Bontempi Minstrel
- Italdesign, Giugiaro's industrial design group
- BMW Designers An overview of automotive designers working for BMW.
