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'''Roberto Giolito''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] automobile designer. Acting as Chief Designer at [[Fiat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9e956d3bd1f725201ccd9bde20d11778|title=(dead link) Fiat's Design Approach: A Family in Harmony|date=1 December 2010|publisher=[[The New York Times]] (subscription required)|accessdate=8 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Giolito is most widely known<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=GIOLITO+Roberto| title=Il contributo di Roberto Giolito al design automobilistico moderno|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=automoto>{{cite web|url=http://www.automoto.it/news/roberto-giolito-dalla-multipla-ad-oggi-20-anni-di-evoluzione-del-design-auto.html| title=Giolito dalla multipla ad oggi, 20 anni di evoluzione del design auto|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> for the [[Fiat Multipla]] (1998, exhibited at MoMA, New York), and the 2004 [[Fiat Trepiùno]] concept — precursor to the [[Fiat 500 (2007)|Fiat 500]] of 2007, voted Car of the Year in 2008 and World Car Design of the Year 2009. |
'''Roberto Giolito''' ('''[[Ancona]]''', '''[[November 10|10 November]]''' '''[[1962]]''') is an [[Italy|Italian]] automobile designer. Acting as Chief Designer at [[Fiat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9e956d3bd1f725201ccd9bde20d11778|title=(dead link) Fiat's Design Approach: A Family in Harmony|date=1 December 2010|publisher=[[The New York Times]] (subscription required)|accessdate=8 January 2013}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Giolito is most widely known<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=GIOLITO+Roberto| title=Il contributo di Roberto Giolito al design automobilistico moderno|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=automoto>{{cite web|url=http://www.automoto.it/news/roberto-giolito-dalla-multipla-ad-oggi-20-anni-di-evoluzione-del-design-auto.html| title=Giolito dalla multipla ad oggi, 20 anni di evoluzione del design auto|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> for the [[Fiat Multipla]] (1998, exhibited at MoMA, New York), and the 2004 [[Fiat Trepiùno]] concept — precursor to the [[Fiat 500 (2007)|Fiat 500]] of 2007, voted Car of the Year in 2008 and World Car Design of the Year 2009. |
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== Background== |
== Background== |
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In 1998 he designed the much discussed and highly controversial [[Fiat Multipla]], both criticized and praised, achieving only meager commercial success, and was exhibited in the 1999 MoMA exhibition "Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/194?locale=en|title=Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref> Proclaimed "Car of the Year" by the magazine "Top Gear" and for several consecutive years was awarded the " Family car of the year". |
In 1998 he designed the much discussed and highly controversial [[Fiat Multipla]], both criticized and praised, achieving only meager commercial success, and was exhibited in the 1999 MoMA exhibition "Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/194?locale=en|title=Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2017-03-16}}</ref> Proclaimed "Car of the Year" by the magazine "Top Gear" and for several consecutive years was awarded the " Family car of the year". |
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In '''[[2007]]''' Giolito designed the '''[[Fiat 500 (2007)|Fiat 500]]''': '''[[Car of the Year|car of the year]]''' in 2008, '''[[World Car Design of the Year|World car design of the year]]''' in 2009 and '''[[Compasso d'Oro]]''' for '''[[industrial design]]''' in 2011. |
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Beginning in 2001, Giolito has directed Fiat's Advanced Design Center: a team of designers, visual communication experts, engineers and independent marketers independent studying alternative mobility solutions. |
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From 2011 to 2015, at '''[[FCA Italy|FCA]]''' Giolito was head designer of the Centro Stile for the Fiat and '''[[Abarth]]''' brands and also Vice President of the design center for the '''[[Europe, the Middle East and Africa|EMEA]]''' market. Since 2016 he has been Head of '''[[FCA Heritage]]''', the department tasked with safeguarding, publicising and promoting the historic legacy of FCA's Italian brands. |
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In 2007, after the introduction of the FIAT 500, his most commercially successful design, Giolito was promoted to Design Chief for Fiat and Abarth. He currently still acts as vice president of the Design Center for the European market for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Giolito is responsible, with Giorgio Blacks, for the FIAT 500 brand, overseeing the 500 family, now including the Fiat 500L and Fiat 500X. |
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== Giolito designs == |
== Giolito designs == |
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Revision as of 12:55, 24 September 2019
Roberto Giolito | |
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 2004 Fiat Trepiùno Concept | |
| Born | January 1, 1962 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Alma mater | Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche |
| Occupation | Automobile Designer |
| Known for | Fiat Multipla, Fiat Trepiùno, Fiat 500 (2007) |
Roberto Giolito (Ancona, 10 November 1962) is an Italian automobile designer. Acting as Chief Designer at Fiat,[1] Giolito is most widely known[2][3] for the Fiat Multipla (1998, exhibited at MoMA, New York), and the 2004 Fiat Trepiùno concept — precursor to the Fiat 500 of 2007, voted Car of the Year in 2008 and World Car Design of the Year 2009.
Background
Born in 1962 in Ancona, Italy, Giolito graduated in industrial design from Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (Higher Institute for Artistic Industries, ISIA) in Rome in 1985. For four years he worked in graphic, communications and furniture design before joining Fiat in 1989.
In high school Giolito played jazz bass, playing in a high school program with American masters including saxophonist Lee Konitz and playing through design school, earning money on the side by teaching music. Giolito continues to play jazz music, and collects vintage vacuum-tube-powered audio equipment.[4]
Giolito has received design influence from a range of sources, including Ettore Sottsass’s Olivetti portable electric typerwriter; an early Apple II computer with which he designed his home as well as a battery-powered car with Chris Bangle — and architects including le Corbusier and Jean Nouvel.[4]
Career
In July 1989 Giolito won a position at Fiat, after responding to an advertisement looking for computer-savvy young designers. At the advanced design studio, Giolito penned several concept cars, including the Fiat Downtown (1993), Zic (1994), and Ecobasic (2000). At Fiat, he has designed experimental electric vehicles, sedans, sports cars (e.g., Maserati) as well as a farm tractor for New Holland.
In 2001, he was nominated to chief director at Fiat S.p.A. and is currently the head of Fiat & Abarth Design. He continues to work on new small models for the company.
In 1998 he designed the much discussed and highly controversial Fiat Multipla, both criticized and praised, achieving only meager commercial success, and was exhibited in the 1999 MoMA exhibition "Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century".[5] Proclaimed "Car of the Year" by the magazine "Top Gear" and for several consecutive years was awarded the " Family car of the year".
In 2007 Giolito designed the Fiat 500: car of the year in 2008, World car design of the year in 2009 and Compasso d'Oro for industrial design in 2011.
From 2011 to 2015, at FCA Giolito was head designer of the Centro Stile for the Fiat and Abarth brands and also Vice President of the design center for the EMEA market. Since 2016 he has been Head of FCA Heritage, the department tasked with safeguarding, publicising and promoting the historic legacy of FCA's Italian brands.
Giolito designs
Honors
- Designer of the year 2009[citation needed]
References
- ^ "(dead link) Fiat's Design Approach: A Family in Harmony". The New York Times (subscription required). 1 December 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Il contributo di Roberto Giolito al design automobilistico moderno". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Giolito dalla multipla ad oggi, 20 anni di evoluzione del design auto". Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ a b Bill Saporito (September 13, 2012). "All That Jazz: What Inspires Fiat Designer Roberto Giolito". Time Magazine.
- ^ "Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2017-03-16.