Giorgetto Giugiaro
Giorgetto Giugiaro (Italian pronunciation: [dʒorˈdʒetto dʒuˈdʒaːro]; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont.
Giugiaro was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002.[1]
In addition to cars, Giugiaro designed camera bodies for Nikon, Navigation promenade of Porto Santo Stefano, in 1983[2][3], the organ of the cathedral of Lausanne, composed of about 7000 pipes in 2003[4], and developed a new pasta shape "Marille",[5] as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation.[6]
Influence on design
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Giugiaro's earliest cars, like the Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupés, often featured tastefully arched and curving shapes, such as the De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo, and Maserati Ghibli. In the late 1960s, Giugiaro made increasingly angular designs, culminating in the "folded paper" era of the 1970s. Straight-lined designs such as the BMW M1, Lotus Esprit S1, and Maserati Bora followed. He changed again during the early 1990s, introducing a more curvy approach with his Lamborghini Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50.
Giugiaro is widely known for the DMC DeLorean. Notable in its own time for its unique design, the car was prominently featured in the Hollywood blockbuster movie series Back to the Future. His most commercially successful design was the Volkswagen Golf Mk1.
In 1976, Giugiaro explored a new taxi concept with the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), which became the 1978 Lancia Megagamma concept. Fiat had commissioned the 1978 concept from Italdesign, asking for a 4-meter, high roof, high h-point, multi-functional, monospace design — but ultimately decided the concept was too risky for production. In retrospect the Megagamma was more influential than successful in its own right. It is considered the "conceptual birth mother of the MPV/minivan movement."[7] it influenced design of such mini/compact MPVs as the Nissan Prairie (1981) and Fiat 500L (2011), as well as larger MPVs, including the Renault Espace and Chrysler minivans.
Studios
- Fiat Special Vehicle Design (1955–1959)[8]
- Bertone (1959–1965)[8]
- Ghia (1965–1967)
- Italdesign Giugiaro (1967–2015)[8][9]
- GFG Style (2015–present)[10][11][12]
Designs
Automobiles
Cameras
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Firearms
- Handguns
- Submachine Guns
- Beretta CX4 Storm
- Shotguns[29]
Motorcycles
- Ducati 860 GT (1975)[30]
- Suzuki RE5 (1975)[31]
- Derbi Predator (1998)[31]
- 1990s TOMOS Colibri moped
- MV Agusta 350s Ipotesi [32]
Other
- FIAT Ferroviaria/Alstom ETR 460 (Pendolino) train (1993)
- Nitro concept tractor (2013)[33]
- Seiko Speedmaster wrist watch (1986)[34]
- Seiko Macchina Sportiva wrist watch[35]
- Deutz Fahr 6215 RCSHIFT tractor (2017)[36]
- Navigation promenade of Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany[37]
- Marille Pasta[38]
- Organ of the cathedral of Lausanne, composed of about 7000 pipes[39]
- Molten basketball design (official game ball for FIBA)[40][41]
Notes
- ^ "Giorgetto Giugiaro Awarded Place of Honor at the Detroit "Automotive Hall of Fame"". Giugiaro news. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Comune Monte argentario". Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "Navigation promenade Porto Santo Stefano". Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ "LSD Magazine". Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "NOTES & THEORIES: For perfect pasta, simmer for 500 years". Find articles. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ^ "Okamura". Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ Karl Smith (August 14, 2015). "Lancia Megagamma (1978)". Car Design News.
- ^ a b c "Giorgetto Giugiaro Biography". gfgstyle.it. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Ciferri, Luca (2 July 2015). "Legendary car designer Giugiaro quits company that bears his name". Automotive News.
- ^ "Giorgetto Giugiaro and his cars". 2018-11-23.
- ^ "GFG Style Kangaroo Electric is Ready for Speed: Photos/Videos".
- ^ "GFG Style".
- ^ a b c "The Stars & Cars of Bertone". Road & Track: 78. November 2014.
- ^ "1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale". automotivemasterpieces.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Eagle Premier". Italdesign Giugiaro. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Twenty Twenty: the first Aston Martin open-topped car, designed for 2020". italdesign.it. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Archive: Classicmotor.se BMW Spicup".
- ^ "1959 Ferrari 250 GT SWB "Competition" Berlinetta Speciale by Carrozzeria Bertone". RM Sotheby's. 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
- ^ "Archive: Giugiaro Mustang, Take One". Motor Trend. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Greentech Automotive". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
- ^ "MyCar NEV", Products, WMGTA, archived from the original on 2011-11-29.
- ^ Colombo, Sandro, "Sessantacinque anni fra moto e auto" (PDF), AISA monograph (in Italian), no. 96, Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile, p. 25
- ^ "Volume leader in automobile design". Auto news. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
- ^ "Renault 21 (Medallion)". Italdesign Giugiaro. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Renault 19". Italdesign Giugiaro. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Škoda 720: Unikát, který mohl konkurovat BMW". auto.idnes (in Czech). Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Curry, Iain (22 February 2011). "Korando the dawn of a new age". Warwick Daily News. Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Evolution of electronic cameras and Nikon F3". Nikon. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ Beretta USA Site http://www.berettausa.com/products/ugb25-xcel-trap-12-ga-30/
- ^ Brown, Roland (July–August 2011). "1975 Ducati 860GT". Motorcycle Classics. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ a b "1974 – Suzuki RE5 Rotary – Wankel – 500 Collezione Motociclistica Milanese". Collezione Motociclistica Milanese. Retrieved 25 January 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1977 MV Agusta 350 Ipotesi". 25 April 2015.
- ^ Padeanu, Adrian (2013-02-25). "Lamborghini Nitro tractor revealed". motor 1. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- ^ 1986 Seiko Speedmaster by Giorgetto Giugiaro, 2008-05-16, archived from the original on 2008-05-16, retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ Macchina Sportiva, Ital design, retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ Tractor of the year 2017 Deutz Fahr 6215 RC shift wins the best design award (press release), SDF group.
- ^ Article of the newspaper Il Tirreno (italian), 2020-05-09.
- ^ "This pasta was designed by the man who designed the de Lorean", Japolnik, 2010-07-26.
- ^ "LSD Magazine". Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Annoki, Kenjiro (3 February 2014). "Official Game Ball of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup to Feature a Custom Design" (PDF). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Molten GL7X/GL6X". Retrieved 18 May 2020.
External links
- Italdesign, Giugiaro's industrial design group
- Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Giugiaro
- Bontempi Minstrel
- BMW Designers An overview of automotive designers working for BMW.