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Carlo Bonzanigo
Carlo Bonzanigo is an Italian and Swiss car designer who has worked for many years for the famous Italian Design House Pininfarina and for Citroën Design. From 2015 to late 2016, he was director of the Automotive Division of Q-ID Industrial Design, Director of the Design Studio Q-Red in Maranello, Italy, and consultant for Ferrari Design, Maranello. From January 2017 to December 2019 he has been Senior Vice President Design at Pininfarina in Cambiano, near Turin. Biography Carlo Bonzanigo was born in Lugano in 1966. He holds a Master of Arts in Transportation Design from the Art Center College of Design and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (specialization in Aeronautical Engineering) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) in Zurich, Switzerland. Career He began his career as a designer in 1995 with Pininfarina Design in Turin. A few years later, as Design Manager under Lorenzo Ramaciotti, he was responsible for the Concept Cars Pininfarina C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automotive Design
Automotive design is the process of developing the appearance (and to some extent the ergonomics) of motor vehicles - including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans. The functional design and development of a modern motor vehicle is typically done by a large team from many different disciplines also included within automotive engineering, however, design roles are not associated with requirements for professional- or chartered-engineer qualifications. Automotive design in this context focuses primarily on developing the visual appearance or aesthetics of vehicles, while also becoming involved in the creation of product concepts. Automotive design as a professional vocation is practiced by designers who may have an art background and a degree in industrial design or in transportation design. For the terminology used in the field, see the glossary of automotive design. Design elements The task of the design team is usually split into three main a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pininfarina
Pininfarina S.p.A. (short for Carrozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 December 2015, the Indian multinational giant Mahindra Group acquired 76.06% of Pininfarina S.p.A. for about €168 million. Pininfarina is employed by a wide variety of automobile manufacturers to design vehicles. These firms have included long-established customers such as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Fiat, GM, Lancia, and Maserati, to emerging companies in the Asian market with Chinese manufactures like AviChina, Chery, Changfeng, Brilliance, JAC and VinFast in Vietnam and Korean manufacturers Daewoo and Hyundai. Since the 1980s, Pininfarina has also designed high-speed trains, buses, trams, rolling stocks, automated light rail cars, people movers, yachts, airplanes, and private jets. Since the 1986 creation of "Pininfarina Extra", it has consulted on indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citroën
Citroën () is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded in March 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën is owned by Stellantis since 2021 and previously was part of the PSA Group after Peugeot acquired 89.95% share in 1976. Citroën's head office is located in the Stellantis Poissy Plant in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine since 2021 (previously in Rueil-Malmaison) and its offices studies and research in Vélizy-Villacoublay, Poissy (CEMR), Carrières-sous-Poissy and Sochaux-Montbéliard. In 1934, the firm established its reputation for innovative technology with the Citroën Traction Avant, Traction Avant. This was the world's first car to be mass-produced with front-wheel drive, four-wheel independent suspension, as well as unibody construction, omitting a separate chassis, and instead using the body of the car itself as its main load-bearing structure. In 1954, they produced the world's first hydropneumatic self-levelling suspension system then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population () of , and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the List of cities in Switzerland, ninth largest Swiss city. The city lies on Lake Lugano, at its largest width, and, together with the adjacent town of Paradiso, Switzerland, Paradiso, occupies the entire bay of Lugano. The territory of the municipality encompasses a much larger region on both sides of the lake, with numerous isolated villages. The region of Lugano is surrounded by the Lugano Prealps, the latter extending on most of the Sottoceneri region, the southernmost part of Ticino and Switzerland. Both western and eastern parts of the municipality share an international border with Italy. Described as a market town since 984, Lugano was the object of con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ETH Zurich
(colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , academic_staff = 6,612 (including doctoral students, excluding 527 professors of all ranks, 34% female, 65% foreign nationals) (full-time equivalents 2021) , administrative_staff = 3,106 (40% female, 19% foreign nationals, full-time equivalents 2021) , students = 24,534 (headcount 2021, 33.3% female, 37% foreign nationals) , undergrad = 10,642 , postgrad = 8,299 , doctoral = 4,460 , other = 1,133 , address = Rämistrasse 101CH-8092 ZürichSwitzerland , city = Zürich , coor = , campus = Urban , language = German, English (Masters and upwards, sometimes Bachelor) , affiliations = CESAER, EUA, GlobalTech, IARU, IDEA League, UNITECH , website ethz.ch, colors = Black and White , logo = ETH Zürich Logo black.svg ETH Züric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citroën Osée
The Citroën Osée is a concept car designed by Pininfarina for the French car company Citroën. It was unveiled at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show. The Osée is powered by a mid-mounted 3-litre V6 engine, providing the vehicle with at 6000 rpm, with a maximum torque of at 3750 rpm. The concept rides on Michelin PAX tires, stopping power is provided by Brembo brakes and power is sent to the rear wheels through a 5-speed ZF automatic transmission. The vehicle has the driver seated in the middle with 2 passengers on either side and slightly back from the driver's seat. Pininfarina was inspired for this design by the French made Matra Bagheera from the early 1970s. One of the particularly unusual details about this car is the cockpit door, which bears resemblance to the cockpit doors of fighter aircraft. The conventional two doors, windscreen and the better part of the roof found on an average car, have been transformed into a single opening canopy door which can be operated hydr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maserati Gran Turismo
The Maserati GranTurismo and GranCabrio are a series of a grand tourers produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati. They succeeded the 2-door V8 grand tourers offered by the company, the Maserati Coupé, and Spyder. GranTurismo I (M145, 2007~2019) The first generation of Maserati GranTurismo(''Tipo M145'') is unveiled at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, and is built between 2007 and December 2019. The GranTurismo set a record for the most quickly developed car in the auto industry, going from design to production stage in just nine months. The reason being that the proposed replacement for the Maserati Coupé looked like it was going to be too expensive to manufacture by Maserati and FIAT Chrysler Automobiles' Ferrari division needed a small car in its range and so it was launched as the Ferrari California instead, leaving Maserati without a coupe in its range. A total of 28,805 GranTurismo coupe is produced. GranTurismo (2007–2019) The model was initially equipped w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PSA Peugeot Citroën Group
PSA, PsA, Psa, or psa may refer to: Biology and medicine * Posterior spinal artery * Primary systemic amyloidosis, a disease caused by the accumulation of abnormal proteins * Prostate-specific antigen, an enzyme used as a blood tracer for prostate cancer * Psoriatic arthritis (PsA), an inflammatory disease * ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'', a species of bacterium * ''Pseudomonas syringae'' pv. ''actinidiae'', a pathovar of a bacterium that attacks kiwifruit Chemistry * Polar surface area, the surface sum over all polar atoms of a molecule * Pressure swing adsorption, a technology for separating, or purifying, gases Computing * Professional services automation, software for automating project and billing management for professional service firms * PSA Certified, Platform Security Architecture, a security certification for the Internet of Things * Plesk Server Administrator, a commercial web hosting automation program Contracts, legislation, and government * Passenger Vessel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C3 Picasso
C3, C-3, C.3, C03, C.III or C-III may refer to: Life and biology * C3 carbon fixation in plants * C3-convertase, an enzyme * Complement component 3, a protein of the innate immune system * Apolipoprotein C3, a human very low density lipoprotein * ATC code C03 ''Diuretics'', a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System * Castavinol C3, a natural phenolic compound found in red wines * Cytochrome-c3 hydrogenase, an enzyme * Haplogroup C-M217, called C3 in older publications * In human anatomy, C3 may refer to: ** Cervical vertebra 3, one of the cervical vertebrae of the vertebral column ** Cervical spinal nerve 3 * Clinical Cell Culture, a medical technology company * C03, Malignant neoplasm of gum ICD-10 code * C3 Collaborating for Health, a health-promotion NGO * C3: an EEG electrode site according to the 10-20 system Military * C3, Command, control, and communications, a military concept * C-3 (plastic explosive), a plastic explosive related to C4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C4 Aircross
C4, C04, C.IV, C-4, or C-04 may refer to: Places * Caldwell 4 or NGC 7023 or Iris Nebula, a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus * Circumferential Road 4 or C-4, an arterial road of Manila, Philippines * Ken-Ō Expressway (includes some sections of Shin-Shōnan Bypass), route C4 in Japan *Omotesandō Station, a Tokyo Metro subway station (station numbers C-04, G-02, H-02) People * C4 (rapper), a rap music producer from Birmingham, England * Clarence Mitchell IV, American radio host and former politician * Chris Turner, sometimes credited as Chris Heiner, a.k.a. "C4", Australian musician, part of Modern Day Poets (MDP) alongside Tim Turner (a.k.a. "DubLT") and Joel Turner Computing *C4 (conference), a Macintosh software developers conference * C4 Engine, a next-generation 3D game engine * C4 model (software), a graphical notation technique for diagramming software architecture * Cx4 chip, an add-on microprocessor chip employed by certain Super NES game cartridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
