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Giorgetto Giugiaro (; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was born in Garessio, Cuneo, Piedmont.
Giugiaro was named
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
* Nikon
** EM (1979)
** F3 (1980)
**L35AF (1983)
** F4 (1988)
** F5 (1996)
** D2H (2003)
** F6 (2004)
** D3 (2007)
** D4 (2012)
** D800 (2012)
** Df (2013)
Italdesign
Giugiaro's industrial design group
Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Giugiaro
An overview of automotive designers working for BMW. {{DEFAULTSORT:Giugiaro, Giorgetto 1938 births Living people People from Garessio Italian automobile designers Italian industrial designers Italdesign Giugiaro Lamborghini people BMW designers Ferrari people Alfa Romeo people Maserati people Compasso d'Oro Award recipients
Car Designer of the Century The Car Designer of the Century was an international award given to the most influential car designer of the 20th century. The election process was overseen by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.
The winner, Giorgetto Giugiaro, was announ ...
in 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002.
In addition to cars, Giugiaro designed camera bodies for Nikon, ''Navigation promenade'' of Porto Santo Stefano, in 1983, the organ of the cathedral of Lausanne (composed of about 7000 pipes) in 2003, and developed a new pasta shape, "Marille". He also designed several watch models for Seiko, mainly racing chronographs, as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation.
Influence on design
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
The BMW M1 (model code E26) is a mid-engined sports car produced by German automotive manufacturer BMW from 1978 until 1981.
In the late 1970s, Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini entered into an agreement with BMW to build a production ...
, 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
The DMC DeLorean is a rear-engine two-passenger sports car manufactured and marketed by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) for the American market from 1981 until 1983—ultimately the only car brought to market by the fledgling comp ...
. 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 length, 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." 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
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Special Vehicle Design (1955–1959)
* Bertone (1959–1965)
* Ghia (1965–1967)
* Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi (SIRP, 1968)
* Italdesign Giugiaro (1968–2015)
*GFG Style (2015–present)
Designs
Automobiles
Cameras
* Nikon
** EM (1979)
** F3 (1980)
**L35AF (1983)
** F4 (1988)
** F5 (1996)
** D2H (2003)
** F6 (2004)
** D3 (2007)
** D4 (2012)
** D800 (2012)
** Df (2013)
Firearms
*Handgun
A handgun is a short- barrelled gun, typically a firearm, that is designed to be usable with only one hand. It is distinguished from a long gun (i.e. rifle, shotgun or machine gun, etc.), which needs to be held by both hands and also braced ...
s
** Beretta Neos (2002)
* Submachine Guns
**Beretta CX4 Storm (2003)
*Shotguns
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...
** Beretta UGB25 Xcel Trap 12 GA, 30"
Motorcycles
*Ducati 860 GT
The Ducati 860 GT was a Ducati motorcycle made in 1974 and 1975, replaced by the restyled 860 GTS for 1976–1979. In 1974–1975 the electric-start version was called the 860 GTE, while all models had electric start after 1975, and for the fina ...
(1975)
* Suzuki RE5
The Suzuki RE5 is a motorcycle with a liquid-cooled single-rotor Wankel engine, manufactured by Suzuki from 1974 to 1976. Apart from its unusual engine, the RE5 is mostly a conventional roadster, albeit with some peculiar styling details thanks ...
(1975)
*Derbi Predator (1998)
*TOMOS A5 Colibri (1989) moped
* MV Agusta 350 Ipotesi
The MV Agusta 350 Ipotesi (''Hypothesis'') was a motorcycle produced by the Italian manufacturer MV Agusta from 1975 to 1977. The machine was conceived by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and based on the previous 350 B Sport Elettronica model. ...
Other
*FIAT Ferroviaria
Alstom Ferroviaria S.p.A., former Fiat Ferroviaria S.p.A., is the Italian division of Alstom. Fiat Ferroviaria S.p.A. was the rail division of automobile manufacturer Fiat. It was founded in 1880 as Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano.
/Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
ETR 460 (Pendolino) train (1993)
* Nitro concept tractor (2013)
* Seiko Speedmaster wrist watch (1986)
* Seiko Macchina Sportiva wrist watch
* Deutz Fahr 6215 RCSHIFT tractor (2017)
*''Navigation promenade'' of Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany
* Marille Pasta
* Organ of the cathedral of Lausanne, composed of about 7000 pipes
* Molten
Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy of the solid increases, typically by the application of heat or pressure, which i ...
basketball design (official game ball for FIBA)
References
External links
Italdesign
Giugiaro's industrial design group
Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Giugiaro
An overview of automotive designers working for BMW. {{DEFAULTSORT:Giugiaro, Giorgetto 1938 births Living people People from Garessio Italian automobile designers Italian industrial designers Italdesign Giugiaro Lamborghini people BMW designers Ferrari people Alfa Romeo people Maserati people Compasso d'Oro Award recipients