Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro
Born (1938-08-07) August 7, 1938
Garessio, Italy
Nationality Italian
Occupation Automobile designer
Known for Lotus Esprit
Partner(s) Maria Teresa Serra
Children Fabrizio Giugiaro, Laura Giugiaro
Parent(s) Mario Giugiaro, Maria Giugiaro
Giugiaro logo of Lotus Esprit

Giorgetto Giugiaro (Italian pronunciation: [dʒorˈdʒetto dʒuˈdʒaro]; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automobile designer, widely recognised as one of the finest and most prolific car designers. 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, computer prototypes for Apple, Navigation promenade of Porto Santo Stefano, and developed a new pasta shape "Marille",[2] as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation.[3]

Influence on design

MyCar, Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, GreenTech Automotive
Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
Volkswagen Golf Mk1
DeLorean DMC-12
Lotus Esprit S1
FSO Polonez MR'78
Yugo Florida 1.6
Eagle Premier ES Limited with "design giugiaro" badge
Alfa Romeo 159
Giugiaro Ford Mustang 2006 Concept Car
Nikon F4S Giugiaro Design

Giugaro's earliest cars featured tautly arched shapes, such as the Ferrari 250 Berlinetta Bertone, De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo, and Maserati Ghibli. However, as the 1970s approached, Giugiaro's designs became increasingly angular, culminating in the "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 Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50.

Studios

Notable designs

Automobiles

Cameras

Firearms

Motorcycles

Other

Notes

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "NOTES & THEORIES: For perfect pasta, simmer for 500 years". findarticles.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  3. ↑ "okamura". Okamura.jp. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Update 1 - Volkswagen buys control of car designer Italdesign". Reuters.com. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Ciferri, Luca (2 July 2015). "Legendary car designer Giugiaro quits company that bears his name". Automotive News.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Stars & Cars of Bertone". Road & Track: 78. November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Eagle Premier". Italdesign Giugiaro. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Archive: Classicmotor.se BMW Spicup".
  9. ↑ "Archive: Giugiaro Mustang, Take One". Motor Trend. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  10. ↑ "Greentech Automotive - Home". Wmgta.com. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  11. ↑ Colombo, Sandro, "Sessantacinque anni fra moto e auto" (PDF), AISA monograph no. 96 (in Italian), Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile, p. 25
  12. ↑ "Volume leader in automobile design". autonews.com. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
  13. ↑ "Renault 21 (Medallion)". Italdesign Giugiaro. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Renault 19". Italdesign Giugiaro. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Škoda 720: Unikát, který mohl konkurovat BMW". auto.idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Evolution of electronic cameras and Nikon F3". Nikon. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Beretta USA Site http://www.berettausa.com/products/ugb25-xcel-trap-12-ga-30/
  18. ↑ Brown, Roland (July–August 2011). "1975 Ducati 860GT". Motorcycle Classics. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  19. 1 2 "1974 – Suzuki RE5 Rotary – Wankel – 500 Collezione Motociclistica Milanese". Collezione Motociclistica Milanese. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Padeanu, Adrian (2013-02-25). "Lamborghini Nitro tractor revealed". motor 1. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  21. ↑ 1986 Seiko Speedmaster by Giorgetto Giugiaro, retrieved on 17 February 2009.
  22. ↑ Macchina Sportiva, retrieved on 3 September 2014.

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