Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro (; born 7 August 1938) is an Italian automotive designer. He has worked on supercars and popular everyday vehicles. He was named Car Designer of the Century in 1999 and inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2002. He was awarded the Compasso d'Oro industrial design award six times, including a lifetime achievement awarded in 1984.

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.

From the late 1960s, Giugiaro's designs became increasingly angular, transitioning via the gentle bends of the 1971 Maserati Bora, and culminating in the straight-lined, "folded paper" era of the 1970s and '80s designs such as the 1974 first VW Golf, the 1976 Lotus Esprit S1, 1978 BMW M1, and the 1981 DMC DeLorean. During the early 1990s, he went along with the era, and introduced more curvy designs again, with his Lamborghini Calà, Maserati Spyder, Ferrari GG50 and Grundig Space Fidelity.

Giugiaro is widely known for the DMC DeLorean, prominently featured in the Hollywood movie series ''Back to the Future.''His most commercially successful design is the Volkswagen Golf Mk1.

In 1976, Giugiaro explored a 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.

Career and studios

* Giugiaro started his career as a stylist at the in-house Special Vehicle Design department of Italy's major carmaker Fiat (1955–1959)
* From 1959–1965, he worked in a similar capacity for Gruppo Bertone, a company exclusively working for ''other'' carmakers, primarily as a styling and design studio, similar to a building architecture firm, as well as handling low volume production of special edition cars for other carmakers. Although Bertone and Italy's other car and industrial design studios would create design proposals for other car brands on their own initiative, and sometimes even show concept cars under their own name, they never combined their design and production work for other carmakers with independent car manufacturing in their own right and under their own brand name, like Lotus in the UK, or Porsche in Germany.
* In 1965 Giugiaro switched to working for Ghia, another of Italy's car design studios, through 1967; followed by:
* a brief stint at Studi Italiani Realizzazione Prototipi (SIRP), in 1968, after which
* Giugiaro founded his own studio, Italdesign Giugiaro (1968–2015).
* From 2015 (to present day), he turned over a new leaf with GFG Style

Designs

Automobiles

*Alfa Romeo
** 2000 Sprint (1960)
** 2600 Sprint (1962)
** Giulia Sprint GT (1963)
** Canguro concept car (1964)
** Giulia SS Bertone Prototipo concept car (1965)
** Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlinetta concept car (1968)
** Iguana concept car (1968)
** Caimano concept car (1971)
** Alfasud (1972)
** Alfetta GT (1974)
** Alfasud Sprint (1976)
** Brera concept car (2002, won Compasso d'Oro award)
** 156 facelift second series (2003)
** Visconti concept car (2004)
** 159/159 SW (2004)
** Brera (2005)
* American Motors
** AMC AMX/3 (1970)
** Eagle Premier (1987)
* ASA 1000 GT (1962)
*Aston Martin
** DB4 GT Bertone 'Jet' (1961)
** Twenty Twenty concept car (2001)
* Audi
** Audi 80 (1978)
** Audi Coupe
* BMW
** 3200 CS (1961)
** BMW 2800 Spicup concept car (initial design, 1969)
** M1 (1977)
** Nazca C2 concept car (1992)
** Nazca C2 Spider concept car (1993)
** M1 Homage Concept (2008)
* Bugatti Automobili and Bugatti Automobiles
** ID 90 Concept (1990)
** EB 112 (1993)
** EB 118 (1998)
** EB 218 (1999)
* Buick Park Avenue Ultra (1989–1990 interior seating)
* Cadillac Sixty Special (1989–1993 interior seating)
* Chevrolet Testudo concept car (1963)
* Daewoo
** Lanos (1996)
** Leganza (1997)
** Magnus (2000 and 2003)
** Kalos hatchback (2002)
** Lacetti hatchback (2004)
* De Tomaso
** Mangusta (1966)
** Rowan concept car (1967)
*DMC DeLorean (1981)
* Ferrari
** 250 GT “Competition” Berlinetta SWB Speciale Bertone (1960)
** 250 GT Berlinetta SWB Speciale Bertone (1962)
** Ferrari GG50 concept car (2005)
*Fiat
** 850 Spider (1965)
** Dino Coupé (initial design, 1963)
** Panda (1980, won Compasso d'Oro award)
** Uno (1983)
** Croma (1985)
** Punto (1993, won Compasso d'Oro award)
** Palio/Siena (2001)
** Croma (2005)
** Grande Punto (2005)
** Sedici (2005)
* Ford
**Maya concept car (1984)
**Mustang concept car (1966, 2006)
* FSO
** Polonez (1978)
* GreenTech Automotive
**GreenTech MyCar
* Gordon-Keeble GT (1960)
* Hyundai
** Pony Coupé concept car (1974)
** Pony (1975)
** Stellar (1982)
** Excel (1985)
** Sonata (1988)
*Innocenti 186 GT (1964)
* Iso Rivolta
** Iso Rivolta IR 300, Rivolta IR 300 (1961)
** Iso Grifo, Grifo (1963)
** Iso Fidia, Fidia (1967)
* Italdesign
** Italdesign Aztec, Aztec concept car (1988)
**Quaranta concept car (2008)
* Isuzu
** Isuzu 117 Coupé, 117 Coupé (1968)
** Isuzu Piazza, Piazza/Impulse (1981)
** Isuzu Gemini, Gemini/I-Mark (1985)
* Iveco
** Iveco CityClass bus (1996)
** Iveco MyWay bus (1999)
** Iveco Eurotech (1992)
** Iveco EuroTrakker (1993)
** Iveco Daily (2006)
** Iveco Massif (2007)
*Lamborghini
** Lamborghini Marco Polo, Marco Polo concept car (1982)
** Lamborghini Calà, Calà concept car (1995)
* Lancia
**Lancia Megagamma, Megagamma concept car (1978)
** Lancia Delta, Delta (1979)
**Lancia Medusa, Medusa concept car (1980)
**Lancia Prisma, Prisma (1982)
**Lancia Orca, Orca concept car (1982)
**Lancia Thema, Thema (1984)
*Lexus GS#First generation (S140; 1991), Lexus GS (1993)
* Lotus
** Lotus Esprit, Esprit (1976)
** Lotus Etna, Etna concept car (1984)
* Maserati
** Maserati 5000 GT, 5000 GT (1961)
** Maserati Ghibli, Ghibli (1966)
**Simun concept car (1968)
** Maserati Bora, Bora (1971)
** Maserati Boomerang, Boomerang concept car (1972)
** Maserati Merak, Merak (1972)
**Tipo 124 concept car (1974)
** Maserati Medici, Medici concept car (1974)
**Medici II concept car (1976)
** Maserati Quattroporte, Quattroporte (1976)
** Maserati 3200 GT, 3200 GT (1998)
**Buran concept car (2000)
** Maserati Spyder, Spyder (2001)
** Maserati Coupé, Coupé (2002)
* Mazda
** Mazda Familia (1963)
** Mazda Luce (1965)
*Oldsmobile Thor concept car (1967)
*Porsche Tapiro concept car (1970)
*Proton Emas concept car (2010)
* Renault
** Renault 21, 21 (1986)
** Renault 19, 19 (1988)
* Saab Automobile, Saab
** Saab 600, 600 (1980)
** Saab 9000, 9000 (1984)
* Scania 2-series (1980)
*SEAT
**SEAT Ibiza, Ibiza (1984)
**SEAT Málaga, Málaga (1985)
**SEAT Proto, Proto T & TL concept car (1989–1990)
**SEAT Proto, Proto C concept car (1990)
**SEAT Toledo, Toledo (1991)
**SEAT Córdoba, Córdoba (1993)
**SEAT Ibiza, Ibiza (1993)
**SEAT Toledo, Toledo (1998)
**SEAT León, León (1998)
*Simca
**Simca 1000 Coupé (1962)
**Simca 1000 Coupé, Simca 1200S (1967)
*Škoda Auto, Skoda 720 concept car (1972)
*SsangYong Motor Company, SsangYong
**SsangYong Rexton, Rexton (2001)
**SsangYong Korando, Korando (2010)
*Subaru Alcyone SVX (1991)
*Suzuki
**Suzuki Carry#Fourth generation (L40), Carry (1969)
**Suzuki Cervo#Cervo SS20 (first generation), Cervo (1977–1982)
**Suzuki SX4, SX4 (2006)
*Techrules Ren (2018)
*Toyota
**Lexus GS#First generation (S140; 1991), Aristo (1991)
**Toyota Alessandro Volta, Alessandro Volta concept car (2004)
*Volkswagen
**Karmann Ghia TC (1972)
**Volkswagen Passat, Passat (1973)
**VW Scirocco#First generation (1974–1981), Scirocco (1974)
**Volkswagen Golf Mk1, Golf (1974)
**VW Jetta#First generation (MK1/A1, Typ 16; 1979–1984), Jetta (1979)
**Volkswagen W12, W12 Coupe & Roadster concept cars (1997)
*Zastava Automobiles, Zastava
**Zastava Florida - Yugo Sana, Florida (1988)

Cameras

* Nikon
** Nikon EM, EM (1979)
** Nikon F3, F3 (1980)
**L35AF (1983)
** Nikon F4, F4 (1988)
** Nikon F5, F5 (1996)
** Nikon D2H, D2H (2003)
** Nikon F6, F6 (2004)
** Nikon D3, D3 (2007)
** Nikon D4, D4 (2012)
** Nikon D800, D800 (2012)
** Nikon Df, Df (2013)

Firearms

*Handguns
** Beretta Beretta Neos, Neos (2002)
*submachine gun, Submachine Guns
**Beretta Beretta CX4 Storm, CX4 Storm (2003)
*Shotguns
** Beretta UGB25 Xcel Trap 12 GA, 30"

Motorcycles

* Ducati 860 GT (1975)
* Suzuki RE5 (1975)
*Derbi Predator (1998)
*TOMOS A5 Colibri (1989) moped
* MV Agusta 350 Ipotesi

Other

* Sirio telephone for Società Italiana per l'Esercizio Telefonico (early 1990s)
* FIAT Ferroviaria/Alstom ETR 460, ETR 460 (Pendolino) train (1993)
* Nitro concept tractor (2013)
* Seiko Sports watch (1983)
* Seiko Speed Master wrist watch (1986)
* Seiko Macchina Sportiva wrist watch
* Isotron by Eurodent, dental system (1989, won Compasso d'Oro award)
* Deutz-Fahr 7250 TTV Agrotron (2014, won Compasso d'Oro award)
* 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 Corporation, Molten basketball design (official game ball for FIBA)
* Traditional balsamic vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar of Modena Bottle.

References

External links

Italdesign
Giugiaro's industrial design group

Coachbuild.com Encyclopedia: Giugiaro





An overview of automotive designers working for BMW.

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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