Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro

Giorgetto Giugiaro (born August 7, 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. He was born in Garessio, province of Cuneo (Piedmont).

He initiated the "folded paper" era of the 1970s where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well as a number of supercars, he is responsible for the design of some of the most popular everyday vehicles driven today.

Giugiaro was the winner of the award of Car Designer of the Century in 1999. Three years later he was awarded a place of honor at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.Cite web|url=http://maseratinet.com/MCI/hall_of_fame.asp|title=Giugiaro news|accessdate=2008-02-29]

In addition to designing cars at least one Bontempi keyboard, the "Minstrel", had a Giugiaro-designed case. He has designed camera bodies for Nikon, an unused proposal for a next generation Macintosh for Apple, as well as a new pasta shape "Marille".Cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20050814/ai_n14884033|title=NOTES & THEORIES: For perfect pasta, simmer for 500 years|accessdate=2007-08-20|work=findarticles.com]

Design studios

* Bertone (1960–1965)
* Ghia (1966–1968)
* Italdesign Giugiaro (1969–1997)

Notable designs

Giugiaro also created the first multi-purpose vehicle in 1978, the Lancia Megagamma,Cite web|url=http://www.autonews.com/files/euroauto/inductees/giugiaro.htm|title=Volume leader in automobile design|accessdate=2007-08-20|work=autonews.com] which inspired the Nissan Prairie, the first MPV to achieve mass sales.

Notes

External links

* [http://users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de/~windle_c/TableHooters/Bontempi_MinstrelBeta.html Bontempi Minstrel]
* [http://www.italdesign.it Italdesign] , Giugiaro's industrial design group


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