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 recognition in 1984.

In addition to cars, Giugiaro designed camera bodies for Nikon, the 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, such as the Alfa Romeo 105/115 Series Coupés, often featured arched and curving shapes, similar to those found in 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 1980s 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 adapted to the era and introduced more curvaceous designs, exemplified by the Lamborghini Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50.

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 ides 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 the 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 began his career as a stylist in 1959 at the in-house Special Vehicle Design department of Italy's major carmaker, Fiat.

From 1959 until 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 different carmakers.

In 1968, Giugiaro established his own studio, Italdesign Giugiaro. In 2015, he founded the design studio GFG Style in Turin with his son, Fabrizio Giugiaro, where he works to the present day.

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) Alfa Romeo 147 restyling (2004) Alfa Romeo 156 restyling / 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 (1972) 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) Panda (1980, won Compasso d'Oro award) 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 Rivolta IR 300 (1961) Grifo (1963) Delta (1979) Medusa concept car (1980) Prisma (1982) Orca concept car (1982) Thema (1984) Lexus GS (1993) Lotus Esprit (1976) Etna concept car (1984) Maserati 5000 GT (1961) Ghibli (1966) Simun concept car (1968) Bora (1971) Boomerang concept car (1972) Merak (1972) Tipo 124 concept car (1974) Medici concept car (1974) Medici II concept car (1976) Quattroporte (1976) 3200 GT (1998) Buran concept car (2000) Spyder (2001) 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 21 (1986) 19 (1988) Saab 600 (1980) 9000 (1984) Scania 2-series (1980) SEAT Ibiza (1984) Málaga (1985) Proto T & TL concept car (1989–1990) Proto C concept car (1990) Toledo (1991) Córdoba (1993) Ibiza (1993) Toledo (1998) León (1998) Simca Simca 1000 Coupé (1962) Simca 1200S (1967) Skoda 720 concept car (1972) SsangYong Rexton (2001) Korando (2010) Subaru Alcyone SVX (1991) Suzuki Carry (1969) Cervo (1977–1982) SX4 (2006) Techrules Ren (2018) Toyota Aristo (1991) Alessandro Volta concept car (2004) Volkswagen Karmann Ghia TC (1972) Passat (1973) Scirocco (1974) Golf (1974) L35AF (1983) F4 (1988) F5 (1996) D2H (2003) F6 (2004) D3 (2007) D4 (2012) D800 (2012) Df (2013)

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

Motorcycles Ducati 860 GT (1975) Suzuki RE5 (1975) Derbi Predator (1998)

Other Sirio telephone for Società Italiana per l'Esercizio Telefonico (early 1990s) FIAT Ferroviaria/Alstom 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 Balsamic Vinegar of Modena Bottle Bridgestone Blouson bicycle (1985)