Giugiaro’s Biography

Introduction

• Giorgetto Giugiaro is an Italian car designer who may be best known for the introduction of the “folded paper” era of car design. The name lends itself to the straight lines and sharp edges made popular on a wide variety of early ‘70s super cars conceptualized and designed by Giurgiaro (Lotus Esprit, De Lorean DMC 12, Maserati Merak, Bora and Quattroporte, BMW M1, etc. etc.).

•Many other manufacturers would take their design cues from Giurgiaro including Lamborghini, Ferrari, Audi, Bugatti, etc

• Giorgetto was born in 1938 into an artistic family residing int Cuneo Italy.( His father, Mario, created art and oil oil paintings while his grandfather, Luigi,

painted church frescoes).

Giugiaro continued this tradition by studying art during the day and technical design during the evening.

1967 Ghia 450 SS

• At a school exhibit in 1955, Dante Giacosa, Fiat's technical director, immediately relized the talent of Giugiaro and offered him a job in the styling department.

1971 ISO Grifo Series II

• In 1959 he left Fiat for Bertone where his true genious began to shine. He penned designs for the Alfa Romeo 200/2600 Spring, Ferrari 250 GT Aston Martin DB4 GT Jet, Maserati 5000 GT, Alfa Romeo 2600 HS, to name a few.

Maserati 5000 GTIn 1965 he left Bertone and went to Ghia as head of the design office. His designs shocked the automotive world when he displayed his De Tomaso Pampero and Mangusta, Fiat Vanessa, and Maserati Ghibli.

• In February of 1967, Giugiaro founded Italdesign meaning 'Ital Styling'. He continued to work with Ghia as a freelancer. His design studio made their first public appearance at the 1968 Turin Motor Show where they introduced the Bizzarrini Manta prototype. Since that time, Italdesign has created designs for Abarth, Suzuki, Alfa Romeo, Volkswagen, Porsche, Maserati, Audi, Hyundai, BMW, Fiat, Lancia, DeLorean, Lamborghini, and more.

The designs during the 1970's began the 'folded paper' era. The vehicles were given sharp edges such as the Lotus Esprite, DeLorean DMC 12, and Lamborghini.

DeLorean DMC 12

• Since its inception, the design studio of ItalDesign has expanded into other commercial market segments such as creating designs for cameras, telephones, electrical appliances, visual identity machines, cosmetics, watches, computers,

furniture, and more.

It is understandable why Giugiaro was named designer of the century. His designs and creations have helped

craft the automobile styling that is enjoyed today.

1987 Italdesign Aztec

• Some notable designs

Alfasud (1972)

Alfetta GT/GTV (1974)

Stellar (1982)

• Some notable designs

Nazca C2 Spider (1993)Bugatti EB 118 (1998)

Nikon F3 Spyder (2002)

• Resources:

Facebook groups about him

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/bodyDesigner.aspx?bdID=19&carID=322

http://www.giugiarodesign.it/

http://www.italdesign.com/dinamic/index.html