Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938) is an Italian automobile 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.
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", as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation.
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. 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, Lotus Esprit S1, and Maserati Bora followed before a softer approach returned in the Maserati Merak, Lamborghini Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50.
Giugiaro is widely known for the DeLorean DMC-12, featured prominently in the Hollywood blockbuster series Back to the Future. His most commercially successful design was the Volkswagen Golf Mk1.
In 1976, Giugiaro explored a new 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, high roof, high h-point, multifunctional, monospace design — but ultimately found the concept too risky for production. In retrospect the Megagamma was more influential than it was itself successful, becoming the "conceptual birth mother of the MPV/minivan movement" — giving rise to such mini/compact MPV's as the Nissan Prairie (1981) and Fiat 500L (2011) as well as larger MPV's including the Renault Espace and Chrysler minivans.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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", as well as office furniture for Okamura Corporation.
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. 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, Lotus Esprit S1, and Maserati Bora followed before a softer approach returned in the Maserati Merak, Lamborghini Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50.
Giugiaro is widely known for the DeLorean DMC-12, featured prominently in the Hollywood blockbuster series Back to the Future. His most commercially successful design was the Volkswagen Golf Mk1.
In 1976, Giugiaro explored a new 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, high roof, high h-point, multifunctional, monospace design — but ultimately found the concept too risky for production. In retrospect the Megagamma was more influential than it was itself successful, becoming the "conceptual birth mother of the MPV/minivan movement" — giving rise to such mini/compact MPV's as the Nissan Prairie (1981) and Fiat 500L (2011) as well as larger MPV's including the Renault Espace and Chrysler minivans.
© 2019. All images are copyrighted © by Giorgetto Giugiaro. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Mr Giorgetto Giugiaro |
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| 1959, 2600 Sprint |
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| 1963 Iso Rivolta Grifo A3-L 327 |
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| 1963, Chevrolet Testudo (Corvair) |
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| 1966 De Tomaso Mangusta |
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| 1966 De Tomaso Mangusta |
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| 1966 Maserati Ghibli concept car |
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| 1966, De Tomaso Mangusta |
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| 1967, Maserati Ghibli |
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| 1968 Bizzarini Manta |
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| 1968 Bizzarini Manta |
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| 1961 1955-74 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Type 14 coupe |
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| 1969 1955-74 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia_convertible |
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| 1970 Porsche Tapiro concept |
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| 1970s Cadillac Eldorado rendering |
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| 1971, Alfa Romeo Supercar - Alfasud Caimano |
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| 1972 Maserati Boomerang |
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| 1972 Maserati Boomerang |
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| 1972 Maserati Merak |
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| 1972, Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT |
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| 1972, Maserati Khamsin design sketch |
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| 1973, Audi Asso di picche |
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| 1974 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT |
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| 1974 Volkswagen Golf Mk1 |
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| 1974 VW Golf Giu sketch |
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| 1974, Maya prototype was unveiled in Turin in 1974 |
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| 1977 BMW M1 |
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| 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 |
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| 1977 Lotus Esprit S1 |
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| 1978-81 BMW E26 M1 |
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| 1981, DeLorean DMC-12 sketches |
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| 1981, DeLorean DMC-12 |
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| 1986 Volkswagen MachimotoMany |
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| 1986 Volkswagen MachimotoMany |
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| 1992 Eagle Premier ES Limited with "Design Giugiaro" badge |
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| 1994, Fiat Firepoint concept car |
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| 1995 Lamborghini Calá |
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| 1998 Maserati 3200GT |
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| 1999 (Concept) Bugatti Chiron |
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| 1999 Bugatti Design sketch |
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| 2003 MyCar, Neighborhood Electric Vehicle, GreenTech Automotive |
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| 2005 Ferrari GG50 Concept car |
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| 2005, Alfa Romeo 159 |
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| 2005-10 Alfa Romeo Brera (Type 939) |
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| 2006, Giugiaro Ford Mustang Concept Car |
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| 2007 Italdesign Vadho Concept |
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| 2008 Italdesign Giugiaro Quaranta concept |
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| 2009 Italdesign Frazer Nash Namir 2009 |
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| 2009 Italdesign Frazer Nash Namir 2009 |
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| 2010, Italdesign Emas |
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| 2012 Italdesign Brivido Concept car |
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| 2013 Giugiaro Parcour concept car |
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| 2013 Giugiaro Parcour concept car |
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| 1988 Nikon F4S Giugiaro Design |
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| Ducati 350 gt |
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| Rialto telephone |
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| Seiko "Aliens" |
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| Seiko X Giugiaro 30th anniversary spirit Smart Watch |
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