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Walter Maria de Silva (born 27 February 1951) is an Italian car designer and former head of Volkswagen Group Design, until 2015. Since beginning his car design career in 1972 as trainee car designer for Fiat 's Style Centre. De Silva has also worked as a designer at I.DE.A Institute, and as head of design for Alfa Romeo, SEAT and the 'Audi ...
- Italian
- 1972-present
- Designer
- 27 February 1951 (age 72), Lecco, Italy
Walter de Silva is an Italian car designer and former head of Volkswagen Group Design until 2015. Since beginning his car design career in 1972 as head of design for Fiat, de Silva has also worked as a designer at I.DE.A Institute, and as head of design for Alfa Romeo, SEAT and the‘VW brand group' (Skoda, SEAT, Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Ducati)
Dec 8, 2006 · INGOLSTADT, Germany – Walter de Silva (55) is regarded as one of the best automotive designers in the world. Since March 2002, this Italian has been the head designer of the Audi brand group and, as such, not only responsible for the Ingolstadt-based premium manufacturer, but also for Seat and Lamborghini. He started his career in 1972 at the ...
Nov 9, 2015 · Published: 09 Nov 2015. Top Gear Magazine Subscription – 5 issues for £5. Sad news for fans of pretty cars: design legend Walter de Silva has announced he is to retire from his position as Head ...
Walter De Silva was awarded the Compasso d’Oro alla Carriera (Golden Compass for Lifetime Achievement in Design awarded by the Italian Association for Industrial De-sign) and continued to focus on product design, which led to two magnificent pro-ducts such as the Leica M9 Titanium camera and the Luft armchair for Poltrona Frau.
Stunningly state of the art, the M9 Titan is still unmistakably a Leica, and further confirms the function of design, in keeping with de Silva’s ethic of the project. In 2014, Leica T represented the next advance after M9: from digital electronic device to integral digital. A numerically controlled milling cutter carves its form directly out ...
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ABOUT US. Walter De Silva & Partners was founded by the desire of the famous automotive designer Walter De Silva. With decades of experience at some of the world's largest car companies, De Silva has realized his dream: creating exclusive and incomparable luxury vehicles. Since its origins, the company has distinguished itself for excellence in ...
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