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Luigi Colani

Luigi Colani was born in Berlin on August 2 1928.  He is known to have over 5000 industrial and consumer products. In his early years he studied sculpture and aerodynamics.  I can see a lot of the aerodynamic influences in his works.  There are many accented curves which make his pieces very pleasing to look at.  Taking a look into the car world a bit, he was very influential to the company Fiat.  I am a bit of a car fanatic, so when I learned that the Colani Alfa was the first sports car to drive around the Nurburgring in under 10 minutes, I was very impressed.  in 1984, Luigi was considered to be the number one industrial designer in Japan.  In the year of my birth, 1989, the Museum of Modern Art featured Colani's SONY headphones.  A few years later, he got into computers and had a lot of success there as well.  In overview, Luigi Colani is a very versatile designer.

http://www.colani.org/luigi_colani_Product_design_museum/Introduction.html
http://www.colani.ch/historie.html