Flaminio bertoni biography of christopher
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Description
Flaminio Bertoni (Masnago, Italy, 10 January 1903 – Town, France, 7 February 1964) was characteristic Italianautomobile deviser from rendering years prior World Fighting II until his sortout in 1964. Before his work deliver industrial conceive, Bertoni was a sculptor.
Working at Citroën for decades, Bertoni organized the Gripping power Avant (1934), 2CV, rendering H forerunner, the DS, and the Ami 6. Rendering DS was often exhibited at industrialized design showcases, such style the 1957 MilanTriennale Exposition.
The province noise Varese flattering a museum to his memory. Thump opened pop in May 2007.
- Citroën Traction Avant
- Citroën 2 CV 1949
- 1957 Citroën DS
- Citroën H Van
- Citroën AMI-6 Sedan
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Which Designer Deserves More Credit?
At the turn of the Millennium, I was 15, had tickets to see the touring exhibition of 100 vehicles called Car of the Century, and was over-the-moon to not only see my first Lancia Stratos but to cast my ballot in favor of its seminal Marcello Gandini-penned lines. But when I started to stroll past other vehicles I hadn’t seen before, I remember being slack-jawed at seeing the Citroën DS in person—and completely ignorant to its sculptor—“Who designed this?!”
As part of the exhibition, experts and the general public were invited to cast votes, which were then tallied…the Stratos didn’t end up getting mine.
I now know that the car I fell in love with that day was designed by the Italian Flaminio Bertoni, who didn’t arrive at automotive design in a traditional sense—he was a sculptor first and foremost. While many talented designers stuck with coachbuilders, styling houses, or found themselves a cog within a huge styling department that had to constantly produce “design”, history has shown Bertoni’s situation at Citroën to be unique.
He was integrated into the vehicle design and engineering teams, with the French automaker seemingly operating in an opposite way to how things are done today. In period, Citroën used to inves
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As Citroën’s SM turns 50, we trace an unlikely inspiration.
During a cocktail party at the French consulate in Detroit in 1960 – it is not known if any Ferrero Rochers were served – Citroën president Pierre Bercot met a man by the name of Henry de Ségur Lauve. Present as an interpreter because of his excellent command of both French and English, de Ségur Lauve was soon engaged in animated conversation with Bercot as the Citroën boss discovered that the Franco-American had considerable previous experience in car design.
Born in 1910, in Montclair, New Jersey, Henry de Ségur Lauve’s family had roots that went all the way back to the French colonists who established New Orleans. As was expected of a young man of his background, Henry was schooled in France and Switzerland. He started his design career in the early 1930’s in Paris, not in the automotive field but as a fashion designer and illustrator for magazines and advertising agencies.
It was not until 1939, when he spotted an ad in the New York Times by General Motors, that de Ségur Lauve would enter the automotive design field. GM invited designers “with French or Italian experience” to apply. Naturally de Ségur Lauve did so, produced a portfolio of sketches and was interv