LUIGI COLANI
Luigi Colani was born in Berlin, Germany on the 2nd August 1928. In more than 40 years of creative activity, Luigi Colani has always been an driving force, given many impulses and influenced internationally entire industries by fashioning and shaping a wide range of products.
Luigi Colani is a sculptor, painter, flight engineer, technical designer and city planner by occupation, but aerodynamicists, 3-D and form philosopher from passion.
He studied at the Academy of Art in Berlin and aerodynamics at the Sorbonne University.
After completing his studies in 1952 he left the Sorbonne and went straight to California where he was employed by Douglas as aerodynamic and plastic expert.
In 1954 he came back to Europe and built up one of Germany's most successful design teams.
He worked for ALPHA ROMEO, LANCIA, VW and BMW. In 1972 he opened his studio in Harkotten, Switzerland, and worked for companies like VILLEROY & BOCH, ROSENTHAL, THYSSEN, PELIKAN, and BOEING. In 1982 he went to Japan and worked for SONY, YAMAHA, SEIKO, HITACHI, NISSAN and CANON.
A Colani Design Centre with a large Colani Research Centre was opened in Karlsruhe, Germany, in April 2002. His automobile, industrial and furniture designs have won many coveted prizes all over the world.
He is currently professor at the Tong-Ji University, in Shanghai.
