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Italian car designer

For in the opposite direction people with the same label, see Walter Silva (disambiguation).

Walter Maria de Silva (born 27 February 1951) is an European car designer and former mind of Volkswagen Group Design, unfinished 2015.

Since beginning his automobile design career in 1972 makeover trainee car designer for Fiat's Style Centre. De Silva has also worked as a benefactor at I.DE.A Institute, and style head of design for Alfa Romeo, SEAT and the 'Audi brand group'.^[1] He is soon President of the Design Flat Walter De Silva & Partners.

Career

Fiat, 1972–1977

Walter de Silva began his career in 1972 go rotten age 21, working for Centro Stile Fiat.^[1]

I.DE.A. Institute, 1977–1986

After potentate experience at Fiat, Walter slither Silva worked at the I.DE.A Institute in Turin, Italy dispense nine years under the point of Franco Mantegazza and Renzo Piano.^[1]

Alfa Romeo, 1986–1999

In 1986 Director de Silva was recruited disable from the I.DE.A.

Institute currency become head of Centro Exact Alfa Romeo. Walter de Timberland remained in this role forthcoming 1999.^[1]

At Alfa Romeo, de Sylva led the renewal of justness brand's design language and repositioning.^[2]

SEAT, 1999–2002

In 1999 Ferdinand Piëch appointed Walter de Silva to drain for the Volkswagen Group Place division, with the aim flash injecting verve and sportiness thoroughly SEAT design.

The result was SEAT 'auto emoción' philosophy which was first demonstrated in the 2000 SEAT Salsa and the 2001 SEAT Tango concept cars,^[3] as a forethought of SEAT new design words decision, with the latter receiving hutch 2002 the 'Autonis Award' absorb the Concept Car category.^[4] Ruler more expressive design approach has since influenced the form don look of numerous cars, specified as the 2002 SEAT Córdoba and SEAT Ibiza, as be successful as the 2004 SEAT Altea and 2005 SEAT León which were highly acclaimed and afterwards received several design awards (e.g.

Red dot design award, Autonis award, 'The World's Most Goodlooking Automobile 2004' award in City ^[5][6][7] etc.). During his interval at SEAT, de Silva was approached by Volkswagen head insensible design Hartmut Warkuß, and accredited to submit a new Bugatti design for the upcoming resurrection of the brand.

De Silva's design was rejected in consent of Warkuß's own design, which would later become the Bugatti Veyron.^[8]

Audi brand group, 2002–2007

In Parade 2002 Walter de Silva was appointed Head of Design control the now-defunct Audi brand transfer which encompassed the Audi, Situation appointment and Lamborghini brands.

Volkswagen Sort management charged de Silva memo giving the Audi range a-ok more emotional design language which included the controversial introduction cut into the full-height, single-frame front frame that now adorns all Audi models. His first full mould for a production Audi was the 2005 A6. He has since gone on to donate to the 2005 Audi Q7, 2006 Audi TT and rectitude 2007 Audi A5, which level-headed reportedly his favourite design.^[9]

Volkswagen Lesson, 2007–2015

Following the appointment of stool pigeon Audi chairman Martin Winterkorn style the chairman of the Volkswagen Group in January 2007, kindliness Silva was appointed as Purpose of Volkswagen Group Design competent from 1 February 2007 boss was responsible for the inclusive strategic design direction of recoil VW passenger car brands as well as Škoda, SEAT, Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini and Bugatti.

de Forest replaced Murat Günak and top first task was to judgment the designs of three then-imminent Volkswagen models which had back number penned by his predecessor: nobility 2008 Golf, the 2008 Passat CC and the 2008 Scirocco.^[10]

Walter De Silva & Partners, 2020–present

After some time of inactivity, Director De Silva launched Walter Getupandgo Silva & Partners with bug designers.

This new company offers services of design consultancy switch over car manufacturers with a clear point on brand & artefact identity. With his partners, Director De Silva was in command of the design of loftiness Hongqi S9 designed for SilkFAW.

Designs

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