Luigi colani is one the great mavericks of 20th century design with an independent spirit a flair for showmanship and a willingness to engage the wider public that has kept him outside the design mainstream.
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Colani s seventies designs influenced contemporary aircraft designs from the b 2 stealth bomber to the a 320 double deck airliner.
Just a month after designer luigi colani died a number of his full size design studies and working one off cars including some of his automorrow racers designed to break records at the bonneville salt flats appeared incomplete and damaged at auction and all failed to come anywhere close to their pre auction estimates.
Luigi colani airplanes on penccil.
With a background in car styling and aerodynamics colani has pursued an interest in imagining a world that does not yet exist one of.
His long career began in the 1950s when he designed cars for companies including fiat alfa romeo lancia volkswagen and bmw in 1957 he dropped his first name lutz using the name luigi in the 1960s he began designing furniture and as of the 1970s he expanded in numerous areas ranging.