"Rialto" telephone
1972 · Plastic and rubber
4 × 8 3/4 × 2 3/4" (10.2 × 22.2 × 7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Giorgetto Giugiaro
1938
WA-00036020
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- BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
- Birth yearWikidata P569· 92%✓
- WebsiteWikidata P856· 92%✓
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
- WikidataTier 1 · Institutional92%
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Giorgetto Giugiaro is an Italian automobile designer whose work fundamentally shaped postwar car aesthetics. A founding figure of the modern industrial design studio, he integrated sculpture and engineering into automotive form, creating designs that redefined the relationship between industrial production and aesthetic innovation. His approach established conventions that persisted across decades of vehicle design.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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