Miguel Angel Galluzzi
| Miguel Angel Galluzzi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 26, 1959 Buenos Aires |
| Alma mater | Art Center College of Design |
| Occupation | Motorcycle designer |
| Employer | Piaggio Group |
| Notable work |
Ducati Monster |
| Title |
Vice President of Design |
Ducati Monster
Aprilia Dorsoduro
Moto Guzzi V7 Racer
Vice President of Design
— Miguel Galluzzi
On Design:
In my opinion a great designer is about 99% sweat and 1% talent! This means that a lot of discipline is required, even when you feel like you’ve hit the wall or reached the limit.
Miguel Galluzzi (October 26, 1959) is an industrial designer specializing in motorcycle design. Galluzzi currently heads Piaggio's Advanced Design Center (PADC) in Pasadena, California, where he manages the design of the Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi and Gilera motorcycle brands, working closely with the company's styling headquarters (Piaggio Group Style Center) in Italy as well as its research and development centers in China, India and Vietnam.
Widely known for having designed the Ducati Monster, Galluzzi has also designed the Aprilia Dorsoduro, RSV4, and Tuono — as well as the Moto Guzzi V7 Racer and California 1400.
Under Galluzzi's direction, Moto Guzzi received the Motorcycle Design Association Award in 2012, and in 2013, Visor Down named Galuzzi one of its Top Ten motorcycle designers.
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in the USA, Galluzzi is a third generation motorcyclist. His interest in motorcycling began in the early 1960s when he received a motorcycle as a birthday gift from his uncle, a 1959 Kreidler 50cc.
Galluzzi would later study at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, graduating in 1986 from the same Transportation Design program as BMW's noted designer, David Robb. Galluzzi first worked for Opel, and then for Honda's V-Car/Omega design studio in 1988, first in Offenbach, Germany and later in Milan.
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