The Automotive Electronics Guide 2017: An AspenCore/Paul O'Shea Special Edition

摘要

MUNICH, GERMANY - Ro-dolfo Bonetto is not a household name. Nephew of 1930s and '40s racing legend Felice Bonetto, Rodolfo was a self-taught industrial designer who abandoned a successful jazz career but went on to collect eight Golden Compass awards and twice became president of L'Associazione per il Disegno Industriale. Through collaboration with automotive component supplier Veglia Borletti - from which early sketches of Vignale, Viotti, and Boneschi emerged - Bonettos rationalist ethos has influenced generations of designers, from Fiat to Maserati in the '60s, crossing the Atlantic to Ford and GM in the '70s and '80s, and now back in Europe in its automotive seats of power. In numerous interviews, Adrian van Hooydonk, the Dutch-born, Munich-based head of design at the BMW Group, has traced his love affair with design and cars to an early internship under Bonetto in Milan.