{"id":15253,"date":"2020-11-28T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T10:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.internationalclassic.com\/marcello-gandini-il-designer-del-futuro-capitolo-3\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T16:16:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T14:16:39","slug":"marcello-gandini-the-designer-of-the-future-chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/marcello-gandini-the-designer-of-the-future-chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcello Gandini: The designer of the future – Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The confidence of your stroke in your drawings stands out. I was able to catch that you\u2019re someone who\u2019s always polite, reserved, calm, pondered\u2026 but the cars you created portray also something else: innovation, strength, determination, power.<\/p>\n

– On one side, there is a component of politeness and mildness, while on the other, you think about how much you went through? In terms of fights, nails, competitions? <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Frankly, I have to admit that I didn\u2019t have a difficult life. Clearly, there are difficult times in life. When I was 25 years old, I was desperate, for example, I couldn\u2019t make ends meet. <\/em><\/p>\n

– While afterwards, when you were more affirmed with you colleagues or competitors? Were there any interlocutors that were less pleasant? People with claws?<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Some were, but it\u2019s funny when compared to what happens in the world. Yes, I had a few problems at work, because they didn\u2019t want to pay me\u2026 but there are more unpleasant things in life. I never actually had real problems. <\/em> \u00a0<\/em> \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

With clients? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have to say that everything went quite smoothly. Even if there are always problems. Even with De Tomaso Alejandro, I always defend him, even if he had a bad reputation as a \u201cbad payer\u201d. De Tomaso courted me for many years because I met him when he had just arrived in Italy, he had the ambition to make race cars, but didn\u2019t have a penny to his name. He arrived in Modena, he asked what the best hotel in the city was, they answered \u201cCanal Grande\u201d and he settled there. After a certain period of time, the hotel demanded he paid the balance, which he wasn\u2019t able to pay, so they threw him out with a few nicknames. What did he do when he had the financial abilities? He bought the Canal Grande hotel; this has always entertained me a lot. <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15127″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]– Personally speaking, I didn\u2019t accept his proposals, not so much due to his fame but because I was satisfied with what I was doing. When I was already self-employed from a few years, he tried again\u2026 Perego, a collaborator of his, an incredible chap who was very competent and patient, acted as the middle-man and compelled me to initiate a first collaboration. De Tommaso always treated me as if I was a prince, they paid me for things even prior to doing them, to better compel me. He only got offended once with me because he had a meeting at the Canal Grande hotel, at the end of every year, with journalists and collaborators and they would have stopped to sleep at the hotel afterwards. I attended the evening, but I went to sleep at the Fini hotel. He found out and he got tremendously offended, but that increased his consideration of me, meaning that I wasn\u2019t an opportunist. Freedom is priceless.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”15129″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]– Previously, I heard about the Guzzi V7 Sport.<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Guzzi V7 Sport had done some drawings with a red chassis\u2026 Well, yes, I did something with motorbikes: I started driving them when I was 14 and then I did a few projects. With Innocenti, when the Innocenti were still there, I did a few things, a few Lambrettas, the Lui\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

– I like the Lui a lot<\/strong><\/p>\n

– The idea was to create something a bit smaller and that was a bit innovative for the time!<\/em> \"Moto<\/a>