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Samuel Chuffart is the Vice President and Global Design Director for Icona Design Group in Torino, Italy. He was also one of the company’s founding members in 2010. In eight short years, Icona’s client list now reads like the Who’s Who of global and Chinese automakers. The company had a turnover of 18 million Euro in 2017. Samuel manages a team of 74 designers across three continents and dozens of projects simultaneously. Icona has created iconic and successful designs including the revered Fuselage, the Maxus SUB D90 concept, the Nucleus, and the Vulcano Titanium, the world’s first titanium supercar. Samuel is a graduate of Art Center College of Design in California and he’s worked at Nissan’s European design studio. He was also a Senior Designer at Jaguar Land Rover and Chief Designer at Stile Bertone in Turin, Italy.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Concorso Italiano • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Less is more.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Samuel shares some of the challenges and things he’s learned by working for large companies.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
1985 Jaguar XJS V12
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Less is more.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Connect with reality. Have real experiences.
RECOMMENDED BOOK
La Carrosserie une histoire de style by Serge Bellu, Editor: Editions de La Martiniere
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Enjoy real things and don’t speculate what they are. Experience them yourself.
WHERE TO FIND SAMUEL
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