Michael Vernon Robinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Vernon Robinson
Occupation	Designer
Date Of Birth	May 2, 1956(1956-05-02)
Age	68
Birthplace	Whittier
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Taurus

Michael Vernon Robinson Biography

Michael Vernon Robinson is one of the most popular and richest Designer who was born on May 2, 1956 in Whittier, California, United States. Michael Vernon Robinson was born May 2, 1956 in Whittier, California. It is a suburb of Los Angeles. He discovered a poster by Bertone of the Lancia Stratos Prototipo Zero at 16 while he was studying architecture in Kent, Washington. The incredible concept car was so influential that he decided to become a car designer and to move to Torino in Italy, where the best car design was being done. From the University of Washington, he received bachelor’s degrees both in Fine Arts (1978), and Industrial Design (1979).

Chris Bangle was an American friend and had been working as an interior designer at Opel in Germany. He was also nominated to be the Exterior Design Chief at Fiat. Robinson was invited to Fiat by Bangle to assist him in reorganizing the Fiat design process. Robinson started his 19-year Fiat career in Advanced Design. He was responsible for the creation of Europe’s first Virtual Reality room, in 1988. In 1992, he was named Interior Design Chief. He designed the interior of the Fiat Bravo/Brava that won the European Car of the Year Award in 1995. Chris Bangle was appointed Design Director of Fiat. Walter De Silva was Design Director at Alfa Romeo. Robinson, who was 40 years old, became Design Director of Lancia in 1996. The 1998 Dialogos was his first Lancia concept car. It was a research vehicle for new luxury sedans.

The Lancia Dialogos concept car was transformed into the 2002 Lancia Thesis production sedan. He was then nominated the Design Director at Fiat in 2001, where he designed Europe’s best selling delivery van, the Fiat Ducato/Peugeot Boxer/Citroen Jumper.

After his long career in Fiat, Robinson was called upon by Lilli Bertone to become the new Brand and Design Director at Bertone in 2009. His first concept car in Bertone was the 2010 Alfa Romeo Pandion which was designed to celebrate Alfas 100 year anniversary at the Geneva Auto Show. The Pandion (which is the scientific name for Osprey) is a radical 2+2 sports car with reverse-opening scissors doors which are 3.4 meters tall when fully opened. The car utilizes a novel “Skin and Frame” concept stemming from the two-part Alfa Romeo logo, which underlines the new, dynamic mix between the robust organic frame and the sensuous skin that covers it. Many of the components in the car were realized using Algorithm Design technology, a random form generator which allows forms to become much more complex compared to those designed by humans.

He finally reached Italy and found the perfect place to fulfill his dreams. He visited coachbuilders such as Bertone, Pininfarina and Italdesign and also saw manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati. Aldo Sessano offered him a job as a designer in a small design studio called Open Design. He designed cars, trucks and buses as well as industrial design projects. He decided to start his own studio and work primarily for Renault a year later. He moved to Ghia in 1983, Ford’s Italian design centre, and created his first concept car, Ford Ghia Vignale TSX-4. This was a precursor for the Ford Taurus stationwagon design.

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The 1970 Bertone concept car was the first car that caught my eye. It was both the most beautiful and most innovative car I’ve ever seen. It was just 83cm tall and had a monovolume, cab-forward architecture. The front windshield served as the entrance door. This opened up crocodile-style, ending all taboos associated with what was then considered modern American car design. It was clear that the Italians were miles ahead of everyone else in car design. That was my goal and my life’s mission. I wanted to be where the best designers were.

Robinson worked as a student intern at Ford Design Center Dearborn, Michigan in 1978. This was just before he finished his senior year of college. Robinson said that the 150 professionals working at the Ford Design Center were among the most talented people he’d ever met. However, they were also forced to create the most terrible cars. The 1973 oil crisis impacted Detroit’s designers in the 70’s, making the American muscle car era of 1960’s America one of the most disastrous periods in car design history. Robinson, who had his heart set on the creativity of the Italian coachbuilder community, returned to Seattle college feeling disillusioned. He vowed never to work again in America as a car designer.

Previously, Robinson held the position of Design Director at Fiat and Lancia, and worked as a designer with Ford in Dearborn, Volvo in Gothenborg, Sweden, Open Design, Ghia, and Fiat in Torino, Italy. Several of his more prominent styling contributions have been the Ghia TSX-4 concept car, the Fiat Bravo/Brava, (1995 European Car of the Year), the Lancia Dialogos Concept Car, the Lancia Giubileo (Pope’s personal limousine based on a stretch Thesis), the Lancia Thesis, the Lancia Nea Concept Car, the Lancia Ypsilon, the Fiat Ducato, the Bertone Alfa Romeo Pandion Concept Car, and the Bertone Jaguar B99 – B99 GT concept cars, the Bertone Nuccio concept car, the SUV BAIC C51X concept, the Aston Martin Jet 2 +2 One-off prototype, FAW Besturn X80 SUV (in production), BAIC Senova D50 sedan production, and BAIC Senova D60 Aero concept car. In addition, Robinson designed the Project Zero for AgustaWestland, which has made the first test flight in 2011, presented to the public in 2013 at the Le Bourget Air Show. Project Zero is a tiltrotor helicopter with dual rotors turning 90 degrees to create the world’s most innovative VTOL. The aircraft is 100% electric, totally devoid of hydraulic components. Robinson’s creative team in Bertone also designed the exterior and interior of the Frecciarossa 1000, the high-speed train for Trenitalia, built by Ansaldo Breda and Bombardier. It has a maximum speed of 400 km/h and will enter service in 2015.

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But after the anger, creativity returned, and Robinson decided to enter into partnership with David Pizzorno, founder of ED, a company with twenty years of experience in the field of automotive engineering and beyond. A small group of former Bertone employees followed Robinson into the new company, which now has nearly 400 full-time employees. Projects continue to arrive from new clients and Robinson is busy hiring young talents from all over the world to meet the workload. Designers, engineers, CAS modelers, and physical modelers are all needed, after opening on December 31, 2013 . The very first concept car produced by ED Design was exhibited at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show, in less than 4 months after the opening of the new ED Design department. The prototype is called BAIC Senova D60 Aero, a “GT” version of a standard sedan, which will be launched later this year. Given the extremely short timeframe, the prototype was built in China, followed directly by Robinson himself, in order to ensure the same quality level he expects from all his projects. The car was one of the stars at the Beijing Auto Show, acclaimed by journalists and young visitors. Robinson was invited by BAIC to present the world premiere of Senova D50, a car he designed months ago while he was the Director of Design at Bertone, finally unveiled to the public for the first time.

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In 2013 Robinson designed the Aston Martin Jet 2+2, a “one-off” prototype, ordered directly by private British client. The car was born as an Aston Martin Rapide, then transformed into a Shooting brake, preserving the original beauty of the spectacular Rapide. The Shooting brake formula must never be confused with the common Station Wagon, since the former is a station wagon “coupe” while the latter is a “cargo” station wagon, with very different proportions . The interior was highly refined, according to the requests of the private client, adding an innovative mobile platform to make better use of the rear compartment.