The talk, in English, shall be held on the IAAD. headquarters in Corso Regio Parco, 15 – Turin, starting at 6:30 PM local time.
The event shall be accessible to a limited variety of enthusiasts and students from other universities and institutions. Admission is free but registration is mandatory.
“9649 Design Talks” is step one of a collaboration between IAAD. and ArtCenter, aiming at fostering the academic development of each institutions.
The event shall be shared in live reference to the scholars of the ArtCenter and shall be moderated by Dario Olivero, Coordinator of the Transportation Design Department.
Those that are taken with participating can register at this link.
About Dave (Davide) Amantea
Born and raised in Turin, Dave has all the time had a dream of becoming a automobile designer – and he continues to be chasing it.
Dave began in IDEA institute his first experience as Designer throughout the 2nd yr of University, working on Lancia Delta HPE concept with Frank Stephenson, later he jumped into FIAT Advance design team driven by Roberto Giolito, working on the Fiat 500 and 500 Abarth projects.
He later worked under Peter Jensen for Fiat Skilled on the Fiat Cubo/Fiorino and Fiat Doblò.
In 2008 he worked on the Alfa Romeo 4C concept as Exterior and Interior Designer, and in 2009 he moved to Maserati with Giovanni Ribotta. Here he was principal exterior designer for the Maserati Kubang Concept presented on the Frankfurt Show in 2010. During his time on the Italian carmaker he was also involved within the Ghibli and Quattroporte projects.
In 2010 he moved to Italdesign Giugiaro, where he was appoointed by Raul Pires as Lead Exterior Designer. From from 2010 until 2014 he was involved in the event of many show cars from different brands of the Group, including the Bentley Bentayga.
He then moved to the UK to work within the Land Rover Creative Design team under Massimo Frascella. His works here included the Discovery Sport MY19, Defender, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover.
After working in Germany at NIO on the ES6 and ET7 programs he was invited to affix Pininfarina under the lead of Luca Borgogno.
Today Dave Amantea is Pininfarina Chief Design Officer.
(Source: IAAD)
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