Walter de Silva
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Walter de Silva is an Italian car designer renowned for leading design at major brands like Alfa Romeo, SEAT, and Audi, where he created several influential and award-winning models.
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| Walter de Silva canonical | 4 |
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| instanceOf |
Italian person
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automobile designer ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Compasso d'Oro (lifetime achievement, design)
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European Car of the Year (for Alfa Romeo 156, design leadership) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1951-02-27 ⓘ |
| designed |
Alfa Romeo 147
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Alfa Romeo 156 NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi A5 (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ SEAT Leon (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Golf Mk6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Polo Mk5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Scirocco (third generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Alfa Romeo
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Audi AG NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiat NERFINISHED ⓘ SEAT NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | automotive design ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| industry | automotive industry ⓘ |
| influenced | design language of multiple Volkswagen Group brands ⓘ |
| name | Walter Maria de Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
establishing a unified design strategy for Audi in the 2000s
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leading design language at Alfa Romeo in the 1990s ⓘ overseeing Volkswagen Group design portfolio in the 2000s and 2010s ⓘ redefining SEAT brand design in the late 1990s and early 2000s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alfa Romeo 147
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Alfa Romeo 156 NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi A2 concept (2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi A4 (B8) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi A5 (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi A6 (C6) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi A8 (D4) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi Le Mans quattro concept NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi Nuvolari quattro concept NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi Q7 (first generation facelift design direction) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi R8 (first generation, design leadership) NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi R8 Spyder NERFINISHED ⓘ Audi Rosemeyer concept NERFINISHED ⓘ SEAT Leon (first generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ SEAT Toledo (second generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen BlueSport concept NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Golf Mk6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Polo Mk5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Scirocco (third generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Volkswagen Up! (design direction) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lecco, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Head of Design, Alfa Romeo
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Head of Design, Audi ⓘ Head of Design, SEAT ⓘ Head of Group Design, Volkswagen Group ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Barcelona, Spain
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Ingolstadt, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Milan, Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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