The Politecnico di Torino has conferred the Laurea Honoris Causa in Mechanical Engineering on Marcello Gandini, world-renowned car designer and author of important innovative engineering solutions combining mechanics, technology and style, not only in the field of motor vehicles, in his long professional career. The designer dedicated the award to Mariella Mengozzi, former director of Mauto in Turin, who died prematurely in May 2023. “Fight not to do what others have already done, do not repeat yourself either,” is one of Gandini’s messages to young people.
Marcello Gandini has been involved in design from an early age, starting in the field of interior design and then moving on to car design, first at Bertone, eventually becoming its Style Director and working on models that have gone down in history such as the Lamborghini Miura, Ferrari Dino, Lancia Stratos and many others. As an independent designer, he has signed collaborations with many car manufacturers such as Renault, Lamborghini, Maserati, Nissan, Toyota and Subaru, among others.
Recently, his focus has been on research and innovation, in particular with the aim of reinventing the way a car is produced, and he has obtained a number of patents and inventions from this continuous research. The Magnifico Rettore of the Politecnico di Torino Guido Saracco presented the degree parchment to Marcello Gandini after his Lectio Magistralis, preceded by the laudation by Professor Massimo Rossetto and the motivation for the award by Professor Giorgio Guglieri, both professors at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering-Dimeas.
