Marcello Gandini at a glance
The most significant tribute to Marcello Gandini following his passing in March 2024 does not come in the form of an expanded work but, rather, as a revised and… condensed reedition. Renowned automotive journalist Gautam Sen has revisited the most comprehensive book ever dedicated to the legendary designer—originally published in 2016 as a two-volume set of 400 pages each—and reissued it in a slightly reduced format. “Slightly”, because the book is composed over 600 pages and features more than 1,000 photographs and drawings, ensuring that the vastness and significance of Gandini’s work are properly celebrated.
A quick glance at the index is enough to understand the book’s quality: four pages listing nearly 150 chapters that, following a series of brief forewords, meticulously document every vehicle—cars, concepts, motorcycles, and other projects—created, developed, or even just envisioned by the Maestro.
His durable role at Bertone is extensively covered, beginning with the 1966 Porsche 911 Roadster proposal and extending into the 1980s with the Citroën BX and Alfa Romeo 90. Along the way, readers will encounter milestones such as the Lancia Stratos Zero, the Fiat X1/9, the Dino 308 GT4, and, of course, every Lamborghini production model, and major concept, from the Miura to the Diablo.
The book then moves into Gandini’s Renault period, highlighted by the Supercinque and the groundbreaking AE Magnum truck, before delving into his extense work from 1987 to 2011
Accompanying the text are around 900 photographs – 700 of them in color – and about 100 original drawings and sketches, carefully selected from archives that, at the time of the book’s first publication in 2016, were largely unpublished. For those who missed out on the original limited-edition box set – some copies of which were even personally signed by the author and by Gandini himself – this reedition offers a fantastic second chance to own a definitive tribute to one of the greatest minds in automotive design.
Flippable preview of the volume here.
Datasheet
Marcello Gandini, Maestro of Design – Revisited
Publisher: Dalton Watson Fine Book
Author: Gautam Sen
Size: bound volume measuring 22 x 31 x 4 cm with hard cover
Pages: 625
Text: English
Photographs: 700 in color and 200 in b/w
Price: 170 euros
