Ruben Wainberg has left us. We were advised of this on the day of his passing by Roberto Giolito, his mentor since the mid-1990s, who had noticed the talent of a young Argentinian student from what was then called the School of Applied Art (now IAAD) in Turin. It was he who recommended Wainberg for employment at the Fiat Centro Stile. Those were the years when the use of digital rendering was becoming increasingly popular. \u00abRuben made it his discipline, immediately proving to be very skilled in the construction of credible images\u00bb, says Giolito today, who by credibility refers to the realism inherent in Wainberg\u2019s meticulous drawings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>They worked on many projects, including the Grande Punto and the research concepts of Fiat Advanced Design, the division set up by the then Head of Style at Fiat Auto, Humberto Rodriguez, where Giolito and his team produced, among other things, the Trepi\u00f9no, a concept car from which the 500 launched in 2007 would be born. Wainberg\u2019s drawings would be amongst those used to present the project to the board. \u00abHe always had a remarkable power of observation, with a very keen eye for the functionality of elements, hence developing a craft in dosing each element\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>