Miguel Angel Galluzzi

Miguel Angel Galluzzi
Born (1959-10-26) October 26, 1959 (age 64)
Buenos Aires
Alma materArt Center College of Design
OccupationMotorcycle designer
EmployerPiaggio Group
Notable workDucati Monster

Aprilia Dorsoduro
Moto Guzzi V7 Racer

Moto Guzzi California 1400
TitleVice President of Design
Piaggio Advanced Design Center

The current state of motorcycle design:
It's clear that we are at the end of an era—think for a moment, all the other times that motorcycles suffered a radical transformation were after big wars. Only then, motorcycles changed and moved forward. Motorcycles were intended to be simple machines, not a crazy bunch of electronic devices to control something that nobody really needs. So, we are heading in a direction in which the motorcycle is going to be revolutionized. [1]
— Miguel Galluzzi

On Design:
In my opinion a great designer is about 99% sweat and 1% talent! This means that a lot of discipline is required, even when you feel like you've hit the wall or reached the limit.[2]
— Miguel Galluzzi (2011)

Ducati Monster M900
Cagiva Planet
Aprilia Dorsoduro
Aprilia Mana
Aprilia Shiver
Moto Guzzi V12 X

Miguel Galluzzi (born October 26, 1959) is an industrial designer specializing in motorcycle design. Galluzzi currently heads Piaggio's Advanced Design Center (PADC) in Pasadena, California,[3] where he manages the design of the Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi and Gilera motorcycle brands, working closely with the company's styling headquarters (Piaggio Group Style Center)[4] in Italy as well as its research and development centers in China, India and Vietnam.[5]

Widely known for having designed the Ducati Monster,[6][7][8] Galluzzi has also designed the Aprilia Dorsoduro, RSV4, and Tuono — as well as the Moto Guzzi V7 Racer[9] and California 1400.[3]

Under Galluzzi's direction, Moto Guzzi received the Motorcycle Design Association Award in 2012,[10] and in 2013, Visor Down named Galuzzi one of its Top Ten motorcycle designers.[11]

  1. ^ "Motorcycle Design: The State We're In". BikeEXIF.com.
  2. ^ "Miguel Galluzzi, An Italian Monster Maker, Vladi Delsoglio". Ganzo Magazine. December 17, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Michelle Higgins (April 2, 2013). "Designer Miguel Galluzzi to Speak at Pro Italia". Cycle World.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference born was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Tom Roderick (April 25, 2013). "Ten Questions with Piaggio's VP of Design, Miguel Galluzzi". Motorcycle.com.
  6. ^ Ducati (2008), "1993 - The Monster", Ducati Heritage, archived from the original on May 16, 2008, retrieved January 16, 2011
  7. ^ Ducati (2008), "The Turnaround Years", Ducati Heritige, archived from the original on May 21, 2008, retrieved January 16, 2011
  8. ^ Euro Gossip, Motorcycle USA, October 20, 2006, retrieved June 14, 2009
  9. ^ Wes Siler (September 30, 2011). "Miguel Galluzzi on the new Moto Guzzi". Ride Apart. The V7 Racers, that was the first thing we really did for Guzzi. We saw at the Milan show, the reaction from people was, 'Wow, that's pretty neat.' So, we thought of making 150. Now, sales are coming from all over the world. It became a huge thing
  10. ^ "Motorcycle Design Association". Given.it.
  11. ^ "Top ten: Motorcycle designers - Miguel Angel Galluzzi". Visor Down. June 19, 2013.