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...lived. Volos, the Greek town where he grew up, was bisected by a railway, and the glimpse of a train among the houses-which look so strange in De Chirico's paintings-must have been a fact of his childhood memory. But the richest sources of imagery were Turin, which De Chirico visited briefly as a young man, and Ferrara, where he lived from 1915 to 1918. Turin's towers, including the eccentric 19th century Mole Antonelliana, regularly appear in his paintings. Another favorite site, Turin's Piazza Vittorio Veneto, is surrounded on three sides by plain...
...post-Bug Volkswagens. His firm, Ital Design, with some 200 employees, has created such diverse products as Necchi electronic sewing machines, a Nikon camera, Nikon sunglasses, the Isuzu Piazza auto, an electric organ, ski bindings, buses, cigarette lighters and a complete set of street furniture for the city of Turin-trash cans, street signs, lights and tram stations. Constantly adding to his list of international clients, Giugiaro expects to have an exploratory meeting soon with General Motors to talk about designing a car. Says he: "Ideas are our export...
...model Simcas and Mazdas to expensive Ferraris and Aston Martins. At 27, Giugiaro graduated to Ghia, where he designed renowned sports cars for Maserati and De Tomaso. At 30, he opened his own firm. Married, the father of two children, Giugiaro resides in a rambling ranch-style house outside Turin that he planned with an architect. The interior is decorated with Oriental art and Giugiaro's own paintings. The designer he admires most is Bruno Sacco, who styles the Mercedes. Says Giugiaro: "Sacco's work shows it is possible to renovate an object in which the models...
...group has split into two factions: the "militarists" who espouse the killing and kidnaping of all perceived enemies, and the "propagandists" who contend that terrorist tactics-including killing-must actually undermine state institutions. The dichotomy is believed to run through the five major Brigades columns, in Rome, Turin, Milan, Genoa and the Veneto area...
...conference will open with keynote addresses by the mayors of Detroit and Turin, and will include speakers who "represent the political structures, industry, and trade unions," of both cities as well as economic and political experts, Bluestone said yesterday...