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An exciting new
automotive project which will seek reinterpret the legendary
1960s Bizzarrini Strada GT5300 has seen its design programme
carried out by the recently formed African Automotive Design
Association (AADA) while it is set be realised in Italy in
conjunction with an engineering group, headed by Leone
Martellucci. The unique design brief for the project - which
is entitled "New Strada" - was handed by Martellucci's firm
to Jonathan Kasumba the founder of the AADA, and its strong
ambitions are nothing short of a comeback for the Bizzarrini
Strada, one of automotive history's most famous sportscars.
Automotive design is a unique and highly specialised field,
yet there has previously been no central body to represent
the cause in Africa. As a result, the African Automotive
Design Association was created in 2005 by founder Jonathan
Kasumba and his co-founder Dr Eva. The aims of the
association are to bring together Automotive design
enthusiasts, artists of all ages, professional designers and
design students, of all nationalities, to promote design
education, African culture, African heritage, and to
encourage automotive design practice. The AADA now has
members in Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghana, Kenya,
Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania,
Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia.
"I drew
inspiration from the 1969 version of the 5300 GT Bizzarrini
Strada, and also immersed myself in the world of
contemporary African masks," says the project's designer
Jonathon Kasumba.
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