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The International Jury of the 21st ADI
Compasso d’Oro Award has selected the
concept car Nido for the ADI Compasso d’Oro
Award in the section dedicated to projects
which anticipate new trends in
transportation design. |
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The
International Jury of the 21st ADI Compasso d’Oro Award
has selected the concept car Nido for the ADI Compasso
d’Oro Award in the section dedicated to projects which
anticipate new trends in transportation design.
“This
prestigious accolade confirms the efficacy of our method,
which is based on a key integration between design and
engineering in car production. With Nido this modern
approach was applied particularly to the issue of safety for
a small vehicle”, stated Andrea Pininfarina, President and
CEO of Pininfarina S.p.A.
The award was
collected by Andrea Pininfarina, together with Design
Director Lowie Vermeersch and the team which worked with him
on the Nido project, during the Award Ceremony held at the
Reggia di Venaria Reale (TO) on 26 June.
The Nido is a
two-seater city car that revolves around the concept of
safety. It holds and protects its passengers by means of
three main elements: a chassis comprising a deformable front
section and a rigid safety cell around the occupants; the
shell that holds the driver and passenger and acts as a
sled, able to slide horizontally on a central runner, and
two absorbers which dissipate the remaining energy by means
of a honeycomb structure.
“The ADI Compasso d’Oro Award is a recognition of the role
that Pininfarina plays in the design world, in particular
because the Nido is a clear example of how active we are in
the fields of innovation and research into the mobility of
the future”, affirmed Lowie Vermeersch, Design Director for
Pininfarina.
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