Flavio Manzoni is VW’s Head of Creative Design

Flavio Manzoni has been appointed Head of Creative Design at the Volkswagen Group. He will report to Walter Maria de’Silva, the new Head of Group Design.

Lancia Fulvia Coupe Concept – Interior sketches

About Flavio Manzoni

Flavio Manzoni was born in Nuoro (Sardinia, Italy), on January 7, 1965, and holds a Degree in Architecture, specialising in Industrial Design, from the University of Florence.

After gaining professional experience in the fields of architecture and industrial design, Manzoni joined Fiat Auto in 1993 as a designer at the Lancia Styling Centre, taking responsibility for interiors in 1996.

From 1999 to 2001, Manzoni filled a similar position at the Seat Styling Centre in Spain. While he was at Seat, Manzoni worked on the interiors of the Tango, Salsa, Leon/Toledo and Altea.

In November 2001, Manzoni returned to Fiat Auto, as head of the Lancia Styling Centre. In March 2004, he took responsibility for the Fiat Styling Centre.

Among other elements, he has developed the interiors of the Lancia Lybra, Thesis, Maserati 3200 GT and the Dialogos concept car, coordinating the projects for the Lancia Ypsilon and Musa and the Granturismo, Stilnovo and Fulvia Coupe concept cars. Where the Fiat brand is concerned, he has worked on the projects for the new Stilo, the Multipla, and the Palio face-lift.

He then performed the same function at SEAT until 2002, when he resumed responsibility for Fiat Design, Lancia Design and Fiat Group Light Commercial Vehicles Design.

Manzoni moved to Design at the Audi brand group on December 1, 2006.