Granstudio

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Granstudio S.p.A.
Industry Automotive
Founded Turin, Italy (2011 (2011))
Founder Lowie Vermeersch
Headquarters,
Key people
  • Lowie Vermeersch, CEO & creative director
  • Giovanni Piccardo, chief styling
  • Goran Popović, chief design development
Services Automotive design
Number of employees
65 (2024)
Website www.granstudio.com

Granstudio is an international creative consultancy that operates within the broader mobility ecosystem, headquartered in Turin, Italy. [1] It was founded in 2011 by Lowie Vermeersch, a Flemish designer and the former design director at Pininfarina. [2] As a design consultancy, the studio defines, designs and develops cars and other mobility means for a variety of international companies. [3] . The studio adopts a user centric and context aware approach, designing meaningful mobility experiences that place people and their need at the center [4] . To achieve this, Granstudio employes cutting-edge methods and advanced technologies, incorporating XR prototyping tools like DigiPHY [5] to test and validate ideas throughout every phase of the design process [6] .

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Granstudio's headquarters in Turin

Vehicles designed by Granstudio

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References

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  2. Teodora Zapartan (25 February 2014). "Q&A with Lowie Vermeersch". Inspirationist. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. "Activities". Granstudio. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. https://www.granstudio.com/about
  5. https://www.granstudio.com/digiphy
  6. https://www.cardesignnews.com/partner-content/digiphy-the-design-process/45673.article
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