German industrial designer Luigi Colani dies at 91

Luigi Colani, a famend German industrial designer, has died. He was 91.

German information company dpa reported that his accomplice, Yazhen Zha, confirmed that Colani died Monday within the southwestern city of Karlsruhe after a extreme sickness. No additional particulars got.

Colani’s designs, which included automobiles, furnishings, glasses, TVs, cameras and garments, had been well-known for his or her spherical, natural shapes.

His profession spanned a number of many years and continents. He labored in Germany, Italy, Mexico, america, Russia, in addition to in China and Japan the place he was well-respected.

Colani’s design of the Canon T90 digicam was one among his largest successes and strongly influenced the Japanese model’s designs, dpa wrote.

The designer himself mentioned he had greater than 4,000 design concepts that he put down on paper.