Gilles Vidal

Citroën Berlingo
Peugeot SR1

Gilles Vidal (born ca. 1972) is a car designer, appointed Director of Style by Peugeot at the start of 2010. He was responsible for the recent restyling of the Citroën Berlingo.

Biographical note

Vidal received his diploma from the Art Center College of Design in Vevey (Switzerland) and joined Citroën in 1996. Here he worked with Jean-Pierre Ploué and was responsible for the restyled Berlingo, the rally version of the Saxo and the “Osmose” (Osmosis) concept car.[1] In 2005 he assumed overall responsibility for Citroën's concept cars.

After his boss at Citroën, Jean-Pierre Ploué, was promoted to a position of responsibility for styling of both the Citroën and Peugeot brands in 2009,[2] Gilles Vidal assumed responsibility for concept cars in the Peugeot style, supervising the Peugeots BB1 and SR1. He took a major part in defining the new identity for the Peugeot brand which would be unveiled at the beginning of 2010, and in January 2010 Ploué appointed him Peugeot Design Director.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/chutier/c-est-comme-si-je-dirigeais-un-studio-de-creation-27-09-2010-1083481.php | title= Le Parisien
  2. ↑ http://www.caradisiac.com/Des-responsables-du-Style-pour-Peugeot-et-Citroen-37517.htm | title= Des responsables du Style pour Peugeot et Citroën |editor=Caradisiac.com |date=21 december 2009 | accessed=22 july 2010

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