Vale Ferdinand Porsche - designer of the Porsche 911

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Ferry and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche in the Porsche Design Studio circa 1959

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed not just cars, but many beautiful functional objects under the “Porsche Design” brand.

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche with a replica of the 911

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche with the car he designed

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche and a Porsche model under development in 1968

Heinrich Klie, Hans Ploch, Hans Springmann, Ernst Bolt und F.A. Porsche at the "Designstudio", 1963

The Porsche 911 became the must-have sports car of the seventies.

The evolution of the Porsche 911 is now the subject of a major exhibition at the Porsche Museum

Ferry Porsche and his oldest son, Ferdinand Alexander

The 911

Porsche founder Professor Ferdinand Porsche with a model of the Porsche 356 and his grandchildren Ferdinand Piëch (right) and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. Piëch was CEO of Volkswagen until 2002. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (left) passed away yesterday.

Vale Ferdinand Porsche - designer of the Porsche 911

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Joakim Bonnier in the Porsche F1-804, a car designed by Ferdinand (FA) Porsche. Image courtesy of Lothar Spurzem.

Article Summary

Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Grandson of the founder of Porsche, the designer of the Porsche 911, the founder of the Porsche Design studio and the architect of Porsche design culture, passed away yesterday, April 5 in Salzburg, aged 76. His design credo was that “design must be functional and functionality has to be translated visually into aesthetics, without gags that have to be explained first.” Some of his other well known statements on design include, “a coherently designed product requires no adornment; it should be enhanced by its form alone”, and “Good design should be honest.” Vale F.A. Porsche.

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