Yannis

An in depth analysis (including sketches and videos) of the most beautiful car Walter De' Silva has ever designed (according to his own words)...

- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

EnI

Da Silva didn't design A5. I even doubt he designed any of Audi cars since design chiefs usually do not design cars.

Check the sketches: some guy named "Wada" (?) is signed under the exterior sketches, and a guy named "Guinart" (?) under the interior sketches of A5.

So, VdS is taking credits for something he didn't do it by himself.
Isn't that a bit unfair & unprofessional.


Btw, I have never heard any design chief taking credits for a particular design. They usually use words "we designed", or "our design".

Yannis

Come on EnI why do you have to ruin this thread?

Design chiefs give design directions , even if they don't actually do the design , they guide the designers how to do the details ect.

So the A5 was designed under De Silva's supervision and in that sense it's his work.

hu§eindesign

No it isn't.
It's right that design chiefs give the directions but that doesn't mean that every work that comes out of the studio is their own. It's unfair and disrespectful towards the designer who actually did all the work. I bet he's quite pissed off of his chief for bringing this statement in every interview about the A5!
It's sometimes understandable when the press credits chief designers for every car from their studios (they still insist that Bangle designed the 7er!) but I don't understad why a design chief himself claims such things

EnI

I'm not ruining anything.

I'm just pointing out what bothers me since VdS had made that claim. I doubt it at that time already, but still left a small window open for a possibility he really did design the car by himself. But now - looking at those A5 sketches seeing other people are signed under the ext & int designs - it was natural to me to point that out.

Cocky VdS, or clumsy VdS?


Like I said: never has a single design chief taken a credit for a particular design (designed by a member of his department). They either say who actually design it, or credit the whole department using words "we" or "our".

Imagine how would you feel if you were S. Wada.

Pretty bad. Watching your boss taking credits for your own work. I would be pissed & quit. And I'm sure so would be you.

Black spot for you, Mr. VdS!

Yannis

So because the sketch says wada that means that Walter de Silva didn't actually designed the A5 and he is stealing someone else's credits.

Wow , Walter is such a bad guy , shame on him.

EnI

Unless "S. Wada" is a signature of "S(ilva). Wa(lter)da.

In that case it's just lame to sign sketches with a cryptic signature.
Yannis, investigate! In the case I'm wrong you could immediately delete all my posts in this thread, and I'll apologize to everyone here I doubt Mr da Silva. But I need a proof first. Find it if you can.

hu§eindesign

You obviously don't know who things work in design studios Yannis
Anyway, da Silva didn't design the car. It's even stated in Auto&Design magazine.
The name of the designer is Satoshi Wada. He's Japanese as you can tell by his name.

Yannis

S. Wada= Satoshi Wada , Senior Exterior Designer at Audi

- ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

EnI

Thank you.

Walter da Silva = credit thief