Designer
Nicola Girotti
Nicola Girotti serves as Design Manager at Pininfarina, overseeing the UI/UX divisions across multiple business units, from automotive to lifestyle products. He leads a team of over 20 international designers across automotive and transportation, aviation and railway interiors, boating and marine solutions, product and industrial design, and graphic and digital experiences. Before Pininfarina: Design Manager at Motorola Solutions Copenhagen, first-ever Lead Designer at Cisco European Design Center, Product Designer at Decathlon France, and Junior Designer at the LEGO Concept Lab. At HIGOLD, Nicola bridges Pininfarina's automotive design heritage (100+ Ferrari models) with HIGOLD's vision for outdoor luxury.
Design philosophy
Multi-disciplinary design thinking that fuses innovation with user-centered functionality — translating the precision, elegance, and engineering rigor of automotive and transportation into outdoor furniture.
Selected work
- Pininfarina (current — Design Manager, 20+ designer team)
- Motorola Solutions, Copenhagen (Design Manager)
- Cisco European Design Center (first Lead Designer)
- Decathlon, France (Product Designer)
- LEGO Concept Lab (Junior Designer)
- HIGOLD outdoor collections via Pininfarina partnership