"Passione" - Seriously, Italians Do It Better Than Anyone Else
Download the new e-book "Passione" from Centro Stile Alfa Romeo and listen to world famous car photographer Michael Furman discuss Alfa design!
Sometimes it is unclear whether or not 'passion’ is really fully understood in the English-speaking world. At Alfa Romeo however, "Passione" is the driving force and the sole purpose (or perhaps ‘soul-purpose’ is more apt) behind Centro Stile, the internal design firm responsible for this wonderful new e-book. Published on the most ‘red’ day of the year - red roses, red boxes of candy, and small chocolate kisses wrapped in red foil - "Passione" is a tremendous Valentine to loyal Alfisti all over the world.
The book is part brand bible, part marketing brochure, and 100% pure car-porn for anyone who appreciates beautiful automotive design.
Photo by Michael Furman - 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B MM
When “Passione” was published it provided the perfect opportunity to sit down with Michael Furman, one of the world’s most celebrated automobile photographers and publishers to discuss the marque, and Italian design. From across the country and across a COVID-friendly video link we interviewed Michael in the city where he keeps his primary studio, Philadelphia.
Michael has photographed more of the world's most notable cars than anyone else in history. Watch during the interview as he pulls a design thread from "Passione" through his stunning photos of the 2018 Pebble Beach Best in Show winner
Don't miss the "Passione" chapter entitled “Red” - there are few better ways to understand Alfa Romeo's DNA. The best part about the e-book? It’s absolutely FREE! See the link below to download and be sure to check out the poll below!
USE THIS LINK TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY OF "PASSIONE"
'Follow' or you risk missing the upcoming installments in this series as Michael and the author talk more about the new book "Passione" and the most interesting Alfas ever, the essentials of Alfa design and more great reactions to the pages of the book.
The author's 1971 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce is featured on page 70 of "Passione" as was previously covered in the pages of DriveTribe.
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Comments (12)
Thank you thank you thank you sooooo much for sharing!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed Michael's photography - he's the real deal!
I finished reading it as soon as I downloaded it.It's so goood!
Awesome!! Awesome!! Thanks for sharing!!
Don't forget to download the e-book! And, let me know what you thought of it!
I downloaded it within a second 😂
No challengers to the headline?
Between Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Cistalia, (my apologies if I left out your favorite) and all of the other great design and coach building companies there just isn't a similarly compelling body of automotive design work to challenge the Italians for pure passion.
Prove me wrong! lol
My personal favorite is OSCA when it comes to Italian design. Some really stunning pieces of art came from them.
Is that a JoJo reference?!
Not sure which reference you are ... referencing, lol. I did like the film JoJo Rabbit.
In part 5 of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure there is a gang called passione