Ferrari 12Cilindri: Like Michelangelo Sculpted It in a Wind Tunnel
When the world hands out design awards, the usual scene involves black turtlenecks, PowerPoint slides, and chairs without backs. But when the winner is Ferrari, it’s never just about design — it’s a full-blooded, scarlet-red ode to speed and desire. And that’s precisely what happened in Berlin, where the Ferrari 12Cilindri and 12Cilindri Spider scooped up the coveted 2025 iF Design Gold Award — one of the most prestigious honors in the global design arena.
What makes this win truly remarkable? Out of over 10,000 entries, only 75 Gold Awards were handed out — and the only cars to receive one bore the Prancing Horse. The judges didn’t mince words: “This is a design that nods to the Ferraris of the 1950s and ’60s, yet is undeniably modern — from its cutting-edge aerodynamics to the brilliant graphical flow of its 3D surfaces.” In short: this isn’t just a car that moves — it’s a sculpture that just happens to go very, very fast.
And Ferrari didn’t stop there. The F80 also brought home a standard iF Design Award. Under the leadership of Flavio Manzoni, the Ferrari Design Centre has evolved over the last decade into something far beyond a drawing office — it’s a modern Renaissance atelier, where carbon fibre and sculpture live in glorious, aerodynamic matrimony.
