FRONT COVER Etienne Salomé / Bugatti Designer / Yacht Designer / Artist
Note from the editor. “I am fortunate to have made the acquaintance and subsequent friendship with the hugely talented designer and artist, Etienne Salomé. In the below editorial, Etienne shares with us some personal stories and a small selection of his own sketches and artworks. I am beyond excited to announce that Etienne will now be writing a regular page for b500 and welcome him”.
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M Life at Bugatti
y favourite project at Bugatti, the “La Voiture Noire”!
Bugatti as a brand is 111 years old and perhaps the most important cars defining the brand are the luxury Bugatti type 41 Royale, the racing Bugatti type 35 and the elegant Bugatti Atlantic.
The Atlantic is the masterpiece from Jean Bugatti, son of company founder Ettore Bugatti, and was produced only as four cars. One of them was all black and was Jean’s private car, it was also unique in its details with 2 hinge door, no rolling down side glass, different position of wipers ...only himself and the grand prix pilots were allowed to drive it. During the Second World War the Bugatti company was forced to move to Bordeaux and chassis 57453 left the company but never reached its
