Client-led coachbuilding
For Sweptail, Taylor's team worked directly with the commissioning client to refine a specific brief into a one-off car.
People
Giles Taylor
Automotive designer and former Director of Design at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
- Nationality
- British
The record
British automotive designer credited in the register for leading the Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII and Sweptail design programmes.
Taylor joined Rolls-Royce Motor Cars as Head of Exterior Design in April 2011 and became Design Director in July 2012. Before joining FAW in 2018, he led the design of Phantom VIII, according to FAW's announcement of his appointment.
At Rolls-Royce, Taylor led the design department that developed Sweptail with its commissioning client. For Phantom VIII, the design team he fronted created The Gallery: a space behind an uninterrupted glass fascia for commissioned artwork.
Art within the fascia
Taylor's Phantom team used an uninterrupted glass fascia to create The Gallery, allowing owners to commission and curate artwork within the car.
The house
Credited through Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.
In the register
2 files carry this name
The files above are the register's own record of this name. The people index holds everyone the register credits.
In their words
“Sweptail is the automotive equivalent of Haute Couture.”
Giles Taylor · Rolls-Royce Motor Cars PressClub, 2017