Show 009 / Chuck Pelly / The Design Acadamy, Woodland Hills, USA
Chuck Pelly, a 40-year veteran of the design industry, is the founder of DesignworksUSA, a BMW sub-sidiary, and is also the cofounder of The Design Academy Inc., a multidisciplinary consulting group. DesignworksUSA is one of the top 10 design consultancies in the world and has won numerous awards for innovative design solutions, being instrumental in the design of the BMW X5, the Z4 and the award-winning BMW 3 series.
He has received over 50 awards of distinction, including the “Eyes on Design Lifetime Achievement Award “for car design, and has been nominated twice for the “Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence, Innovation and Enhancement” of the quality of life by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.
