Peter Pfeiffer (Designer)

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Peter Pfeiffer

Peter Pfeiffer (born August 21, 1943 in Dallwitz ) is a former head of design at Daimler AG . He is currently Chairman of the Design Council (German Design Council) and Advisory Links der Isar GmbH, a consulting firm for digital marketing.

Private life

After the end of the Second World War, the entire Pfeiffers family was expelled from the Sudetenland and settled in Schönbrunn in Bavaria.

Due to his interest in shapes and design , Pfeiffer began an apprenticeship as a porcelain modeler at “Alboth & Kaiser” (today Kaiser-Porzellan ) in nearby Staffelstein after completing school . Pfeiffer then switched to the porcelain college in Selb in Upper Franconia . A study trip to the Ford factory in Cologne was to change Peter Pfeiffer's life fundamentally a little later. Pfeiffer asked the then head of design Wesely P. Dahlberg, the father of the legendary Taunus P3 , for an internship and was allowed to model a fender in the newly established Ford design department . Dahlberg recognized the potential of the young Peter Pfeiffer and hired him straight away.

Peter Pfeiffer is married and has one son.

Career

After the first successful concepts and design studies, after five years Peter Pfeiffer moved to the car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen in 1967 , where a new department for stylistics was just being established. Pfeiffer initially worked there on wooden models and later with clay and plasticine. Pfeiffer also used the conversion from clay models to CAD-supported computer models for creative designs and new ideas.

In the years that followed, Pfeiffer played a significant role in numerous vehicle models and in 1999 was therefore the new head of design at what was then "DaimlerChrysler AG". As the successor to Bruno Sacco , Pfeiffer was henceforth responsible for the vehicle brands “Mercedes-Benz”, “Smart”, “Maybach” and “Freightliner”. In addition, Pfeiffer played a key role in the introduction of the first cross-over models at Mercedes. In particular, the Mercedes CLS class with the C219 was shaped by Peter Pfeiffer.

On December 7, 2007, Peter Pfeiffer was unanimously elected as the new President of the "German Design Council". Six months later, the Senior Vice President Design "Mercedes Benz" announced that he would retire in mid-2008. In 2009 Peter Pfeiffer founded the "Pfeiffer Design Group", with which he wanted to pass on his 40 years of professional experience in the design sector to a wider group of customers and to young designers. After three years, Peter Pfeiffer left the management of the "Pfeiffer Design Group" in 2012, which then renamed itself "Links der Isar GmbH" and focused on the development of digital corporate strategies.

Awards

  • On June 27, 2003, Peter Pfeiffer was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon.
  • In 2004 the “University of Art and Design” in Budapest appointed him honorary professor .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Design Council, About Us. (No longer available online.) German-design-council.de, January 28, 2014, archived from the original on January 28, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.german-design-council.de
  2. ↑ LINKS DER ISAR GmbH, About us. (No longer available online.) Linksderisar.com, January 28, 2014, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.linksderisar.com
  3. ↑ a b A designer always has to live a little in the future: Peter Pfeiffer. Daimler AG , March 28, 2012, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Interview with Mercedes chief designer: "A station wagon is something very sensible". Spiegel Online , October 26, 2005, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  5. ^ Peter Pfeiffer new President of the German Design Council. (No longer available online.) Presseportal.de, December 11, 2007, archived from the original on February 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.presseportal.de
  6. ↑ Mercedes chief designer Professor Peter Pfeiffer will retire in mid-2008. pressrelations.de, March 27, 2008, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Federal Cross of Merit for Peter Pfeiffer - Excellent car design. Auto-Bild, June 27, 2003, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Peter Pfeiffer retires. carbodydesign.com, March 27, 2008, accessed January 28, 2014 .
  9. ^ Honorary professorships at Moholy-Nagy University. Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Pfeiffer, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallwitz