Paolo Pininfarina, the internationally celebrated Italian engineer, designer, and businessman, and famous head of Pininfarina SpA (short for Carrozzeria Pininfarina) headquartered in Cambiano, Turin, Italy, has been awarded The American Prize for Design for 2024 by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies in conjunction with Good Design® 2024.

His nomination for the prize was approved by The Chicago Athenaeum’s International Advisory Committee a month before his untimely death this April 2024 at the age of 65. Pininfarina’s illustrious career spans over 40 years in the world of automotive design producing some of the most classic, inventive, enduring, iconic, and exotic motor cars in design history for Ferrari SpA., Fiat SpA., Peugeot S.A., Lancia SpA., BMW AG., General Motors Company, Maserati SpA., and Alfa Romeo SpA – to name a few.