Professor Architect Jiří Pelcl teaches at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he was the chancellor in 2002–2005. Besides practical activities he deals with the theory of design, he publishes texts and as a guest he lectures at both domestic and foreign schools (Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, University of California Berkeley, RCA London, Yale University, ENSDI Paris, SCIARCH Los Angeles). He has created a lot of interiors of prestigious buildings (interiors for president Václav Havel at Prague Castle, Czech Embassies in Rome and Pretoria, Czech House in Malmö, etc.). In 2006 he won the National Design Award, the Form award in Germany, and in 2007 the Design Plus award in Germany and the Czech Grand Design award for the designer of the year. His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Museum fűr Gestaltung in Zürich, the Swedish Glassmuseum in Smalands, the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt.
Jirí Pelcl
Interior designer Prague / Czech Rep.
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Professor Architect Jiří Pelcl teaches at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, where he was the chancellor in 2002–2005. Besides practical activities he deals with the theory of design, he publishes texts and as a guest he lectures at both domestic and foreign schools (Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, University of California Berkeley, RCA London, Yale University, ENSDI Paris, SCIARCH Los Angeles). He has created a lot of interiors of prestigious buildings (interiors for president Václav Havel at Prague Castle, Czech Embassies in Rome and Pretoria, Czech House in Malmö, etc.). In 2006 he won the National Design Award, the Form award in Germany, and in 2007 the Design Plus award in Germany and the Czech Grand Design award for the designer of the year.
His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery in Prague, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, Museum fűr Gestaltung in Zürich, the Swedish Glassmuseum in Smalands, the Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt.
