Elected: 2018
Discipline: History, Theory and Practice of the Creative and Performing Arts
Mr Ian Callum
Design Director and Cofounder, CALLUM
Ian Callum has led Jaguar’s design team since 1999, creating a design language that is synonymous with luxury and performance, transforming the range with award-winning new saloons, sports cars and SUVs. This includes Jaguar’s first electric vehicle – the I-PACE. Ian’s early career was spent at Ford Design Studio, TWR Design and Aston Martin Design, where he developed the DB7, DB9 and Vanquish. In 2005, Ian was elected Royal Designer for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts and in 2014 received the Minerva Medal. He holds six honorary doctorates from around the world.