BENNETT PEJI - PRINCIPAL

Bennett Peji is a specialist in civic branding and design. He serves as a Commissioner of Arts & Culture for the City of San Diego, Chairman of the Board of the Asian Business Association San Diego, and a Public Art Committee member for National City. He is a past AIGA national board member, a co-founder of the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design and is San Diego's first AIGA Fellow honoree. Passionate about how design can make visible the cultural richness of a city, he utilizes his "Form Follows Culture" process to revitalize organizations, cities and cultures. Civic branding projects include the City of Carlsbad, downtown Rancho Bernardo, downtown National City and the Asian Pacific Historic District in downtown San Diego. Peji is the recipient of the Arts, Business and Culture Award from the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Outstanding Professional of the Year Award from the Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce and the Asian Heritage Award for Cultural Preservation from Asia Media. Besides business and community service awards, his firm has received over 200 design awards. Peji is a co-founder and regent of the Baja California Missions Foundation, founded to renovate and preserve the historic missions in Mexico.

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