Chadwick Studio pioneered the use of modern materials and processes in commercial furniture design. Don Chadwick received his principal training in design at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1994 the landmark Aeron chair catapulted Chadwick to national attention; the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week magazine awarded Design of the Decade to the Aeron chair in 1999. Chadwick has designed for Knoll for many years.