A brushless DC electric motor (BLDC) is a motor that uses an electronic commutation method. This paper presents the design and control of a 1 kW, 3-phase, 48V BLDC motor. Stator with 12 slots and in-runner surface mounted rotor is designed and fabricated to produce the 1KW output power. A whole-coiled type winding with a length of 1094m and a copper winding weight of 0.78kg has been developed. The motor controller circuit consisting of a H-bridge inverter is designed which is used to control the speed of the motor. The simulation result obtained on Proteus software shows that the motor could operate successfully with the designed controller. For 1k ohm values of the potentiometer, the motor runs at the minimum speed of 94 RPM, and for the value of 1 ohm, the motor runs at its full rated speed that is 3100 RPM. BLDC motor and its controller could be used in a range of applications, including electric vehicles, industrial machinery, robotics and also home appliances.