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American Institute of Graphic Arts The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) is a professional organization for design. Its members practice all forms of communication design, including graphic design, typography, interaction design, user experience, branding and identity. The ...
medal. On its website, AIGA says "The medal of the AIGA, the most distinguished in the field, is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of
graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...
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visual communication Visual communication is the use of visual elements to convey ideas and information which include (but are not limited to) signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, advertising, animation, and electronic resourc ...
." AIGA Medals have been awarded since 1920. Nine medals were awarded in the 1920s, seven in the 1930s, eight in the 1940s, twelve in the 1950s, ten in the 1960s, 13 in the 1970s, 13 in the 1980s, 33 in the 1990s, and 45 in the 2000s.


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2022

Source: * Andrew Satake Blauvelt *
Emily Oberman Emily Oberman (born 1962) is a New York-based multidisciplinary designer and a partner at design studio Pentagram. Formerly, Oberman was a co-founder of design studio Number Seventeen and a designer at Tibor Kalman's studio M & Co. Early life ...
* Louise Sandhaus


2021

Source: * Archie Boston, Jr. * Cheryl D. Miller * Terry Irwin * Thomas Miller (honorary)


2010s


2019

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Alexander Girard Alexander Girard (May 24, 1907 – December 31, 1993), affectionately known as Sandro, was an architect, interior designer, furniture designer, industrial designer, and a textile designer. Early life He was born in New York City to an America ...
* Geoff McFetridge *
Debbie Millman Debbie Millman (born 1961) is an American writer, educator, artist, curator, and designer who is best known as the host of the podcast ''Design Matters''. She is the chair and co-founder of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visua ...


2018

* Aaron Douglas * Arem Duplessis * Karin Fong *
Susan Kare Susan Kare ( "care"; born February 5, 1954) is an American artist and graphic designer, who contributed graphical user interface, interface elements and typefaces for the first Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh 128k, Macintosh personal computer from ...
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Victor Moscoso Victor Moscoso (born July 28, 1936) is a Spanish–American artist best known for producing psychedelic rock posters, advertisements, and underground comix in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first of the rock poster artists of ...


2017

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Art Chantry Arthur Samuel Wilbur Chantry II (born April 9, 1954) is a graphic designer often associated with the posters and album covers he has done for bands from the Pacific Northwest, such as Mudhoney, Mono Men, Soundgarden, and The Sonics. Biography C ...
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* Emmett McBainbr>
* Rebeca Mendez, Rebeca Méndezbr>
* Mark Randal

* Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedel

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Lance Wyman Lance Wyman (born 1937)Case Study: Lance Wyman
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2016

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Ruth Ansel Ruth Ansel is an American graphic designer. She became a co-art director of ''Harper's Bazaar'' in the 1960s alongside Bea Feitler. In the 1970s she was art director of ''The New York Times Magazine'' and in the 1980s '' House & Garden'', '' Vanity ...
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* Richard Gref

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Maira Kalman Maira Kalman () is an American artist, illustrator, writer, and designer known for her painting and writing about the human condition. She is the author and illustrator of over 30 books for adults and children and her work is exhibited in museum ...
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Gere Kavanaugh Geraldine (Gere) Kavanaugh (born 1929) is an American textile, industrial, and interior designer known for a multidisciplinary approach that spans fabrics, furniture, interiors, exhibitions, and public art. A pioneer in postwar American design, Kav ...
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Corita Kent Corita Kent (November 20, 1918 – September 18, 1986), born Frances Elizabeth Kent and also known as Sister Mary Corita Kent, was an American artist, designer and educator, and former religious sister. Key themes in her work included Christian ...
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2015

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Paola Antonelli Paola Antonelli (born 1963) is an Italian architect, curator, author, editor, and educator. Antonelli is the Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, where she also serves as the founding Director o ...
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Hillman Curtis David Hillman Curtis (February 24, 1961 – April 18, 2012) was an American new media designer, author, musician and filmmaker. Curtis was the Principal and Chief Creative Officer of hillmancurtis.com, inc., a digital design and film product ...
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Emory Douglas Emory Douglas (born May 24, 1943) is an American graphic artist. He was a member of the Black Panther Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the 1980s. As a r''evolutionary artist'' and the ''Minister of Culture'' for the Black Panther Part ...
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* Dan Friedman (graphic designer), Dan Friedmanbr>
*Marcia Lause


2014

*Sean Adams and
Noreen Morioka Noreen Morioka (born Sunnyvale, California) is an American graphic designer and co-founder of AdamsMorioka. She is recognized for her distinct California-influenced approach to visual communications. In 2014, the American Institute of Graphic Arts ...
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*Charles S. Anderso

*Dana Arnet

* Carbone Smolan Agency, Kenneth Carbone and Leslie Smola

* David Carson (graphic designer), David Carsonbr>
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Kyle Cooper Kyle Cooper is an American designer known for his Title sequence, main title sequence work. He has produced and directed over 350 visual effects and title sequences for Film, motion pictures and Broadcasting, broadcast. Early life Childho ...
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* Michael Patrick Cronanbr>
*Richard Dann

*Michael Donovan and Nancye Gree

*Stephen Doyl

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Louise Fili Louise Fili (born April 12, 1951) is an American graphic designer and artist known for her use of typography. Her work incorporates elements of modernism and European Art Deco, combining historical typography with contemporary design approaches. ...
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* Bob Greenberg (marketer), Bob Greenbergbr>
* Sylvia Harrisbr>
* Cheryl Hellerbr>
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Alexander Isley Alexander Isley (born ) is an American graphic designer and educator. Early life and education Alexander Isley was born in Durham, North Carolina and studied at Durham Academy, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (high school vi ...
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Chip Kidd Charles Kidd (born 1964) is an American graphic designer known for Cover art, book covers. Early childhood Born in Shillington, Pennsylvania, Shillington in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up being fascinated and heavily inspired by Am ...
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* Michael Mabrybr>
* J. Abbott Millerbr>
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Bill Moggridge William Grant Moggridge, Royal Designer for Industry, RDI (25 June 1943 – 8 September 2012) was an English designer, author and educator who cofounded the design company IDEO and was director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum i ...
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*Gael Towe

* Ann Willoughbybr>


2013

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John Bielenberg John Bielenberg is an American designer classified as an entrepreneur and a design thinker. He is recognized for innovative investigations into the practice and understanding of design and leadership in the “design for good” movement. He is a ...


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William Drenttel William Drenttel (October 14, 1953 – December 21, 2013) was an author, publisher, graphic designer, educator, entrepreneur and executive. He was known as the co-founder and editorial director of Design Observer, one of the most influential ...
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Tobias Frere-Jones Tobias Frere-Jones (born Tobias Edgar Mallory Jones, August 28, 1970) is an American type designer who works in New York City. He operates the company Frere-Jones Type and teaches typeface design at the Yale School of Art MFA program. Among his t ...
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Jessica Helfand Jessica Helfand (born 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an artist, writer, and designer. A founding editor of the Design Observer, she is the author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism. Early life and education Born in Philad ...
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Jonathan Hoefler Jonathan Hoefler (; born 1970) is an American type designer. Hoefler founded the Hoefler Type Foundry in 1989, a type foundry in New York. Early life Jonathan Hoefler was born on August 22, 1970, in New York City to Doreen Benjamin and Char ...
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Stefan Sagmeister Steve (born August 6, 1962) is an Austrian graphic designer, storyteller, and typographer based in New York City. In 1993, Sagmeister founded his company, Sagmeister Inc., to create designs for the music industry. He has designed album covers for ...
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* Lucille Tenazasbr>
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Wolfgang Weingart Wolfgang Weingart (6 February 1941 – 12 July 2021) was an internationally known graphic designer and typographer. His work was categorized as Swiss typography and he was credited as "the father" of New Wave or Swiss Punk typography. Childhoo ...
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2011

* Ralph Caplanbr>
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Elaine Lustig Cohen Elaine Lustig Cohen (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2016) was an American graphic designer, artist, rare-book dealer, and art collector. She is best known for her work as a graphic designer during the 1950s and 60s, having created over 150 designs ...
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Armin Hofmann Armin Hofmann ( HonRDI) (29 June 1920 – 18 December 2020) was a Swiss graphic designer and design educator, considered one of the most influential figures of Swiss design. Biography Hofmann began his career in 1947 as a teacher at the Allgeme ...
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* Robert Vogel


2010

* Steve Frykhol

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John Maeda John Maeda (born 1966) is a Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft. He is an American technologist and designer whose work explores where business, design, and technology merge to make space for the "humanist techno ...
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* Jennifer Morlabr>


2000s


2009

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Pablo Ferro Pablo Ferro (January 15, 1935 – November 16, 2018) was a Cuban-American graphic designer, film titles designer, and founder of Pablo Ferro Films. Childhood Born in Antilla, Oriente Province, Cuba, he was raised on a remote farm before emigrat ...
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* Carin Goldbergbr>
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Doyald Young Doyald Young (September 12, 1926 – February 28, 2011) was an American typeface designer and teacher who specialized in the design of logotypes, corporate alphabets, lettering and typefaces. Work The typefaces designed by Doyald Young incl ...
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2008

* Gail Anderson (graphic designer), Gail Andersonbr>
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Clement Mok Clement Mok (born 1958) is a graphic designer and author. Mok founded several design-related businesses — Studio Archetype (acquired by Sapient), CMCD and NetObjects, Inc. In 1997, Mok recruited George Chen in a photoshoot for an early ...
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* LeRoy Winbushbr>


2007

* Ed Fella, Edward Fellabr>
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Ellen Lupton Ellen Lupton (born 1963) is a graphic designer, curator, writer, critic, and educator. Known for her love of typography, Lupton is the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair at Maryland Institute College of Art. Previously she was t ...
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Bruce Mau Bruce Mau (born October 25, 1959) is a Canadian designer and educator. He began his career a graphic designer and has since applied his design methodology to architecture, art, museums, film, eco-environmental design, education, and conceptual p ...
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* Georg Olden (graphic designer), Georg Oldenbr>


2006

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Michael Bierut Michael Bierut (born 1957) is a graphic designer, design critic and educator, who has been a partner at design firm Pentagram since 1990. He designed the logo for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Early life and education Michael B ...
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* Rick Valicentibr>
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Lorraine Wild Lorraine Wild (born 1953, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born American graphic designer, writer, art historian, and teacher. She is an AIGA Medalist and principal of Green Dragon Office, a design firm that focuses on collaborative work with ar ...
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2005

* Bart Crosb

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Meredith Davis Meredith Davis (born 1948, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an educator, writer and graphic designer. Her work centers for advocating for a comprehensive, critical and challenging design education. Career Davis graduated from The Pennsylvania S ...
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Steff Geissbühler Steff Geissbühler (born 1942 in Zofingen, Switzerland) is a graphic designer based in the United States. He is well known for designing NBC's modern peacock logo in 1986 while at Chermayeff & Geismar. Geissbühler received the American Institute ...


2004

* Joseph Binderbr>
* Charles Coine

* Richard, Jean and Patrick Coyn

* James Cros

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Sheila Levrant de Bretteville Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (born 1940) is an American graphic designer, artist and educator whose work reflects her belief in the importance of feminist principles and user participation in graphic design. In 1990 she became the director of th ...
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Jay Doblin Jay Doblin (December 10, 1920 – May 11, 1989) was an American industrial designer and educator, best known for his contribution to the field of design in particular his work related to systems thinking, design methods and design theory in genera ...
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* Joe Duff

* Martin Fo

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Caroline Warner Hightower Caroline Warner Hightower (born 1935) is an American arts executive, consultant, and former executive director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Early life and education Caroline Warner Hightower was born in Cambridge, Massachu ...
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* Kit Hinrichsbr>
* Landor Associates, Walter Landorbr>
* Philip B. Meggs, Philip Meggsbr>
* James Mih

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Silas Rhodes Silas H. Rhodes (September 15, 1915 – June 27, 2007) was an American educator and co-founder of a trade school for illustrators and cartoonists that eventually became the School of Visual Arts, one of the premier U.S. colleges for art and design. ...
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Jack Stauffacher Jack Werner Stauffacher (December 19, 1920 – November 16, 2017) was an American printer, typographer, educator, and fine book publisher. He owned and operated Greenwood Press, a small book printing press based in the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
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Alex Steinweiss Alexander Steinweiss (March 24, 1917 – July 17, 2011) was an American graphic design artist known for inventing album cover art. Early life Born on March 24, 1917, in Brooklyn, Alex Steinweiss was the son of a women's shoe designer from Wars ...
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Deborah Sussman Deborah Sussman (May 26, 1931August 20, 2014) was an American designer and a pioneer in the field of environmental graphic design. Her work incorporated graphic design into architectural and public spaces. Early life and education Deborah ...
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Edward Tufte Edward Rolf Tufte (; born March 14, 1942), sometimes known as "ET",. is an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design ...
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* Fred Woodwar

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Richard Saul Wurman Richard Saul Wurman (born March 26, 1935) is an American architect and graphic designer. Wurman has written, designed, and published 90 books and created the TED.com, TED conferences, the EG Conference, and TEDMED. Education and honors Wurman r ...
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2003

* B. Martin Pederse

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Woody Pirtle Woody Pirtle (1944-2025) was an artist and graphic designer commissioned in 2002 by Amnesty International to design a series of posters focusing on 12 of the individual articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He was the founder and ...
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2002

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Robert Brownjohn Robert Brownjohn (August 8, 1925 – August 1, 1970) was an American graphic designer known for blending formal graphic design concepts with wit and 1960s pop culture. He is best known for his motion picture title sequences, especially ''From ...
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* Chris Pullma


2001

* Samuel Antupi

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Paula Scher Paula Scher (born October 6, 1948) is an American graphic designer, painter and design educator. She also served as the first female principal at Pentagram, which she joined in 1991. She started her career as an art director in the 1970s and ear ...
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2000

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P. Scott Makela Paul Scott Makela (February 6, 1960, Saint Paul, Minnesota – May 7, 1999, Pontiac, Michigan) was a graphic designer, multimedia designer and type designer. Among other work, he was especially noted for the design of Dead History, a postmodern ty ...
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Laurie Haycock Makela Laurie Haycock Makela (born 1956) is an American graphic designer and educator. She co-chaired the design program at Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1990s along with her husband, P. Scott Makela. Both were honored with the AIGA medal in 2000. E ...
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Fred Seibert Frederick G. Seibert is an American television producer and media proprietor. Seibert began his professional career as a jazz and blues record producer and audio engineer in the 1970s. He co-founded the record label Oblivion Records by 1972 an ...
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* Michael Vanderbylbr>


1990s


1999

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Tibor Kalman Tibor George Kalman (; July 6, 1949 – May 2, 1999) was an American graphic designer of Hungarian origin, well known for his work as editor-in-chief of ''Colors'' magazine. Early life Kalman was born on July 6, 1949, in Budapest, to parents ...
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* Steven Heller (graphic design), Steven Hellerbr>
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Katherine McCoy Katherine McCoy (born October 12, 1945) is an American graphic designer and educator, best known for her work as the co-chair of the graduate Design program for Cranbrook Academy of Art. During her extensive career spanning education and profes ...
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1998

* Flax Art Supply Stores#Collaborative branding, Louis Danzigerbr>
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April Greiman April Greiman (born March 22, 1948) is an American designer widely recognized as one of the first designers to embrace computer technology as a design tool. Greiman is also credited, along with early collaborator Jayme Odgers, with helping to i ...
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1997

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Lucian Bernhard Lucian Bernhard (born Emil Kahn, March 15, 1883 – May 29, 1972) was a German graphic designer, type designer, professor, interior designer, and artist during the first half of the twentieth century. Career Bernhard was influential in hel ...
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Zuzana Licko Zuzana Licko (born Zuzana Ličko, 1961) is a Slovak-born American Type design, type designer and visual artist known for co-founding Emigre (type foundry), Emigre Fonts, a digital type foundry in Berkeley, California, Berkeley, CA. She has design ...
and Rudy VanderLansbr>


1996

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Cipe Pineles Cipe Pineles (June 23, 1908 – January 3, 1991) was an Austrian-born graphic designer and art director who made her career in New York at such magazines as '' Seventeen'', ''Charm'', ''Glamour'', ''House & Garden'', ''Vanity Fair'' and ''Vogu ...
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George Lois George Lois (June 26, 1931 – November 18, 2022) was an American art director, designer, and author. Lois was perhaps best known for over 92 covers he designed for ''Esquire'' magazine from 1962 to 1973. Background Lois was born in New York Ci ...
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1995

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Matthew Carter Matthew Carter (born 1 October 1937) is an English type designer.A Man of Letters
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* Stan Richard

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Ladislav Sutnar Ladislav Sutnar (9 November 1897 – 13 November 1976) was a Czech graphic designer. He was a pioneer of information design and information architecture. Although he is uncredited, his contributions to business organization benefited society, wh ...
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1994

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Muriel Cooper Muriel Cooper (1925 – May 26, 1994) was an American pioneering book designer, digital designer, researcher, and educator. She was the first design director of the MIT Press, instilling a Bauhaus-influenced design style into its many publication ...
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* John Masse


1993

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Alvin Lustig Alvin Lustig (February 8, 1915 - December 5, 1955) was an American book designer, graphic designer and typeface designer. Lustig has been honored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame for his significa ...
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Tomoko Miho Tomoko Miho (September 2, 1931 - February 10, 2012) was a Japanese-American graphic designer and recipient of the 1993 AIGA Medal. She is known for her understanding of the relationship between space and object. Biography Tomoko Miho (née Kaw ...
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1992

* Rudolph de Harakbr>
* George Nelson (designer), George Nelsonbr>
* Lester Beallbr>


1991

* Colin Forbes (graphic designer), Colin Forbesbr>
* E. McKnight Kaufferbr>


1990

* Alvin Eisenmanbr>
* Frank Zachar


1980s

* Paul Brooks Davis, Paul Davis, 198

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Bea Feitler Beatriz Feitler (February 5, 1938 – April 8, 1982) was a Brazilian designer and art director best known for her work in ''Harper's Bazaar'', ''Ms.'', ''Rolling Stone'' and the premiere issue of the modern '' Vanity Fair''. Early life, educa ...
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* William Golden (graphic designer), William Golden, 198

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George Tscherny George Tscherny (July 12, 1924 – November 13, 2023) was a Hungarian-born American graphic designer and educator. Tscherny received the highest honors among graphic designers. He was awarded the List of AIGA medalists, AIGA Medal in 1988, celeb ...
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Alexey Brodovitch Alexey Vyacheslavovich Brodovitch (also Brodovich; , ; 1898 – April 15, 1971) was a Belarusian-American photographer, designer and instructor who is most famous for his art direction of fashion magazine ''Harper's Bazaar'' from 1934 to ...
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* Gene Federico, 198

* Walter Herdeg, 198

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Seymour Chwast Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer. Biography Chwast was born in the Bronx, New York City and in 1948 graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn where he was intr ...
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Leo Lionni Leo Lionni (May 5, 1910 – October 11, 1999) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director f ...
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Herbert Matter Herbert Robert Matter (April 25, 1907 – May 8, 1984) was a Swiss-born American photographer and graphic designer known for his pioneering use of photomontage in commercial art. Matter's innovative and experimental work helped shape the vocabular ...
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Massimo Vignelli Massimo Vignelli (; January 10, 1931 – May 27, 2014) was an Italian designer who worked in several areas, including packaging, housewares, furniture, public signage, and showroom design. He worked within the modernist tradition, emphasizing sim ...
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Lella Vignelli Lella Vignelli (born Elena Valle; August 13, 1934 – December 22, 2016) was an Italian architect, designer, and businesswomen. She collaborated closely throughout much of her life with her husband Massimo Vignelli, with whom she founded Vignel ...
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Saul Bass Saul Bass (; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Academy Awards, Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and logo, corporate logos. During his 4 ...
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Herb Lubalin Herbert F. Lubalin (; March 17, 1918 – May 24, 1981) was an American graphic designer. He collaborated with Ralph Ginzburg on three of Ginzburg's magazines: ''Eros'', ''Fact'', and ''Avant Garde''. Biography Herb Lubalin was born March 17 ...
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1970s

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Ivan Chermayeff Ivan Chermayeff HonRDI (June 6, 1932 – December 2, 2017) was an American graphic designer and artist. He is best known as co-founder of graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar. Chermayeff created logotypes for the Smithsonian Institution, Ha ...
and Thomas Geismar, 197

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Lou Dorfsman Louis Dorfsman (April 24, 1918 – October 22, 2008) was an American graphic designer who oversaw almost every aspect of the advertising and corporate identity for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in his 40 years with the network. Biog ...
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Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...
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Ray Eames Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames (née Kaiser; December 15, 1912 – August 21, 1988) was an American artist and designer who worked in a variety of media. In creative partnership with her husband, Charles Eames, and The Eames Office, she was ...
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Henry Wolf Henry Wolf (May 23, 1925 – February 14, 2005) was an Austrian-born, American graphic designer, photographer and art director. He influenced and energized magazine design during the 1950s and 1960s with his bold layouts, elegant typography, an ...
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Jerome Snyder Jerome Snyder (1916 – May 2, 1976) was an American illustrator and graphic designer. He is best known as the first art director of the magazine ''Sports Illustrated'' and as the co-author of the popular New York City restaurant guidebook ''The U ...
, 1976 * Bradbury Thompson, 1975 *
Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combine painting, Combines (1954 ...
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Richard Avedon Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for ''Harper's Bazaar'', '' Vogue'' and '' Elle'' specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and ...
, 1973 * Allen Hurlburt, 1973 *
Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 ...
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Milton Glaser Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer, recognized for his designs, including the I Love New York logo; a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan; the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University, Brooklyn Brewery; and his ...
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Will Burtin Will Burtin (1908–1972) was a graphic designer from Cologne, Germany, known for interrelating design and scientific concepts within his exhibits. He was an influential designer, educator, and theorist in Germany and the United States. He arrive ...
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Herbert Bayer Herbert Bayer (April 5, 1900 – September 30, 1985) was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He was instrumental in the development of the ...
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1960s

* Dr. Robert L. Leslie, 1969 * Dr.
Giovanni Mardersteig Giovanni Mardersteig (born Hans Mardersteig 8 January 1892 – 27 December 1977) was a German-born printer and typographer, making much of his career in Italy. He is particularly known for founding and running Officina Bodoni, a small press produ ...
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Romana Javitz Romana Javitz (January 28, 1903–January 1980) was an American artist, librarian, and Superintendent of the Picture Collection at the New York Public Library. Biography Early life Romana Javitz was born in Russia to Polish parents and immi ...
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Paul Rand Paul Rand (born Peretz Rosenbaum; August 15, 1914 – November 26, 1996) was an American art director and graphic designer. He was best known for his corporate logo designs, including the logos for IBM, United Parcel Service, UPS, Enron, Morni ...
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Leonard Baskin Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, draughtsman and graphic artist, as well as founder of the Gehenna Press (1942–2000). One of America's first fine arts presses, it went on to become "one of the most imp ...
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Josef Albers Josef Albers ( , , ; March 19, 1888March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and Visual arts education, educator who is considered one of the most influential 20th-century art teachers in the United States. Born in 1888 in Bottrop, Westp ...
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Saul Steinberg Saul Steinberg (June 15, 1914, Rm. Sărat, Romania – May 12, 1999, New York City) was a Romanian-born American artist, best known for his work for ''The New Yorker'', most notably ''View of the World from 9th Avenue''. He described himself ...
, 1963 * William Sandberg, 1962 * Paul A. Bennett, 1961 *
Walter Paepcke Walter Paepcke (June 29, 1896 – April 13, 1960) was an American businessman and philanthropist who was prominent in the mid-20th century. A longtime executive of the Chicago-based Container Corporation of America, Paepcke is best noted for his f ...
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1950s

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May Massee May Massee (May 1, 1881December 24, 1966) was an American children's book editor. She was the founding head of the juvenile departments at Doubleday from 1922 and at Viking Press from 1932.
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Ben Shahn Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as ''The Shape of Content''. Born Benjamin Shahn in Ka ...
, 1958 * Dr. M. F. Agha, 1957 * Ray Nash, 1956 * P. J. Conkwright, 1955 *
Will Bradley Wilbur Schwichtenberg (July 12, 1912 – July 15, 1989), known professionally as Will Bradley, was an American trombonist and bandleader during the 1930s and 1940s. He performed swing, dance music, and boogie-woogie songs, many of them written o ...
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Jan Tschichold Jan Tschichold (; born Johannes Tzschichhold; 2 April 1902 – 11 August 1974), also known as Iwan Tschichold or Ivan Tschichold, was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role in the development o ...
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George Macy George Macy (1900–1956) was an American Publishing, publisher. Career George Macy was born in New York City in 1900. He graduated in 1917 with general honors from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. In 1926, he founded Macy-Masius, ...
, 1953 * Joseph Blumenthal, 1952 * Harry L. Gage, 1951 *
Earnest Elmo Calkins Earnest Elmo Calkins (March 15, 1868 – October 4, 1964) was a deaf American advertising executive who pioneered the use of art in advertising, of fictional characters, the soft sell, and the idea of " consumer engineering". He co-founded the in ...
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Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers ...
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1940s

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Lawrence C. Wroth Lawrence Counselman Wroth (January 14, 1884 – December 25, 1970) was an American historian and the author of ''The Colonial Printer'', the definitive book on the American printing trade during the period of 1639 through 1800. Though he wro ...
, 1948 *
Elmer Adler Elmer Adler (July 22, 1884 – January 11, 1962) was a book designer, collector, and graphic design educator. Biography Adler began collecting books and prints while working at his family's clothing firm in Rochester, New York. Since Adler was 14 ...
, 1947 *
Stanley Morison Stanley Arthur Morison (6 May 1889 – 11 October 1967) was a British typographer, printing executive and historian of printing. Largely self-educated, he promoted higher standards in printing and an awareness of the best printing and typefaces ...
, 1946 *
Frederic G. Melcher Frederic Gershom Melcher (April 12, 1879 – March 9, 1963) was an American publisher, bookseller, editor, and a major contributor to the library science field and book industry. He is particularly known for his contributions to the children's b ...
, 1945 * Edward Epstean, 1944 * Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, 1942 * Carl Purington Rollins, 1941 * Thomas M. Cleland, 1940


1930s

* William A. Kittredge, 1939 *
Rudolph Ruzicka Rudolph Ruzicka (29 June 1883 – 20 July 1978) was a Czech American wood engraver, etcher, illustrator, typeface designer, and book designer. Ruzicka designed typefaces and wood engraving illustrations for Daniel Berkeley Updike's Merrymou ...
, 1935 *
J. Thompson Willing John Thomson Willing (August 5, 1860 – July 8, 1947) was an American artist and author. Born in Toronto, he trained as a lithographer at the Ontario School of Art. Willing was the art director of '' Metropolitan Magazine''. In 1906, he was t ...
, 1935 * Henry Lewis Bullen, 1934 *
Porter Garnett Porter Garnett (March 12, 1871 – March 21, 1951) was a playwright, critic, editor, librarian, teacher, and printer. Biography Porter Garnett was born in 1871 in San Francisco. He was an active member in San Francisco's literary scene and a mem ...
, 1932 *
Dard Hunter William Joseph "Dard" Hunter (November 29, 1883 – February 20, 1966) was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking, especially by hand, using sixteenth-century tools and techniques. He is known for, among other things, the pr ...
, 1931 *
Henry Watson Kent Henry Watson Kent (September 28, 1866 – August 28, 1948) was an American librarian and museum administrator, "a great pioneer in American museum education and administration". Early life and education Henry Watson Kent was born in Boston on Sep ...
, 1930


1920s

* William A. Dwiggins, 1929 * Timothy Cole, 1927 *
Frederic W. Goudy Frederic William Goudy ( ; March 8, 1865 – May 11, 1947) was an American printer, artist and type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. He was one of the most prolific of American type designers a ...
, 1927 * Burton Emmett, 1926 * Bruce Rogers, 1925 * John G. Agar, 1924 * Stephen H. Horgan, 1924 *
Daniel Berkeley Updike Daniel Berkeley Updike (February 24, 1860 – December 28, 1941) was an American printer and historian of typography. In 1880 he joined the publishers Houghton, Mifflin & Company, of Boston as an errand boy. He worked for the firm's Riverside ...
, 1922 * Norman T. A. Munder, 1920


See also

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Art Directors Club Hall of Fame The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame was established in 1971, by the Art Directors Club of New York, a professional organization in the design and creative industries. The Art Directors Club selects its honorees from those "who have made significant ...
* Masters Series (School of Visual Arts)


References

{{reflist Design awards AIGA medalists
AIGA The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) is a professional organization for design. Its members practice all forms of communication design, including graphic design, typography, interaction design, user experience, branding and identity. The ...