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List of AIGA medalists

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Following is a list of AIGA medalists taken from the AIGA website.

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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 and visual communication."

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.

2015

  • Paola Antonelli [1]
  • Hillman Curtis [2]
  • Emory Douglas [3]
  • Dan Friedman [4]
  • Marcia Lausen [5]

    • 2014

  • Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka [6]
  • Charles S. Anderson [7]
  • Dana Arnett [8]
  • Kenneth Carbone and Leslie Smolan [9]
  • David Carson [10]
  • Kyle Cooper [11]
  • Michael Cronan [12]
  • Richard Danne [13]
  • Michael Donovan and Nancye Green [14]
  • Stephen Doyle [15]
  • Louise Fili [16]
  • Bob Greenberg [17]
  • Sylvia Harris [18]
  • Cheryl Heller [19]
  • Alexander Isley [20]
  • Chip Kidd [21]
  • Michael Mabry [22]
  • J. Abbott Miller [23]
  • Bill Moggridge [24]
  • Gael Towey [25]
  • Ann Willoughby [26]

    • 2013

  • John Bielenberg [27]
  • William Drenttel [28]
  • Tobias Frere-Jones [29]
  • Jessica Helfand [30]
  • Jonathan Hoefler [31]
  • Stefan Sagmeister [32]
  • Lucille Tenazas [33]
  • Wolfgang Weingart [34]

    • 2011

  • Ralph Caplan [35]
  • Elaine Lustig Cohen [36]
  • Armin Hofmann [37]
  • Robert Vogele [38]

    • 2010

  • Steve Frykholm [39]
  • John Maeda [40]
  • Jennifer Morla [41]

    • 2009

  • Pablo Ferro [42]
  • Carin Goldberg [43]
  • Doyald Young [44]

    • 2008

  • Gail Anderson [45]
  • Clement Mok [46]
  • LeRoy Winbush [47]

    • 2007

  • Edward Fella [48]
  • Ellen Lupton [49]
  • Bruce Mau [50]
  • Georg Olden [51]

    • 2006

  • Michael Bierut [52]
  • Rick Valicenti [53]
  • Lorraine Wild [54]

    • 2005

  • Bart Crosby [55]
  • Meredith Davis [56]
  • Steff Geissbuhler [57]

    • 2004

  • Joseph Binder [58]
  • Charles Coiner [59]
  • Richard, Jean and Patrick Coyne [60]
  • James Cross [61]
  • Sheila Levrant de Bretteville [62]
  • Jay Doblin [63]
  • Joe Duffy [64]
  • Martin Fox [65]
  • Caroline Warner Hightower [66]
  • Kit Hinrichs [67]
  • Walter Landor [68]
  • Philip Meggs [69]
  • James Miho [70]
  • Silas Rhodes [71]
  • Jack Stauffacher [72]
  • Alex Steinweiss [73]
  • Deborah Sussman [74]
  • Edward Tufte [75]
  • Fred Woodward [76]
  • Richard Saul Wurman [77]

    • 2003

  • B. Martin Pedersen [78]
  • Woody Pirtle [79]

    • 2002

  • Robert Brownjohn [80]
  • Chris Pullman [81]

    • 2001

  • Samuel Antupit [82]
  • Paula Scher [83]

    • 2000

  • P. Scott Makela and Laurie Haycock Makela [84]
  • Fred Seibert [85]
  • Michael Vanderbyl [86]

    • 1999

  • Tibor Kalman [87]
  • Steven Heller [88]
  • Katherine McCoy [89]

    • 1998

  • Louis Danziger [90]
  • April Greiman [91]

    • 1997

  • Lucian Bernhard [92]
  • Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans [93]

    • 1996

  • Cipe Pineles [94]
  • George Lois [95]

    • 1995

  • Matthew Carter [96]
  • Stan Richards [97]
  • Ladislav Sutnar [98]

    • 1994

  • Muriel Cooper [99]
  • John Massey [100]

    • 1993

  • Alvin Lustig [101]
  • Tomoko Miho [102]

    • 1992

  • Rudolph de Harak [103]
  • George Nelson [104]
  • Lester Beall [105]

    • 1991

  • Colin Forbes [106]
  • E. McKnight Kauffer [107]

    • 1990

  • Alvin Eisenman [108]
  • Frank Zachary [109]

    • 1980s

  • Paul Davis, 1989 [110]
  • Bea Feitler, 1989 [111]
  • William Golden, 1988 [112]
  • George Tscherny, 1988 [113]
  • Alexey Brodovitch, 1987 [114]
  • Gene Federico, 1987 [115]
  • Walter Herdeg, 1986 [116]
  • Seymour Chwast, 1985 [117]
  • Leo Lionni, 1984 [118]
  • Herbert Matter, 1983 [119]
  • Massimo Vignelli and Lella Vignelli, 1982 [120]
  • Saul Bass, 1981 [121]
  • Herb Lubalin, 1980 [122]

    • 1970s

  • Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar, 1979 [123]
  • Lou Dorfsman, 1978
  • Charles and Ray Eames, 1977
  • Henry Wolf, 1976 [124]
  • Jerome Snyder, 1976
  • Bradbury Thompson, 1975
  • Robert Rauschenberg, 1974
  • Richard Avedon, 1973
  • Allen Hurlburt, 1973
  • Philip Johnson, 1973
  • Milton Glaser, 1972
  • Will Burtin, 1971
  • Herbert Bayer, 1970

    • 1960s

  • Dr. Robert L. Leslie, 1969
  • Dr. Giovanni Mardersteig, 1968
  • Romana Javitz, 1967
  • Paul Rand, 1966
  • Leonard Baskin, 1965
  • Josef Albers, 1964
  • Saul Steinberg, 1963
  • William Sandberg, 1962
  • Paul A. Bennett, 1961
  • Walter Paepcke, 1960

    • 1950s

  • May Massee, 1959
  • Ben Shahn, 1958
  • Dr. M. F. Agha, 1957
  • Ray Nash, 1956
  • P. J. Conkwright, 1955
  • Will Bradley, 1954
  • Jan Tschichold, 1954
  • George Macy, 1953
  • Joseph Blumenthal, 1952
  • Harry L. Gage, 1951
  • Earnest Elmo Calkins, 1950
  • Alfred A. Knopf, 1950

    • 1940s

  • Lawrence C. Wroth, 1948
  • Elmer Adler, 1947
  • Stanley Morison, 1946
  • Frederic G. Melcher, 1945
  • Edward Epstean, 1944
  • Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, 1942
  • Carl Purington Rollins, 1941
  • Thomas M. Cleland, 1940

    • 1930s

  • William A. Kittredge, 1939
  • Rudolph Ruzicka, 1935
  • J. Thompson Willing, 1935
  • Henry Lewis Bullen, 1934
  • Porter Garnett, 1932
  • Dard Hunter, 1931
  • Henry Watson Kent, 1930

    • 1920s

  • William A. Dwiggins, 1929
  • Timothy Cole, 1927
  • Frederic W. Goudy, 1927
  • Burton Emmett, 1926
  • Bruce Rogers, 1925
  • John G. Agar, 1924
  • Stephen H. Horgan, 1924
  • Daniel Berkeley Updike, 1922
  • Norman T. A. Munder, 1920

    • References

    List of AIGA medalists Wikipedia
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