List of AIGA medalists
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Since 1920,[1] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) has awarded medals "to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of graphic design and visual communication."[2] Below is a list of AIGA medalists.
Awarded forExceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of graphic design and visual communication
Presented byAmerican Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
First award1920
Websitewww.aiga.org
| American Institute of Graphic Arts medal | |
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The physical medal was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser in 1920.[a] | |
| Awarded for | Exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of graphic design and visual communication |
| Presented by | American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) |
| First award | 1920 |
| Website | www |
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, and 33 in the 1990s. Since 2000, a larger number of medals have awarded; 45 were awarded from 2000 to 2009.
2020s
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2025
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- Elizabeth Resnick
- Rick Griffith
- Dorothy E. Hayes
- Maria Giudice
2022
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2021
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2010s
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2014
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2010
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2000s
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1990s
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1994
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1980s
- Paul Davis, 1989
- Bea Feitler, 1989
- William Golden, 1988
- George Tscherny, 1988
- Alexey Brodovitch, 1987
- Gene Federico, 1987
- Walter Herdeg, 1986
- Seymour Chwast, 1985
- Leo Lionni, 1984
- Herbert Matter, 1983
- Massimo Vignelli and Lella Vignelli, 1982
- Saul Bass, 1981
- Herb Lubalin, 1980
1970s
- Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar, 1979
- Lou Dorfsman, 1978
- Charles and Ray Eames, 1977
- Henry Wolf, 1976
- 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
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- 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
See also
Notes
- Fraser was not, himself, the recipient of an AIGA medal.