Since 1920, 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." Below is a list of AIGA medalists.
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
2025 Source: Elizabeth Resnick Rick Griffith Dorothy E. Hayes Maria Giudice
2022 Source: Andrew Satake Blauvelt Emily Oberman Louise Sandhaus
2021 Source: Archie Boston, Jr. Cheryl D. Miller Terry Irwin Thomas Miller (honorary)
2010s
2019 Alexander Girard Geoff McFetridge Debbie Millman
2018 Aaron Douglas Arem Duplessis Karin Fong Susan Kare Victor Moscoso
2017 Art Chantry Emmett McBain Rebeca Méndez Mark Randall Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell Lance Wyman
2016 Ruth Ansel Richard Grefé Maira Kalman Gere Kavanaugh Corita Kent
2015 Paola Antonelli Hillman Curtis Emory Douglas Dan Friedman Marcia Lausen
2014 Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka Charles S. Anderson Dana Arnett Kenneth Carbone and Leslie Smolan David Carson Kyle Cooper Michael Patrick Cronan Richard Danne Michael Donovan and Nancye Green Stephen Doyle Louise Fili Bob Greenberg Sylvia Harris Cheryl Heller Alexander Isley Chip Kidd Michael Mabry J. Abbott Miller Bill Moggridge Gael Towey Ann Willoughby
2013 John Bielenberg William Drenttel Tobias Frere-Jones Jessica Helfand Jonathan Hoefler Stefan Sagmeister Lucille Tenazas Wolfgang Weingart
2011 Ralph Caplan Elaine Lustig Cohen Armin Hofmann Robert Vogele
2010 Steve Frykholm John Maeda Jennifer Morla
2000s
2009 Pablo Ferro Carin Goldberg Doyald Young
2008 Gail Anderson Clement Mok LeRoy Winbush
2007 Edward Fella Ellen Lupton Bruce Mau Georg Olden
2006 Michael Bierut Rick Valicenti Lorraine Wild
2005 Bart Crosby Meredith Davis Steff Geissbühler
2004 Joseph Binder Charles Coiner Richard, Jean and Patrick Coyne James Cross Sheila Levrant de Bretteville Jay Doblin Joe Duffy Martin Fox Caroline Warner Hightower Kit Hinrichs Walter Landor Philip Meggs James Miho Silas Rhodes Jack Stauffacher Alex Steinweiss Deborah Sussman Edward Tufte Fred Woodward Richard Saul Wurman
2003 B. Martin Pedersen Woody Pirtle
2002 Robert Brownjohn Chris Pullman
2001 Samuel Antupit Paula Scher
2000 P. Scott Makela and Laurie Haycock Makela Fred Seibert Michael Vanderbyl
1990s
1999 Tibor Kalman Steven Heller Katherine McCoy
1998 Louis Danziger April Greiman
1997 Lucian Bernhard Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans
1996 Cipe Pineles George Lois
1995 Matthew Carter Stan Richards Ladislav Sutnar
1994 Muriel Cooper John Massey
1993 Alvin Lustig Tomoko Miho
1992 Rudolph de Harak George Nelson Lester Beall
1991 Colin Forbes E. McKnight Kauffer
1990 Alvin Eisenman Frank Zachary
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
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 Art Directors Club Hall of Fame Masters Series (School of Visual Arts) List of design awards
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