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 contributions to art direction and visual communications, and whose lifetime achievements represent the highest standards of creative excellence."Art Directors Club Hall of Fame awards

In addition to designers usually notable within the communities of design and advertising, the honorees include more popular artists who have affected the broader field of visual culture, including, for example, Issey Miyake, Jim Henson and Andy Warhol.

On its website, the Art Directors Club maintains a biography of each of the Hall of Fame honorees.

In a video shown at the 2010 Hall of Fame gala, George Lois speaks a little bit about the award and its history. In the video, Lois calls the Hall of Fame honors "the Oscars of the advertising business."

2010s

2012

The 2012 Hall of Fame Benefit Gala was held on October 5, 2012, in Manhattan.

Barry Blitt David Droga Mary Ellen Mark Kevin O'Callaghan Deborah Sussman

2011

The 2011 black-tie gala was held on November 10, 2011, and was emceed by Steve Heller. Christoph Niemann provided illustrations for publicity of the Hall of Fame gala and associated exhibition. Jennica Johnstone designed the invitations and associated assets.

Ruth Ansel, 2011 Marshall Arisman, 2011 John C Jay, 2011 Joe Pytka, 2011 Paola Antonelli, 2011

2010 The 2010 Hall of Fame gala was held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, at the Art Directors Club on West 29th Street. Pentagram designed the invitations for the 2010 Hall of Fame gala ceremony, using Matthew Carter's Carter Sans typeface.

Fabien Baron, 2010 Matthew Carter, 2010 Philip Hays, 2010 Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel, 2010 George Nelson, 2010 Christoph Niemann, 2010 Dan Wieden, 2010 Brigitte Lacombe, 2010

2000s

2008 Six Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at a black-tie gala at the ADC Gallery in New York on November 6, 2008. The benefit gala was emceed by John Hockenberry and was one part of a week of activities all taking place at the ADC Gallery.

Alex Bogusky, 2008 Sir John Hegarty, 2008 Ray Eames, 2008 Maira Kalman, 2008 John Maeda, 2008 , 2008 Bruce Weber, 2008

2006 2006's Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at a gala black-tie dinner at the ADC Gallery in New York on Thursday, October 12.

Janet Froelich, 2006 Issey Miyake, 2006 Nicholas Negroponte, 2006 Nancy Rice, 2006 Art Spiegelman, 2006 Bert Stern, 2006

2004 Jerry Andelin, 2004 Jay Chiat, 2004 Muriel Cooper, 2004 Louise Fili, 2004 Al Hirschfeld, 2004 Bruce McCall, 2004 Duane Michals, 2004 Edward Tufte, 2004 Tibor Kalman, 2004

2003 Michael Bierut, 2003 André François, 2003 David Kennedy, 2003 Richard Saul Wurman, 2003

2001–2002 Rich Silverstein, 2001–2002 Giorgio Soavi, 2001–2002 Edward Sorel, 2001–2002 Philip Meggs, 2001–2002

2000 Edward Benguiat, 2000 Pablo Ferro, 2000 Joe Sedelmaier, 2000 Tadanori Yokoo, 2000

1990s

1999 R. O. Blechman, 1999 Annie Leibovitz, 1999 Stan Richards, 1999 Richard Wilde, 1999

1998 Tom Geismar, 1998 Chuck Jones, 1998 Paula Scher, 1998 Alex Steinweiss, 1998 Red Burns, 1998

1997 Allan Beaver, 1997 Sheila Metzner, 1997 B. Martin Pedersen, 1997 George Tscherny, 1997

1996 Bill McCaffery, 1996 Erik Nitsche, 1996 Arnold Varga, 1996 Fred Woodward, 1996 Steve Heller, 1996

1995 Robert Brownjohn, 1995 Paul Davis, 1995 Jay Maisel, 1995 Roy Kuhlman, 1995

1994 Alan Fletcher, 1994 Norman Rockwell, 1994 Ikko Tanaka, 1994 Rochelle Udell, 1994 Andy Warhol, 1994

1993 Leo Burnett, 1993 Yusaku Kamekura, 1993 Robert Wilvers, 1993 Howard Zieff, 1993

1992 Eiko Ishioka, 1992 Rick Levine, 1992 Onofrio Paccione, 1992 Gordon Parks, 1992

1991 Jim Henson, 1991 Bea Feitler, 1991 Bob Gill, 1991 Bob Giraldi, 1991 Richard Hess, 1991

1990 Robert Weaver, 1990 Lee Clow, 1990 Reba Sochis, 1990 Frank Zachary, 1990

1980s

1989 Rudolph de Harak, 1989 Herschel Levit, 1989 Raymond Loewy, 1989

1988 The New York Times reported that three inductees were to be honored on the evening of October 21, 1988. The Art Directors Club listing of Hall of Fame honorees includes those three inductees and a fourth, Silas Rhodes.

Silas Rhodes, 1988 Ben Shahn, 1988 Bert Steinhauser, 1988 Mike Tesch, 1988

1987 The New York Times reported that four inductees were to be honored on the evening of October 23, 1987, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The Art Directors Club listing of Hall of Fame honorees includes those four inductees and a fifth, Leon Friend.

Willy Fleckhaus, 1987 Leon Friend, 1987 Shigeo Fukuda, 1987 Steve Horn, 1987 Tony Palladino, 1987

1986 Walt Disney, 1986 Roy Grace, 1986 Alvin Lustig, 1986 Arthur Paul, 1986

1985 Art Kane, 1985 Len Sirowitz, 1985 Charles Tudor, 1985

1984 Charles Eames, 1984 Wallace Elton, 1984 Sam Scali, 1984 Louis Silverstein, 1984

1983 Bill Bernbach, 1983 Aaron Burns, 1983 Seymour Chwast, 1983 Steve Frankfurt, 1983

1982 According to an article in The New York Times, the 1982 Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at a dinner at the Pierre Hotel in November 1982 in Manhattan.

Richard Avedon, 1982 Amil Gargano, 1982 Jerome Snyder, 1982 Massimo Vignelli, 1982

1981 According to The New York Times, the 1981 Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at an event at the Pierre Hotel.

Lucian Bernhard, 1981 Ivan Chermayeff, 1981 György Kepes, 1981 George Krikorian, 1981 William Taubin, 1981

1980 Gene Federico, 1980 Otto Storch, 1980 Henry Wolf, 1980

1970s

1979 W. A. Dwiggins, 1979 George Giusti, 1979 Milton Glaser, 1979 Helmut Krone, 1979 Willem Sandberg, 1979 Ladislav Sutnar, 1979 Jan Tschichold, 1979

1978 Thomas M. Cleland, 1978 Louis Dorfsman, 1978 Allen Hurlburt, 1978 George Lois, 1978

1977 Saul Bass, 1977 Herb Lubalin, 1977 Bradbury Thompson, 1977

1976 E. McKnight Kauffer, 1976 Herbert Matter, 1976

1975 Gordon Aymar, 1975 Herbert Bayer, 1975 Cipe Pineles Burtin, 1975 Heyworth Campbell, 1975 Alexander Liberman, 1975 László Moholy-Nagy, 1975

1974 Will Burtin, 1974 Leo Lionni, 1974 Edward McCabe, 1974 Shirley Polykoff, 1974

1973 Charles Coiner, 1973 Paul Smith, 1973 Jack Tinker, 1973

1972 M.F. Agha, 1972 Lester Beall, 1972 Alexey Brodovitch, 1972 A. M. Cassandre, 1972 Rene Clarke, 1972 Robert Gage, 1972 William Golden, 1972 Paul Rand, 1972

See also List of AIGA medalists Masters Series (School of Visual Arts)

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