List of AIGA medalists
Since 1920, the American Institute of Graphic Arts 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
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Source:2021
Source: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
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
2008
2007
2006
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
1990s
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
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