Royal Designers for Industry

Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts (or RSA) in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers. It is awarded to people who have achieved "sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry". Those who are British citizens take the letters RDI after their names, while those who are not become Honorary RDIs (HonRDI). Everyone who holds the distinction is a Member of The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry (founded in 1938).

Their work is diverse, ranging from fashion to engineering, theatre to product design, graphics to environmental design.

New RDIs are elected annually and the Faculty continues to support initiatives to further excellence in design, including an annual Summer School for innovative young designers.

Only 200 designers may hold the distinction RDI at any time and it is regarded as the highest honour to be obtained in the United Kingdom in a diverse range of design disciplines including the field of industrial design. In addition, the RSA may confer HonRDI titles up to a maximum of half the number of people who currently hold the distinction RDI.

New RDIs are awarded Diplomas each year at the annual RDI Dinner. Every two years a new Master of the Faculty is elected by the past Masters, who include Dinah Casson, Mike Dempsey, Sir Kenneth Grange, Geoffrey Harcourt, Martin Hunt, Timothy O’Brien and Chris Wise. The current Master is Malcolm Garrett.

Current members

The list identifies current RDIs, the date of their award and the category of design for which they were honoured.

RDIs

Name[1] Category Year
Adam, Sir KennethSir Kenneth Adam OBE Production design 2009
Arad, RonRon Arad Furniture design 2002
Bailey, DennisDennis Bailey Illustration and design 1980
Barber, EdwardEdward Barber OBE Furniture design 2007
Barnard, JohnJohn Barnard Engineering design 1995
Bellew, PatrickPatrick Bellew Environmental design 2010
Berners-Lee, Sir TimSir Tim Berners-Lee Interaction design 2009
Birdsall, DerekDerek Birdsall Graphic design 1983
Blake, PeterPeter Blake CBE Graphic design 1981
Blake, Sir QuentinSir Quentin Blake CBE Illustration 1987
Blane, SueSue Blane MBE Costume and set design 2005
Brody, NevilleNeville Brody Graphic design 2011
Brookes, PeterPeter Brookes Graphic design 2002
Brown, JulianJulian Brown Product design 1998
Brown, PaulPaul Brown Set & costume design 2013
Calvert, MargaretMargaret Calvert Graphic design 2011
Butler, NicholasNicholas Butler Product design 1981
Callum, IanIan Callum Engineering design 2006
Cameron, DonaldDonald Cameron Engineering design 2004
Carfrae, TristramTristram Carfrae Engineering design 2006
Carter, DavidDavid Carter CBE Product design 1974
Carter, MatthewMatthew Carter Type design 1981
Cartlidge, IanIan Cartlidge Graphic design 2013
Carter, RonRon Carter Furniture design 1971
Casson, DinahDinah Casson Interior design 2005
Chalayan, HusseinHussein Chalayan Fashion Design 2013
Chipperfield, DavidDavid Chipperfield CBE Interior design 2006
Chitty, AlisonAlison Chitty Production design 2009
Clay, JimJim Clay Production design 2009
Clegg, PeterPeter Clegg Architecture 2010
Conran, Sir TerenceSir Terence Conran General design 2010
Craig, StuartStuart Craig OBE Film production design 2004
Crosland, NeishaNeisha Crosland Textile design 2006
Crowley, BobBob Crowley Theatre and film design 1997
Cullinan, EdwardEdward Cullinan CBE Architecture 2010
Dempsey, MikeMike Dempsey Graphic design 1994
Diss, EileenEileen Diss TV and theatre design 1975
Dudley, WilliamWilliam Dudley Theatre design 1988
Dyson, JamesJames Dyson CBE Engineering design 2005
Ellis, EileenEileen Ellis Textile design 1984
Eno, BrianBrian Eno Designing with sound 2012
Esterson, SimonSimon Esterson Graphic design 2001
Farrow, MarkMark Farrow Graphic design 2009
Forbes, ColinColin Forbes Graphic design 1974
Fordham, MaxMax Fordham OBE Engineering design 2008
Foreman, MichaelMichael Foreman Illustration 1985
Foster, NormanNorman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank Interior design 1988
Frean, JennyJenny Frean Textile design 1998
Galliano, JohnJohn Galliano CBE Fashion design 2002
Garrett, MalcolmMalcolm Garrett New media 2000
Gee, NigelNigel Gee Engineering design 2007
Gentleman, DavidDavid Gentleman Stamps 1970
Grange, Sir KennethSir Kenneth Grange CBE General design 1969
Grant, AndrewAndrew Grant Landscape design 2012
Hall, MargaretMargaret Hall OBE Exhibitions 1974
Harcourt, GeoffreyGeoffrey Harcourt Furniture design 1978
Hardie, GeorgeGeorge Hardie Graphic design 2005
Harvey, TimTim Harvey TV Production design 1990
Head, PatrickPatrick Head Engineering design 1993
Heatherwick, ThomasThomas Heatherwick General design 2004
Hecht, SamSam Hecht Production design 2008
Higgins, PeterPeter Higgins Interior design 2009
Hillman, DavidDavid Hillman Graphic design 1997
Hilton, MatthewMatthew Hilton Furniture design 2004
Hollis, RichardRichard Hollis Graphic design 2005
Howell, MargaretMargaret Howell Fashion design 2007
Hudson, RichardRichard Hudson Theatre design 1999
Hulanicki, BarbaraBarbara Hulanicki OBE Fashion design 2009
Hunt, MartinMartin Hunt Ceramics and glass 1981
Irens, NigelNigel Irens Engineering design 2005
Irvine, AlanAlan Irvine Exhibitions & museum design 1964
Ive, Sir JonathanSir Jonathan Ive KBE Product design 2003
Jackson, BettyBetty Jackson Fashion design 1988
Jiricna, EvaEva Jiřičná Interior design 1991
Johnstone, William NeillWilliam Neill Johnstone Textile design 1989
Jones, StephenStephen Jones Millinery 2009
Kelly, BenBen Kelly Interior design 2007
King, PerryPerry King Product design 1990
King, SarahSarah King Textile design 2008
Kinsman, RodneyRodney Kinsman Furniture design 1990
Kirk, GeoffreyGeoffrey Kirk Engineering design 2001
Kitching, AlanAlan Kitching Typography 1994
Kitching, AlanAlan Kitching Graphic design 1994
Koltai, RalphRalph Koltai Theatre design 1984
Lambie-Nairn, MartinMartin Lambie-Nairn TV graphics 1987
Law, RogerRoger Law Graphic design and caricature 1999
Lazaridis, StefanosStefanos Lazaridis Theatre design 2003
Levi, SonnySonny Levi Boat design 1987
Levien, RobinRobin Levien Ceramics & glass 1995
Lewis, DavidDavid Lewis Product design 1995
Lloyd, TomTom Lloyd Production design 2008
Lodge, BernardBernard Lodge Film and TV graphics 1982
Lovegrove, RossRoss Lovegrove Product design 2003
Mackie, GeorgeGeorge Mackie Book design 1973
Macfarlane, TimTim Macfarlane Structural engineering design 2004
Major, MarkMark Major Designing with light 2012
Mann, RogerRoger Mann Interior design 2005
Marchbank, PearcePearce Marchbank Graphic design 2004
McConnell, JohnJohn McConnell Graphic design 1987
McDonald, AntonyAntony McDonald Theatre design 2004
McDowell, AlexAlex McDowell Production design 2006
McMurtry, DavidDavid McMurtry CBE Engineering design 1989
Meek, MarshallMarshall Meek Naval architecture 1986
Meeuwissen, TonyTony Meeuwissen Illustration 2013
Morrison, JasperJasper Morrison Furniture design 2001
Mudie, ColinColin Mudie Small craft naval 1995
Napier, JohnJohn Napier Theatre & film design 1996
Newson, MarcMarc Newson CBE General design 2006
Obrien, TimothyTimothy O'Brien Theatre design 1991
Osgerby, JayJay Osgerby OBE Furniture design 2007
Park, NickNick Park CBE Animation 2006
Paton, CharlieCharlie Paton Engineering design 2012
Pawson, JohnJohn Pawson Interior design 2005
Payne, StephenStephen Payne OBE Engineering design 2006
Pearson, DanDan Pearson Landscape design 2012
Pearson, LukeLuke Pearson Product design 2008
Powell, AnthonyAnthony Powell Costume design 1999
Powell, SandySandy Powell Costume design 2013
Quant, MaryMary Quant OBE Dress design 1969
Ramshaw, WendyWendy Ramshaw CBE Jewellery design 1999
Randle, JamesJames Randle Engineering design 1994
Restieaux, MaryMary Restieaux Textile design 2011
Rhodes, ZandraZandra Rhodes CBE Fashion and textiles 1976
Ruffles, PhilipPhilip Ruffles Engineering design 1997
Rylands, PatrickPatrick Rylands Product design 1999
Sandford, RonRon Sandford Illustration 1989
Saville, PeterPeter Saville Graphic design 2011
Scarfe, GeraldGerald Scarfe CBE Illustration 1989
Schwartzman, ArnoldArnold Schwartzman OBE Graphic design 2006
Smith, PaulPaul Smith CBE Fashion design 1978
Armstrong-Jones, AntonyAntony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Photography 1986
Stanton, AlanAlan Stanton Interior design 2005
Tye, AlanAlan Tye RIBA Product design 1986
Etzdorf, Georgina vonGeorgina von Etzdorf Textile design 1995
Walker, StuartStuart Walker Film and TV design 1998
Waterfall, SimonSimon Waterfall Interaction design 2007
Watkins, DavidDavid Watkins Jewellery design 2010
Westwood, VivienneVivienne Westwood DBE Fashion design 2001
Wheeler, RaymondRaymond Wheeler Engineering design 1995
Wigglesworth, SarahSarah Wigglesworth Architecture 2012
Wilkie, KimKim Wilkie Landscape design 2009
Williams, PaulPaul Williams Interior design 2009
Wise, ChrisChris Wise Structural engineering 1998
Wolff, MichaelMichael Wolff Graphic design 2011
Woodgate, TerenceTerence Woodgate Furniture design 2003
Woodroffe, PatrickPatrick Woodroffe Designing with light 2013
Zahedi, SaeedSaeed Zahedi OBE Engineering design 2013

HonRDIs

Name[2] Category Year
Arai, JunichiJunichi Arai Textile design 1987
Baron, FabienFabien Baron Graphic design 2000
Bellini, MarioMario Bellini General design 1991
Blahnik, ManoloManolo Blahnik Shoe design 2001
Branzi, AndreaAndrea Branzi General design 2008
Carpenter, JamesJames Carpenter Glass design 2008
Chermayeff, IvanIvan Chermayeff Graphic design 1991
Chwast, SeymourSeymour Chwast Graphic design 2005
Citterio, AntonioAntonio Citterio General design 2007
Cooper, KyleKyle Cooper Film and TV graphics 2001
Crouwel, WimWim Crouwel Graphic design 1998
Edelkoort, LidewijLidewij Edelkoort Design forecasting 2013
Esslinger, HartmutHartmut Esslinger Product design 2013
Diffrient, NielsNiels Diffrient Furniture design 1987
Fanelli, SaraSara Fanelli Illustration 2006
Fotopoulos, DionysisDionysis Fotopoulos Theatre and film design 1992
Fukasawa, NaotoNaoto Fukasawa Product design 2007
Gerstner, KarlKarl Gerstner Graphic design 2006
Glaser, MiltonMilton Glaser Graphics 1979
Grcic, KonstantinKonstantin Grcic Furniture design 2009
Greenberg, BobBob Greenberg Interaction design 2012
Gustafson, KathrynKathryn Gustafson Landscape and gardens 2001
Hofmann, ArminArmin Hofmann Illustration 1968
Holscher, KnudKnud Holscher Product design 2004
Iwai, ToshioToshio Iwai Interaction design 2012
Kawakubo, ReiRei Kawakubo Fashion design 2001
Kramer, FrisoFriso Kramer Furniture 1979
Kukkapuro, YrjoYrjö Kukkapuro Furniture design 2002
Larsen, Jack LenorJack Lenor Larsen Textile design 1983
Lupi, ItaloItalo Lupi Graphic design 2002
Magnussen, ErikErik Magnussen Furniture & product 2001
Mari, EnzoEnzo Mari Product design 2000
Mariscal, JavierJavier Mariscal General design 2006
Mau, BruceBruce Mau Graphic design 2011
Maurer, IngoIngo Maurer Lighting design 2005
Meda, AlbertoAlberto Meda Product design 2005
Missoni, OttavioOttavio Missoni Textile design 1997
Missoni, RositaRosita Missoni Textile design 1997
Miyake, IsseyIssey Miyake Fashion design 1988
Monguzzi, BrunoBruno Monguzzi Graphic design 2003
Morandini, MarcelloMarcello Morandini Ceramic design 2004
Moritz, UlfUlf Moritz Textile design 2004
Nurmesniemi, VuokkoVuokko Nurmesniemi Fashion and textiles 1988
Pininfarina, SergioSergio Pininfarina Automotive design 1983
Pollack, MarkMark Pollack Textile design 2007
Rams, DieterDieter Rams Electrical appliances and furniture 1968
Roope, TomasTomas Roope Interaction design 2012
Sapper, RichardRichard Sapper Product design 1988
Schwartz, MarthaMartha Schwartz Landscape design 2009
Sempe, Jean-JacquesJean-Jacques Sempé Illustration 1989
Sendak, MauriceMaurice Sendak Illustration 1986
Sottsass, EttoreEttore Sottsass Product design 1999
Spiekermann, ErikErik Spiekermann Type design 2007
Tallon, RogerRoger Tallon General design 1973
Tosi, PieroPiero Tosi Costume design 2007
Van Noted, DriesDries van Noten Fashion design 2008
Vignelli, MassimoMassimo Vignelli General design 1996
Virlogeux, MichelMichel Virlogeux Engineering design 2006
Yamamoto, YohjiYohji Yamamoto Fashion design 2006
Yanagi, SoriSori Yanagi General design 2008
Zapf, HermannHermann Zapf Type design 1985
Zumthor, PeterPeter Zumthor Architecture 2012
Zeisel, EvaEva Zeisel Ceramic design 2004

Former members

Past RDIs

Past Royal Designers for Industry [3]

  • Tony Abbott, Television & theatre design, 1972
  • Edward Ardizzone, Illustration, 1974
  • Hardy Amies, Dress design, 1964
  • Edward Abbott, Illustration, 1974
  • Jon Bannenberg, Motor yachts, 1978
  • Christian Barnard, Transport equipment, 1948
  • Edward Bawden, Graphics, 1949
  • Gerald Benney, Silversmithing, 1971
  • Misha Black, Exhibitions & interiors, 1957
  • John Box, Film production design, 1992
  • Bill Brandt, Photography, 1978
  • William Brown, Bridge design, 1977
  • Stefan Buzas, Exhibitions & interiors, 1961
  • Reco Capey, General design, 1937
  • Hugh Casson, Exhibitions, 1961
  • Achille Castiglioni, General design, 1986
  • Hulme Chadwick, Product design, 1974
  • Colin Chapman, Automotive design, 1979
  • Wells Coates, General design, 1944
  • Christopher Cockerell, Engineering design, 1987
  • Douglas Cockerell, Bookbinding, 1936
  • Susie Cooper, Pottery, 1940
  • Kay Cosserat, Textile design, 1986
  • Edward Gordon Craig, Stage design, 1937
  • Gordon Cullen, Illustration & townscape design, 1975
  • Robin Day, Furniture & exhibitions, 1959
  • Lucienne Day, Textiles, 1962
  • Richard Eckersley, Book design, 1999
  • Tom Eckersley, Posters, 1963
  • Alan Fletcher, Graphics & publicity design, 1972
  • Uffa Fox, Small boats, 1955
  • Barnett Freedman, Graphics, 1949
  • Roger Furse, Stage & film design, 1949
  • Abram Games, Posters, 1959
  • James Gardener, Exhibitions, 1947
  • J Laurent Giles, Yachts, 1951
  • Eric Gill, Typography & wood engraving, 1936
  • Robert Goodden, General design, 1947
  • Duncan Grant, Printed textiles, 1941
  • Eileen Gray, Furniture & interiors, 1972
  • Milner Gray, Packaging, 1937
  • E W Grieve, Shop window display, 1940
  • Jacqueline Groag, Textile design, 1964
  • Edmund Happold, Engineering design, 1983
  • Geoffrey de Havilland, Aircraft, 1944
  • Ashley Havinden, Graphics, 1947
  • Lionel Haworth, Engineering design, 1976
  • Ambrose Heal, Furniture, 1939
  • F H K Henrion, Packaging & graphics, 1959
  • Jocelyn Herbert, Theatre & cinema design, 1971
  • Robert Heritage, Furniture, 1963
  • George Him, Graphic design, 1977
  • James Hogan, Glass & stained glass, 1936
  • Paul Hogarth, Illustration, 1979
  • Charles Holden, Transport equipment, 1943
  • Jack Howe, Products and industrial equipment, 1961
  • Ian Hutt, Typographic & Newspaper design, 1970
  • James Irvine, Product design, 2004
  • Laurence Irving, date tbc
  • Alec Issigonis, Motor cars, 1964
  • Natasha Kroll, Shop display and television design, 1966
  • Lynton Lamb, Book design & illustration, 1974
  • Osbert Lancaster, Illustration, 1979
  • Margaret Leischner, Textiles, 1969
  • Richard Levin, Television design, 1971
  • Noel London, Engineering product design, 1973
  • William Lyons, Motor cars, 1964
  • Ethel Mairet, Woven textiles, 1937 (first woman)[4]
  • Eric de Maré, Photography, 1997
  • Enid Marx, Pattern design, 1944
  • J H Mason, 1936
  • James McNeill, Ships, 1950
  • David Mellor, Silver, cutlery & lighting, 1962
  • Percy Metcalfe, Medals & coinage, 1937
  • Francis Meynell, Typography, 1940
  • Bill Moggridge, Product design, 1988
  • Edward Molyneux, Dress, 1950
  • Stanley Morison, Type design & typography, 1960
  • Alastair Morton, textiles, 1960
  • Alex Moulton, Engineering Products, 1968
  • Jean Muir, Dress design, 1972
  • H G Murphy, Goldsmithing, 1936
  • Keith Murray, Glass, pottery & silver, 1936
  • Charles Nicholson, Yachts, 1944
  • Julia Trevelyan Oman, Theatre & film design, 1977
  • Brian O'Rorke, Interiors, 1939
  • Eric Carlton Ottaway, Road passenger vehicles, 1949
  • Derek Prime, Engineering design, 1982
  • Ian Proctor, Boats & small craft, 1969
  • Tom Purvis, Commercial art, 1936
  • Ernest Race, Furniture, 1953
  • A B Read, Light fittings, 1940
  • A A Rubbra, Engineering design, 1977
  • Gordon Russell, Furniture, 1940
  • R D Russell, Furniture, 1944
  • Hans Schleger, Exhibition display & packaging, 1959
  • Mr Hans Schmoller, Typography, 1976
  • Douglas Scott, Industrial designer, 1974
  • Ronald Searle, Illustration, 1991
  • George Sheringham, Interior decoration & textiles, 1936
  • Peter Simpson, Woven Textile design, 1974
  • Percy Delf Smith, Lettering, 1940
  • Basil Spence, Exhibitions & interiors, 1960
  • Herbert Spencer, Typography, 1965
  • Harold Stabler, Pottery, Enamelling & silversmithing, 1936
  • Richard Stevens, Product design, 1973
  • Reynolds Stone, Lettering, 1956
  • Marianne Straub, Woven textiles, 1972
  • Derek Sugden, Engineering design, 2009
  • Fred Taylor, Graphics, 1936
  • Philip Thompson, Graphics & illustration, 1997
  • Walter Tracy, Type design, 1973
  • Howard Upjohn, Engineering product design, 1973
  • C F A Voysey, Interior decoration, furniture & fabrics, 1936
  • Barnes Wallis, Aircraft, 1943
  • Allan Walton, Printed textiles, 1940
  • Neville Ward, Interior design & ship interiors, 1971
  • John Waterer, Leather Goods, 1953
  • Hans Wegner, Furniture, 1969
  • Robert Welch, Product design & silversmithing, 1965
  • Frank Whittle, Engineering design, 1985
  • Berthold Wolpe, Typefaces & lettering, 1959
  • Anna Zinkeisen, Graphics & mural painting, 1940

Past Honorary RDIs

Past Honorary Royal Designers for Industry [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Current Royal designers". RSA. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Current Honorary Royal Designers". RSA. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Past Royal Designers for Industry". RSA. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Margot Coatts, ‘Mairet , Ethel Mary (1872–1952)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 accessed 19 Oct 2015

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