rdi awards
Posted on | December 20, 2007 |
the 2007 ‘royal designer for industry’ awards were given out early this month, honoring 6 uk designers; in addition 6 international designers, received ‘honourary royal designer for industry’ distinctions. the awards were set up by the ‘royal society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures & commerce’ in 1936 to encourage high standards in design. only 200 designers can hold the distinction at any time, making it one of the most highly regarded design honours in the uk. the distinction of ‘honorary royal designer for industry’ is also only awarded to a limited number of designers.the 2007 ‘rdi’ awards were given to edward barber and jay osgerby, nigel gee, margaret howell, ben kelly and simon waterfall. the honourary ‘rdi’ awards were given to naoto fukasawa, antonio citterio, john lasseter, mark pollack, erik spiekermann and piero tosi.
the “le monde” newspaper design by erik spiekermann
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