Past Honorary Royal Designers
Updated: February 2008
Mr Alvar Aalto Finland General Design 1947
Mr Franco Albini Italy Interiors, Exhibitions & Furniture 1971
Mr Gordon Andrews Australia General Design 1987
Mr Saul Bass USA Film & TV Graphics 1964
Mr Herbert Bayer USA Graphic Design 1984
Mr Richard Buckminster Fuller USA Architecture & Design 1980
Mr Achille Castiglioni General Design 1986
Ms Nanna Ditzel Product Design 1996
Mr Charles Eames USA Furniture, Exhibitions & Interiors 1960
Mr Jean Michel Folon Illustration 1981
Mr André Francois Graphics 1974
Mr Alexander Hayden Girard USA Interiors, Exhibitions & Furnishing Textiles 1965
Mr Walter Gropius USA General Design 1947
Mr Edward Hald Sweden Glass 1939
Mr Walter Herdeg Switzerland Graphic Design 1976
Mr Christian Joachim Sweden Pottery 1939
Mr CL 'Kelly' Johnson USA Aircraft Design 1984
Mr Finn Juhl Denmark Furniture & Interiors 1978
Ms Dora Jung Finland Woven Textiles 1979
Mr Kaare Klint Denmark Furniture 1949
Mr Takashi Kono Japan Graphics 1983
Mr Raymond Loewy USA General Design 1939
Mr Vico Magistretti General Design 1992
Mr Bruno Mathsson Sweden Furniture 1978
Mr Herbert Matter Switzerland Graphics & Photography 1982
Mr Edward McKnight Kauffer USA Commercial Art 1936
Mr Norman McLaren Canada Film Animation 1986
Mr Borge Mogensen Denmark Furniture 1972
Mr Josef Muller-Brockmann Switzerland Graphic Design 1988
Mr George Nelson USA General Design 1973
Mr Marcello Nizzoli Italy Typewriters & Calculating Machines 1961
Professor Antti Nurmesniemi Finland General Design 1986
Professor Sigurd Persson Sweden General Design 1987
Mr Battista Pininfarina Italy Motor Cars 1954
Mr Paul Rand USA Graphics 1973
Mr Steen Eiler Rasmussen Denmark General Design 1947
Professor Astrid Sampe Sweden Textile Design 1949
Mr WHJB Sandberg Holland Exhibition & Museum Display, Typography 1971
Mr Timo Sarpaneva Glass Pottery & Textiles 1963
Mr Carlo Scarpa Italy Exhibitions, Interiors & Museum Design 1969
Mr Ettore Sottsass Italy Product Design 1999
Mr Saul Steinberg USA Illustration 1980
Mr Josef Svoboda Czechoslovakia Theatre Design 1989
Mr Ilmari Tapiovaara Finland Furniture 1969
Mr Walter Dorwin Teague USA General Design 1951
Mr Henryk Tomaszewski Graphics 1975
Mr Roland Topor France Illustration 1988
Mr Jan Tschichold Switzerland Typography & Book Design 1965
Mr Hans Wegner Furniture 1969
Mr Tapio Wirkkala Finland Glass, Wood & Silver 1964
Mr Henry Wolf USA Graphic Design 1990
Mr Piet Zwart Holland Typography 1966
