Past Honorary RDIs
- Edward McKnight Kauffer, Commercial art, 1936
- Alvar Aalto, General design, 1947
- Franco Albini, Interiors, exhibitions & furniture, 1971
- Gordon Andrews, General design, 1987
- Saul Bass, Film & TV graphics, 1964
- Herbert Bayer, Graphic design, 1984
- Richard Buckminster Fuller, Architecture & design, 1980
- Nanna Ditzel, Product design, 1996
- Charles Eames, Furniture, exhibitions & interiors, 1960
- Jean-Michel Folon, Illustration, 1981
- André François, Graphics 1974
- Shigeo Fukada, Graphic design, 1986
- Alexander Girard, Interiors, exhibitions & furnishing textiles, 1965
- Walter Gropius, General design, 1947
- Edward Hald, Glass, 1939
- Walter Herdeg, Graphic design, 1976
- Christian Joachim, Pottery, 1939
- CL 'Kelly' Johnson, Aircraft design, 1984
- Finn Juhl, Furniture & interiors, 1978
- Dora Jung, Woven textiles, 1979
- Kaare Klint, Furniture, 1949
- Takashi Kono, Graphics, 1983
- Raymond Loewy, General design, 1939
- Vico Magistretti, General design, 1992
- Pierre Mendell, Graphic design, 1999
- Bruno Mathsson, Furniture, 1978
- Herbert Matter, Graphics & photography, 1982
- Norman McLaren, Film Animation, 1986
- Borge Mogensen, Furniture, 1972
- Josef Muller-Brockmann, Graphic design, 1988
- George Nelson, General design, 1973
- Marcello Nizzoli, Typewriters & calculating machines, 1961
- Antti Nurmesniemi, General design, 1986
- Sigurd Persson, General design, 1987
- Battista Farina, Motor cars, 1954
- Paul Rand, Graphics, 1973
- Steen Eiler Rasmussen, General design, 1947
- Astrid Sampe, Textile design, 1949
- WHJB Sandberg, Exhibition & museum display, typography, 1971
- Timo Sarpaneva, Pottery & textiles, 1963
- Carlo Scarpa, Exhibitions, interiors & museum design, 1969
- Saul Steinberg, Illustration, 1980
- Olin Stephens, Yacht design, 1975
- Josef Svoboda, Theatre design, 1989
- Ilmari Tapiovaara, Furniture, 1969
- Walter Dorwin Teague, General design, 1951
- Henryk Tomaszewski, Graphics, 1975
- Roland Topor, Illustration, 1988
- Jan Tschichold, Typography & book design, 1965
- Tapio Wirkkala, Glass, wood & silver, 1964
- Henry Wolf, Graphic design, 1990
- Piet Zwart, Typography, 1966
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