Awards and Exhibitions
In October 2008, Harrison was awarded the Lifetime Achievement National Design Award by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. He is the first African-American to receive this accolade.
In 2007, his work was featured alongside other African-American product designers at the Designs for Life: Black Creativity 2007 exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
In 2006 his memoir, A Life's Design: The Life and Work of Industrial Designer Charles Harrison, was published by Ibis Design.
In 2006, Harrison received a Lifetime Achievement Award from FocusOnDesign, a Washington, D.C.-based group that promotes diversity in design. In the same year, he also received "personal recognition" from The Industrial Designers Society of America.
In 2000, Harrison's work was featured in an exhibit titled "The World of a Product Designer: Charles Harrison" at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center.
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