The faculty demonstrates the diverse impact of design in shaping our world.
      Explore the profiles of current and past RDIs to understand their work.
      Alvar Aalto
      General
      1947
      Franco Albini
      Interiors, Exhibitions + Furniture
      1971
      Gordon Andrews
      General
      1987
      Junichi Arai
      Textiles
      1987
      Saul Bass
      Film + TV Graphics
      1964
      Biography
      Biography
      Work
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      Photo of Saul Bass
      Herbert Bayer
      Graphics
      1984
      Andrea Branzi
      General Design
      2008
      Achille Castiglioni
      General
      1986
      Ivan Chermayeff
      Graphics
      1991
      Wim Crouwel
      Graphic Design
      1998
      Niels Diffrient
      Furniture
      1987
      Nanna Ditzel
      Product
      1996
      Chales Eames
      Furniture, Exhibitions + Interiors
      1960
      Jean Michel Folon
      Illustration
      1981
      Andre Francois
      Graphics
      1974
      Shigeo Fukuda
      Graphics
      1986
      Richard Buckminster Fuller
      Architecture
      1980
      Karl Gerstner
      Graphics
      2006
      Alexander Hayden Girard
      Interiors, Exhibitions + Furnishing Textiles
      1965
      Milton Glaser
      Graphic Design
      1979
      Walter Gropius
      General
      1947
      Edward Hald
      Glass
      1939
      Walter Herdeg
      Graphics
      1976
      WHJB Sandberg Holland
      Exhibition, Museum Displays + Typography
      1971
      Knud Holscher
      Product Design
      2004
      Christian Joachim
      Potter
      1939
      CL 'Kelly' Johnson
      Aircraft
      1984
      Finn Juhl
      Furniture + Interiors
      1978
      Dora Jung
      Woven Textiles
      1979
      Edward McKnight Kauffer
      Commercial Art
      1936
      Kaare Klint
      Furniture
      1949
      Takashi Kono
      Graphics
      1983
      Friso Kramer
      Furniture
      1979
      Yrjö Kukkapuro
      Furniture Design
      2002
      Jack Larsen Lenor
      Textile Design
      1983
      Raymond Loewy
      General
      1939
      Italo Lupi
      Graphic Design
      2002
      Vico Magistretti
      General
      1992
      Erik Magnussen
      Furniture + Product
      2001
      Enzo Mari
      Product Design
      2000
      Bruno Mathsson
      Furniture
      1978
      Herbert Matter
      Graphics + Photography
      1982
      Ingo Maurer
      Lighting Design
      2005
      Norman McLaren
      Film Animation
      1986
      Pierre Mendell
      Graphics
      1999
      Rosita Missoni
      Textile Design
      1997
      Ottavio Missoni
      Textiles
      1997
      Issey Miyake
      Fashion Design
      1988
      Borge Mogensen
      Furniture
      1972
      Josef Muller-Brockmann
      Graphics
      1988
      George Nelson
      General
      1973
      Marcello Nizzoli
      Typewriters + Calculating Machines
      1961
      Antti Nurmesniemi
      General
      1986
      Vuokko Nurmesniemi
      Fashion + Textiles
      1988
      Pierre Paulin
      Furniture
      2009
      Sigurd Persson
      General
      1987
      Battista Pininfarina
      Motor Cars
      1954
      Sergio Pininfarina
      Automotive
      1983
      Paul Rand
      Graphics
      1973
      Steen Eiler Rasmussen
      General
      1947
      Astrid Sampe
      Textiles
      1949
      Richard Sapper
      Product
      1988
      Timo Sarpaneva
      Glass, Pottery + Textiles
      1963
      Carlo Scarpa
      Exhibitions, Interiors + Museum Design
      1969
      Jean Jacques Sempé
      Illustration
      1989
      Maurice Sendak
      Illustration
      1986
      Ettore Sottsass
      Product
      1999
      Saul Steinberg
      Illustration
      1980
      Josef Svoboda
      Theatre
      1989
      Roger Tallon
      General
      1973
      Ilmari Tapiovaara
      Furniture
      1969
      Walter Dorwin Teague
      General
      1951
      Henryk Tomaszewski
      Graphics
      1975
      Roland Topor
      Illustration
      1988
      Piero Tosi
      Costume Design
      2007
      Jan Tschichold
      Typography + Books
      1965
      Massimo Vignelli
      General
      1996
      Hans Wegner
      Furniture
      1969
      Tapio Wirkkala
      Graphics
      1964
      Henry Wolf
      Graphics
      1990
      Sori Yanagi
      General
      2008
      Herman Zapf
      Type
      1985
      Eva Zeisel
      Ceramic
      2004
      Piet Zwart
      Typography
      1966
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