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Edward
Abbot
Illustration
1974
Tony
Abbott
Television + Theatre
1972
Kenneth
Adam
Product
2009
Hardy
Amies
Dress
1964
Edward
Ardizzone
Illustration
1974
Antony
Armstrong-Jones
Photography
1978
Dennis
Bailey
Illustration
1980
Jon
Bannenburg
Motor Yachts
1978
Christian
Barman
Transport Equipment
1948
Edward
Bawden
Graphics
1949
Gerald
Benney
Silversmithing
1971
Derek
Birdsall
Graphic Design
1983
Misha
Black
Exhibitions + Interiors
1957
John
Box
Film
1992
Bill
Brandt
Photography
1978
William
Brown
Bridges
1977
Paul
Brown
Theatre
2013
Nicholas
Butler
Product
1981
Stefan
Buzas
Exhibitions + Interiors
1961
Andy
Cameron
Interaction
2011
Reco
Capey
General
1938
Ron
Carter
Furniture
1971
David
Carter
Product Design
1974
Hugh
Casson
Exhibitions
1951
Hulme
Chadwick
Product
1974
Colin
Chapman
Automotive
1979
Wells
Coates
General
1944
Christopher
Cockerell
Engineering
1987
Douglas
Cockerell
Bookbinding
1936
Terence
Conran
General Design
2010
Susie
Cooper
Potter
1940
Kay
Cosserat
Textiles
1986
Edward Gordon
Craig
Stage
1938
Stuart
Craig
Film Production Design
2004
Gordon
Cullen
Illustration + Townscape
1975
Edward
Cullinan
Architecture
2010
Robin
Day
Furniture + Exhibitions
1959
Lucienne
Day
Textiles
1962
Eileen
Diss
TV + Theatre Design
1975
William
Dudley
Theatre Design
1989
Nigel
Dunnett
Landscape + Gardens
2023
Tom
Eckersley
Posters
1963
Richard
Eckersley
Books
1999
Mark
Fisher
Production
2012
Alan
Fletcher
Graphics + Publicity
1972
Colin
Forbes
Graphic Design
1974
Max
Fordham
Engineering Design
2008
Uffa
Fox
Small Boats
1955
Barnett
Freedman
Graphics
1949
Roger
Furse
Stage + Film
1949
Abram
Games
Posters
1959
James
Gardner
Exhibitions
1947
J Laurent
Giles
Yachts
1951
Eric
Gill
Typography + Wood Engraving
1936
Robert
Goodden
General
1947
Kenneth
Grange
General Design
1969
Duncan
Grant
Printed Textiles
1941
Eileen
Gray
Furniture + Interiors
1972
Milner
Gray
Packaging
1938
E W
Grieve
Shop Window Display
1940
Jacqueline
Groag
Textiles
1964
Edmund
Happold
Engineering
1983
Geoffrey
de Havilland
Aircraft
1944
Ashely
Havinden
Graphics
1947
Lionel
Haworth
Engineering
1976
Ambrose
Heal
Furniture
1939
F H K
Henrion
Packaging + Graphics
1959
Jocelyn
Herbert
Theatre + Cinema
1971
Robert
Heritage
Furniture
1963
George
Him
Graphics
1977
James
Hogan
Glass + Stained Glass
1936
Paul
Hogarth
Illustration
1979
Charles
Holden
Transport Equipment
1943
Jack
Howe
Products + Industrial
1961
Martin
Hunt
Ceramics + Glass
1981
Alan
Hutt
Typographic + Newspaper
1970
James
Irvine
Product
2004
Alan
Irvine
Exhibitions + Museum
1964
Laurence
Irving
Films
1939
Alec
Issigonis
Motor Cars
1964
Perry
King
Product Design
2000
Ralph
Koltai
Theatre
1984
Natasha
Kroll
Shop Display + Television
1966
Lynton
Lamb
Books + Illustration
1974
Martin
Lambie-Nairn
TV Graphics
1987
Osbert
Lancaster
Illustration
1979
Stefanos
Lazaridis
Theatre
2003
Margaret
Leischner
Textiles
1969
Renato Sonny
Levi
Ships
1987
Richard
Levin
Television
1971
David
Lewis
Product
1995
Noel
London
Engineering Product
1973
William
Lyons
Motor Cars
1954
George
Mackie
Book Design
1973
Ethel
Mairet
Woven Textiles
1938
Eric
de Mare
Photography
1997
Enid
Marx
Pattern
1944
J H
Mason
Printing
1936
David
McMurtry
Engineering Design
1989
James
McNeill
Ships
1950
Marshall
Meek
Naval Architecture
1986
David
Mellor
Silver, Cutlery + Lighting
1962
Percy
Metcalfe
Medals + Coinage
1938
Francis
Meynell
Typography
1940
Bill
Moggridge
Product
1988
Edward
Molyneux
Dress
1950
Stanley
Morrison
Typography
1960
Alastair
Morton
Textiles
1960
Alex
Moulton
Engineering Product
1968
Colin
Mudie
Small Craft Naval
1995
Jean
Muir
Dress
1972
H G
Murphy
Goldsmithing
1936
Keith
Murray
Glass, Pottery + Silver
1936
Charles
Nicholson
Yachts
1944
Timothy
O'Brien
Theatre Design
1991
Brian
O'Rorke
Interiors
1939
Julia
Trevelyan Oman
Theatre + Film
1977
Eric
Carlton Ottaway
Road Passenger Vehicles
1949
Anthony
Powell
Costume Design
1999
Derek
Prime
Engineering
1982
Ian
Proctor
Boats + Small Crafts
1969
Tom
Purvis
Commercial Art
1936
Mary
Quant
Dress Design
1969
Ernest
Race
Furniture
1953
Wendy
Ramshaw
Jewellery
1999
James
Randle
Engineering Design
1994
A B
Read
Light Fittings
1940
Richard
Rogers
Architecture
2014
A A
Rubbra
Engineering
1977
R D
Russell
Furniture
1944
Gordon
Russell
Furniture
1940
Patrick
Rylands
Product Design
1999
Hans
Schleger
Exhibition Display + Packaging
1959
Hans
Schmoller
Typography
1976
Douglas
Scott
Industrial
1974
Ronald
Searle
Illustration
1988
George
Sheringham
Interior Decoration + Textiles
1936
Peter
Simpson
Woven Textiles
1974
Percy
Delf Smith
Lettering
1940
Jonathan
Speirs
Light
2012
Basil
Spence
Exhibitions + Interiors
1960
Herbert
Spencer
Typography
1965
Harold
Stabler
Pottery, Enamelling + Silversmithing
1936
Richard
Stevens
Product
1973
Reynolds
Stone
Lettering
1956
Marianne
Straubb
Woven Textiles
1972
Derek
Sugden
Engineering
2009
Fred
Taylor
Graphics
1936
Philip
Thompson
Graphics
2000
Walter
Tracy
Type
1973
Howard
Upjohn
Engineering Product
1973
C F A
Voysey
Interior Decoration, Furniture + Fabrics
1936
Stuart
Walker
Film + TV Design
1989
Barnes
Wallis
Aircraft
1943
Allan
Walton
Printed Textiles
1940
Neville
Ward
Interior + Ships
1971
John
Waterer
Leather Goods
1953
Biography
Biography
Work
Robert
Welch
Product + Silversmithing
1965
Vivienne
Westwood
Fashion Design
2001
Raymond
Wheeler
Engineering
1995
Frank
Whittle
Engineering
1985
Berthold
Wolpe
Typefaces + Lettering
1959
Anna
Zinkeisen
Graphics + Mural Painting
1940
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