The faculty demonstrates the diverse impact of design in shaping our world.
Explore the profiles of current and past RDIs to understand their work.
Tony Abbot
Television + Theatre
1972
Edward Abbot
Illustration
1974
Kenneth Adam
Product
2009
Hardy Amies
Dress
1964
Edward Ardizzone
Illustration
1974
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Photography
1986
Dennis Bailey
Illustration
1980
Jon Bannenburg
Motor Yachts
1978
Christian Barnard
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
1937
Ron Carter
Furniture
1971
David Carter
Product Design
1974
Hugh Casson
Exhibitions
1961
Hulme Chadwick
Product
1974
Colin Chapman
Automotive
1979
Wells Coates
General
1944
Douglas Cockerell
Bookbinding
1936
Christopher Cockerell
Engineering
1987
Terence Conran
General Design
2010
Susie Cooper
Pottery
1940
Kay Cosserat
Textiles
1986
Edward Gordon Craig
Stage
1937
Gordon Cullen
Illustration + Townscape
1975
Lucienne Day
Textiles
1962
Robin Day
Furniture + Exhibitions
1959
Eileen Diss
TV + Theatre Design
1975
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
Exhibitons
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
Milner Gray
Packaging
1937
Eileen Gray
Furniture + Interiors
1972
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
Alan Irvine
Exhibitions + Museum
1964
James Irvine
Product
2004
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
1937
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
1937
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
Pierre Paulin
Furniture
2009
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
Hans Schleger
Exhibiton Display + Packaging
1959
Hans Schmoller
Typography
1976
Douglas Scott
Industrial
1974
Ronald Searle
Illustration
1991
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
1997
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
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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