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The faculty demonstrates the diverse impact of design in shaping our world.
Explore the profiles of current and past RDIs to understand their work.
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Alvar
Aalto
General
1947
Franco
Albini
Interiors, Exhibitions + Furniture
1971
Gordon
Andrews
General
1987
Junichi
Arai
Textiles
1987
Saul
Bass
Film + TV Graphics
1964
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
Nana
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
Christian
Joachim
Pottery
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
Biography
Biography
Work
Friso
Kramer
Furniture
1979
Jack
Larsen Lenor
Textile Design
1983
Raymond
Lowey
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
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
Sigurd
Persson
General
1987
Battista
Pininfarina
Motor Cars
1954
Sergio
Pininfarina
Automotive
1983
Steen
Eiler Ramussen
General
1947
Paul
Rand
Graphics
1973
Astrid
Sampe
Textiles
1949
Richard
Sapper
Product
1988
Timo
Sarpaneva
Glass, Pottery + Textiles
1963
Carlo
Scarpa
Exhibtions, Interiors + Museum Design
1969
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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