Art Directors Club Hall of Fame

The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame was established in 1971, by the Art Directors Club of New York, a professional organization in the design and creative industries. The Art Directors Club selects its honorees from those "who have made significant contributions to art direction and visual communications, and whose lifetime achievements represent the highest standards of creative excellence."

In addition to designers usually notable within the communities of design and advertising, the honorees include more popular artists who have affected the broader field of visual culture, including, for example, Issey Miyake, Jim Henson and Andy Warhol.

On its website, the Art Directors Club maintains a biography of each of the Hall of Fame honorees.

In a video shown at the 2010 Hall of Fame gala, George Lois speaks a little bit about the award and its history. In the video, Lois calls the Hall of Fame honors "the Oscars of the advertising business."

2012
The 2012 Hall of Fame Benefit Gala was held on October 5, 2012, in Manhattan.


 * Barry Blitt
 * David Droga
 * Mary Ellen Mark
 * Kevin O'Callaghan
 * Deborah Sussman

2011
The 2011 black-tie gala was held on November 10, 2011, and was emceed by Steve Heller. Christoph Niemann provided illustrations for publicity of the Hall of Fame gala and associated exhibition. Jennica Johnstone designed the invitations and associated assets.


 * Ruth Ansel, 2011
 * Marshall Arisman, 2011
 * John C Jay, 2011
 * Joe Pytka, 2011
 * Paola Antonelli, 2011

2010
The 2010 Hall of Fame gala was held on Thursday, November 4, 2010, at the Art Directors Club on West 29th Street. Pentagram designed the invitations for the 2010 Hall of Fame gala ceremony, using Matthew Carter's Carter Sans typeface.


 * Fabien Baron, 2010
 * Matthew Carter, 2010
 * Philip Hays, 2010
 * Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel, 2010
 * George Nelson, 2010
 * Christoph Niemann, 2010
 * Dan Wieden, 2010
 * Brigitte Lacombe, 2010

2008
Six Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at a black-tie gala at the ADC Gallery in New York on November 6, 2008. The benefit gala was emceed by John Hockenberry and was one part of a week of activities all taking place at the ADC Gallery.


 * Alex Bogusky, 2008
 * Sir John Hegarty, 2008
 * Ray Eames, 2008
 * Maira Kalman, 2008
 * John Maeda, 2008
 * R. Roger Remington, 2008
 * Bruce Weber, 2008

2006
2006's Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at a gala black-tie dinner at the ADC Gallery in New York on Thursday, October 12.


 * Janet Froelich, 2006
 * Issey Miyake, 2006
 * Nicholas Negroponte, 2006
 * Nancy Rice, 2006
 * Art Spiegelman, 2006
 * Bert Stern, 2006

2004

 * Jerry Andelin, 2004
 * Jay Chiat, 2004
 * Muriel Cooper, 2004
 * Louise Fili, 2004
 * Al Hirschfeld, 2004
 * Bruce McCall, 2004
 * Duane Michals, 2004
 * Edward Tufte, 2004
 * Tibor Kalman, 2004

2003

 * Michael Bierut, 2003
 * André François, 2003
 * David Kennedy, 2003
 * Richard Saul Wurman, 2003

2001–2002

 * Rich Silverstein, 2001–2002
 * Giorgio Soavi, 2001–2002
 * Edward Sorel, 2001–2002
 * Philip Meggs, 2001–2002

2000

 * Edward Benguiat, 2000
 * Pablo Ferro, 2000
 * Joe Sedelmaier, 2000
 * Tadanori Yokoo, 2000

1999

 * R. O. Blechman, 1999
 * Annie Leibovitz, 1999
 * Stan Richards, 1999
 * Richard Wilde, 1999

1998

 * Tom Geismar, 1998
 * Chuck Jones, 1998
 * Paula Scher, 1998
 * Alex Steinweiss, 1998
 * Red Burns, 1998

1997

 * Allan Beaver, 1997
 * Sheila Metzner, 1997
 * B. Martin Pedersen, 1997
 * George Tscherny, 1997

1996

 * Bill McCaffery, 1996
 * Erik Nitsche, 1996
 * Arnold Varga, 1996
 * Fred Woodward, 1996
 * Steve Heller, 1996

1995

 * Robert Brownjohn, 1995
 * Paul Davis, 1995
 * Jay Maisel, 1995
 * Roy Kuhlman, 1995

1994

 * Alan Fletcher, 1994
 * Norman Rockwell, 1994
 * Ikko Tanaka, 1994
 * Rochelle Udell, 1994
 * Andy Warhol, 1994

1993

 * Leo Burnett, 1993
 * Yusaku Kamekura, 1993
 * Robert Wilvers, 1993
 * Howard Zieff, 1993

1992

 * Eiko Ishioka, 1992
 * Rick Levine, 1992
 * Onofrio Paccione, 1992
 * Gordon Parks, 1992

1991

 * Jim Henson, 1991
 * Bea Feitler, 1991
 * Bob Gill, 1991
 * Bob Giraldi, 1991
 * Richard Hess, 1991

1990

 * Robert Weaver, 1990
 * Lee Clow, 1990
 * Reba Sochis, 1990
 * Frank Zachary, 1990

1989

 * Rudolph de Harak, 1989
 * Herschel Levit, 1989
 * Raymond Loewy, 1989

1988
The New York Times reported that three inductees were to be honored on the evening of October 21, 1988. The Art Directors Club listing of Hall of Fame honorees includes those three inductees and a fourth, Silas Rhodes.


 * Silas Rhodes, 1988
 * Ben Shahn, 1988
 * Bert Steinhauser, 1988
 * Mike Tesch, 1988

1987
The New York Times reported that four inductees were to be honored on the evening of October 23, 1987, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The Art Directors Club listing of Hall of Fame honorees includes those four inductees and a fifth, Leon Friend.


 * Willy Fleckhaus, 1987
 * Leon Friend, 1987
 * Shigeo Fukuda, 1987
 * Steve Horn, 1987
 * Tony Palladino, 1987

1986

 * Walt Disney, 1986
 * Roy Grace, 1986
 * Alvin Lustig, 1986
 * Arthur Paul, 1986

1985

 * Art Kane, 1985
 * Len Sirowitz, 1985
 * Charles Tudor, 1985

1984

 * Charles Eames, 1984
 * Wallace Elton, 1984
 * Sam Scali, 1984
 * Louis Silverstein, 1984

1983

 * Bill Bernbach, 1983
 * Aaron Burns, 1983
 * Seymour Chwast, 1983
 * Steve Frankfurt, 1983

1982
According to an article in The New York Times, the 1982 Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at a dinner at the Pierre Hotel in November 1982 in Manhattan.


 * Richard Avedon, 1982
 * Amil Gargano, 1982
 * Jerome Snyder, 1982
 * Massimo Vignelli, 1982

1981
According to The New York Times, the 1981 Hall of Fame laureates were inducted at an event at the Pierre Hotel.


 * Lucian Bernhard, 1981
 * Ivan Chermayeff, 1981
 * György Kepes, 1981
 * George Krikorian, 1981
 * William Taubin, 1981

1980

 * Gene Federico, 1980
 * Otto Storch, 1980
 * Henry Wolf, 1980

1979

 * W. A. Dwiggins, 1979
 * George Giusti, 1979
 * Milton Glaser, 1979
 * Helmut Krone, 1979
 * Willem Sandberg, 1979
 * Ladislav Sutnar, 1979
 * Jan Tschichold, 1979

1978

 * Thomas M. Cleland, 1978
 * Louis Dorfsman, 1978
 * Allen Hurlburt, 1978
 * George Lois, 1978

1977

 * Saul Bass, 1977
 * Herb Lubalin, 1977
 * Bradbury Thompson, 1977

1976

 * E. McKnight Kauffer, 1976
 * Herbert Matter, 1976

1975

 * Gordon Aymar, 1975
 * Herbert Bayer, 1975
 * Cipe Pineles Burtin, 1975
 * Heyworth Campbell, 1975
 * Alexander Liberman, 1975
 * László Moholy-Nagy, 1975

1974

 * Will Burtin, 1974
 * Leo Lionni, 1974
 * Edward McCabe, 1974
 * Shirley Polykoff, 1974

1973

 * Charles Coiner, 1973
 * Paul Smith, 1973
 * Jack Tinker, 1973

1972

 * M.F. Agha, 1972
 * Lester Beall, 1972
 * Alexey Brodovitch, 1972
 * A. M. Cassandre, 1972
 * Rene Clarke, 1972
 * Robert Gage, 1972
 * William Golden, 1972
 * Paul Rand, 1972