IDSA Special Award List

The IDSA Executive Committee may vote a Special Award to organizations and projects for: notable results; creative and innovative concepts; and long-term benefits to the profession, its educational functions and society at large. Prior to 1996, this award was given to individuals as well.

1965 Edgar Kaufmann Jr. (1910–1989)
1965 Constantinos Doxiadis (1913–1975)
1966 R. Buckminster Fuller, IDSA (1895–1983)
1968 Frederick J. Close (1906—1989)
1969 Pedro Ramirez-Vasquez
1974 J. C. Penny & Co., Inc.
1977 Armco Steel
1978 IBM Corporation
1978 Bang and Olufsen
1979 National Endowment for the Arts
1980 National Center for a Barrier Free Environment
1981 Dr. Paul MacCready
1985 Department of Architecture and Design, MOMA
1990 Design Management Institute
1992 Congressman Richard Gephardt
1992 Congressman Carlos Moorhead (1922–2011)
1992 Henry Dreyfuss Associates
1993 Motorola
1994 NCR Corp.
1995 Tom Bidwell of Crown Equipment
1997 Pratt Institute
1998 National Housewares Manufacturers Association
2000 RISD's Universal Kitchen Project
2001 Business Week magazine
2007 Samsung Design Membership Program / Mr. Kook-Hyun Chung
2011 RitaSue Siegel Resources
2011 Core 77