{"id":10412,"date":"2025-11-27T17:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/?p=10412"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:21:54","slug":"royal-society-for-arts-appoints-seven-royal-designers-for-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/royal-society-for-arts-appoints-seven-royal-designers-for-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Society for Arts appoints seven Royal Designers for Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"852\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-homepage_article_featured size-homepage_article_featured lazyload\" alt=\"Portrait of Yinka Ilori\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/rutha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/yinka-ilori-portrait_dezeen_2364_col_sq-852x852-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Seven creatives that &#8220;exemplify the power of design&#8221;, including designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/yinka-ilori\/\">Yinka Ilori<\/a> and journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/mona-chalabi\/\">Mona Chalabi<\/a>, have been named Royal Designers for Industry by the RSA.<span id=\"more-2274077\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The award, which has been given out since 1936, can only be held by 200 designers at any one time. It is given to &#8220;those who have achieved sustained design excellence and made a significant contribution to society through design,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thersa.org\/\">Royal Society for Arts<\/a> (RSA) said.<\/p>\n<p>This year saw five designers named Royal Designers for Industry, while two were awarded the title Honorary Royal Designer for Industry.<\/p>\n<p>The five Royal Designers for Industry are <a href=\"https:\/\/yinkailori.com\/\">Ilori<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/monachalabi.com\/\">Chalabi,<\/a> as well as graphic designer <a href=\"https:\/\/studiofrith.com\/about\/\">Frith Kerr<\/a>, speculative designer <a href=\"http:\/\/daisyginsberg.com\/\">Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg<\/a> and stone carver <a href=\"https:\/\/teucerwilson.co.uk\/\">Teucer Wilson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Digital designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aprilgreiman.com\/\">April Greiman<\/a> and structural designer <a href=\"https:\/\/brg.ethz.ch\/\">Philippe Block<\/a> were named Honorary Royal Designers for Industry.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-in-article-wrapper\" id=\"recommended-item-single-story\">\n<article class=\"related-in-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2023\/11\/16\/mona-chalabi-pulitzer-prize-winner\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Can this image be in the exclude lightbox list? --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Portrait of Mona Chalabi\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/rutha.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mona-chalabi-interview_dezeen_2364_sq-191x191-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article-text\">\n<h1>Read:<\/h1>\n<h2>&#8220;Data replicates the existing systems of power&#8221; says Pulitzer Prize-winner Mona Chalabi<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The winners all &#8220;exemplify the power of design to connect beauty with responsibility and imagination with impact&#8221;, the RSA said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Design lives and breathes in everything around us \u2013 it&#8217;s the meeting point of creativity, care and courage,&#8221; said master of the faculty of Royal Designers for Industry Johanna Gibbons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Each of our new Royal Designers shows how design can transform the way we see and shape the world, bringing people together and restoring balance between human and natural systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By giving out the award, the RSA said it wants to &#8220;celebrate design as a living force for progress&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>People who have previously held the title include fashion designers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/paul-smith\/\">Paul Smith<\/a> and Zandra Rhodes, as well as industrial designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/jonathan-ive\/\">Jony Ive<\/a> and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The RSA celebrates design as the creative force shaping how we live \u2013 in everything we see, use and imagine,&#8221; said RSA head of design and innovation Joanna Choukeir.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The RDIs represent design at its most ambitious \u2013 not as decoration or luxury, but as a vital force for change. We are delighted to welcome these new RDIs and HRDIs and are proud to be the home of the world&#8217;s most prestigious design community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Recent projects by Ilori include a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/09\/09\/yinka-ilori-new-york-city-bloomingdales-cherish-your-magic\/\">Bloomingdale&#8217;s pop-up covered in flowers<\/a>. 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