Jack Stauffacher's work in printing books, typography and design combines an informed reverence for the Classics with an insightful appreciation of innovation. He has published a definitive collection of the 17th century Dutch typeface Janson; and is a proponent of modern design, using the principles of minimalism to organize two-dimensional space. He founded Greenwood Press in 1936 and received an AIGA Medal in 2004.

Ivan Chermayeff and Thomas Geismar, recipients of the 1979 AIGA Medal, are recognized for the clarity and organization of their graphics systems, and for their pursuit of consistent details that work at every size and scale to solve the problems of multilingual programs.

Herb Lubalin, an iconoclastic advertising art director and publication designer of distinction, received the 1980 AIGA Medal for his mastery of the theory of meaning and how meaning is communicated, and for his landmark typography-based designs.

Over a five-decade long career, James Cross’s elegant and direct graphic work has made a significant visual contribution to the U.S. corporate landscape. He has generated and honed the visual identities for such corporations as the independent research organization RAND Corporation, global defense company Northrop, and Simpson Paper. In 2004, he was awarded an AIGA Medal.

Joe Duffy, chairman of Duffy & Partners and recipient of a 2004 AIGA Medal, is recognized as an inventive integrator of design and branding with advertising.

A noted industrial designer and innovator of design theory, Jay Doblin served Chicago’s Institute of Technology for 32 years—as a teacher and a director—influencing thousands of designers, many of whom now lead major product design and graphic design operations worldwide. In 2004, he was awarded an AIGA Medal.