Sylvia Harris: 2014 AIGA Medalist video

AIGA presents 2014 Medalist: Sylvia Harris. Video by Dress Code.

Recognized for an unerring commitment to using design to improve the civic experience and for influencing a generation of designers as a teacher and mentor.

The medal of AIGA—the most distinguished in the field—is awarded to individuals in recognition of their exceptional achievements, services or other contributions to the field of design and visual communication. The contribution may be in the practice of design, teaching, writing or leadership of the profession. The awards may honor designers posthumously.

Medals have been awarded since 1920 to individuals who have set standards of excellence over a lifetime of work or have made individual contributions to innovation within the practice of design.

Individuals who are honored may work in any country, but the contribution for which they are honored should have had a significant impact on the practice of graphic design in the United States.