IN PICTURES: AIGA Awards Gala

AIGA, the professional association for design,  hosted a successful 2017 Awards Gala  at Pier Sixty raising more than $450,000. The proceeds from the gala will benefit essential AIGA programs and initiatives such as World Studio Scholarships, Design Archives, Diversity & Inclusion, Women Lead, and Design for Good.

The event celebrated the 2017 AIGA Medalists. The AIGA Medal honors distinguished practitioners and leaders whose imagination, intelligence and skill have inspired and deepened the impact of design across business, education, society and our collective futures. The 2017 AIGA Medalists include Art Chantry, Emmett McBain, Rebeca Méndez, Mark Randall, Lance Wyman, Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell.

2017 AIGA Medalist Emmett McBain’s daughter Letta Harrison

AIGA Medalist Rebeca Méndez

AIGA executive director Julie Anixter

Gala chairs Bobby C. Martin Jr. (left) and Brian Collins

Douglas Powell (left) and Bobby C. Martin Jr. with gala guests

2017 Medalists Nancy Skolos (left) and Thomas Wedell accepting their award

Gala chair Brian Collins (left) with Tom Secunda, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.

Left to right: Julie Anixter, Su Mathews Hale, Lance Wyman, Letta Harrison (daughter of Emmett McBain), Brian Collins, Christine Taylor, Bobby C. Martin, Mark Randall, Rebeca Méndez, Nancy Skolos, Thomas Wedell, and Art Chantry

Left to right: Rebeca Méndez, Tom Secunda, Thomas Wedell, Mark Randall, Art Chantry, Nancy Skolos, Lance Wyman and Letta Harrison.

AIGA Corporate Leadership Award

AIGA Medal - designed by James Earl Fraser in 1920