achievement award

Created in 2001 as the Icograda Achievement Award, the ICoD Achievement Award honours an outstanding career.


The Award may be presented to an individual or a team in recognition of outstanding and consistent achievement in the practice, education or promotion of design. Achievement Award winners are nominated by ICoD Members.

achievement award
ICoD Achievement Award 2022 recipient Gediminas Lašas

see the past recipients

2019-2022

Gediminas Lašas (Lithuanian Design Association, LDA) | Audrius Klimas (Lithuanian Design Association, LDA) | Aušra Lisauskienė (Lithuanian Design Association, LDA)

2017-2019

Bob Hambly (Association of Registered Graphic Designers, RGD) | Hélène Godin (Société des designers graphiques du Québec, SDGQ) | Hanno Ehses (Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, GDC) and Deborah Shackleton (Emily Carr University of Art and Design).

2015-2017

Louise St. Pierre (Emily Carr University of Art and Design) | Rod McDonald (Graphic Designers of Canada, GDC) | Pierre Léonard (Société des designers graphiques du Québec, SDGQ)

2013-2015

Kim Jongdeok (Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the Republic of Korea) | Done Ryun Chang (Hongik University, Seoul, Korea) | Cho Young Jae (Seoul National University) | Kwon Myung Kwan (Sangmyung University of Visual Design, South Korea)

2011-2013

Jorge Frascara, Peter Bartl and Walter Jungkind (University of Alberta, Canada) |  Robert L. Peters (Graphic Designers of Canada, GDC, Canada) | Frederic Metz (Société des designers graphiques du Québec, SDGQ, Canada) | Walter Jungkind (FGDC, Canada)

2009-2011

Mimmo Cozzalino, Richard Henderson, Steven Huxley, Trevor Flett and Wayne Rankin (AGDA, Australia) | Lin Horng-Jer (KCA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Stony Cherng (TGDA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Tzung-Kuei Yang (GDA-Taiwan, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Han-Pin Chen (TADA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Taddy Ho (TPDA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Tony Chang (TDC, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei)

2007-2009

Dr. Michael Bryce (DIA, Australia) | Ken Cato (AGDA, Australia) | Garry Emery (AGDA, Australia) | Shigeo Fukuda (JAGDA, Japan) awarded posthumously |  Mario Piazza (AIAP, Italy) | Kumnam Baik (KECD, Korea) | Young Hye Lee (KECD, Korea)

2005-2007

Sara Little Turnbull (AIGA, United States) | Roy Clucas (think, South Africa) | Farshid Mesghali (IGDS, Iran)

2003-2005

Yurdaer Altintas (GMK, Turkey) | Jaroslav Sura (AUG, Czech Republic) | Morteza Momayez (IGDS, Iran)

2001-2003

Prof. Alfred Proksch (DA, Austria) | Peter Simlinger (DA, Austria) | Josef Flejsar (AUG, Czech Republic) | Dunan Junek (BBA-UVU, Czech Republic) |  Prof. Ziegler (Typo Design Club, Czech Republic) |  Rotislav Vanek (DCCR, Czech Republic) |  Jan Rajlich Sr. (DCCR, Czech Republic) | Ma Degang (SHGDA, China) | Yu Bingnan (CCII, China) | Qi Feng (NJGDA, China) | Donna Lung (CETRA, Chinese Taipei) | Yang Chuan-Sheng (GDA-Taiwan, Chinese Taipei) | Ben Wang (TGDA, Chinese Taipei) | Apex Pang-soong Lin (TPDA, Chinese Taipei) | Amand Domenech (ADG-FAD, Spain) awarded posthumously


2019-2022

Gediminas Lašas (Lithuanian Design Association, LDA) | Audrius Klimas (Lithuanian Design Association, LDA) | Aušra Lisauskienė (Lithuanian Design Association, LDA)

2017-2019

Bob Hambly (Association of Registered Graphic Designers, RGD) | Hélène Godin (Société des designers graphiques du Québec, SDGQ) | Hanno Ehses (Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, GDC) and Deborah Shackleton (Emily Carr University of Art and Design).

2015-2017

Louise St. Pierre (Emily Carr University of Art and Design) | Rod McDonald (Graphic Designers of Canada, GDC) | Pierre Léonard (Société des designers graphiques du Québec, SDGQ)

2013-2015

Kim Jongdeok (Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism for the Republic of Korea) | Done Ryun Chang (Hongik University, Seoul, Korea) | Cho Young Jae (Seoul National University) | Kwon Myung Kwan (Sangmyung University of Visual Design, South Korea)

2011-2013

Jorge Frascara, Peter Bartl and Walter Jungkind (University of Alberta, Canada) |  Robert L. Peters (Graphic Designers of Canada, GDC, Canada) | Frederic Metz (Société des designers graphiques du Québec, SDGQ, Canada) | Walter Jungkind (FGDC, Canada)

2009-2011

Mimmo Cozzalino, Richard Henderson, Steven Huxley, Trevor Flett and Wayne Rankin (AGDA, Australia) | Lin Horng-Jer (KCA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Stony Cherng (TGDA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Tzung-Kuei Yang (GDA-Taiwan, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Han-Pin Chen (TADA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Taddy Ho (TPDA, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei) | Tony Chang (TDC, Taiwan - Chinese Taipei)

2007-2009

Dr. Michael Bryce (DIA, Australia) | Ken Cato (AGDA, Australia) | Garry Emery (AGDA, Australia) | Shigeo Fukuda (JAGDA, Japan) awarded posthumously |  Mario Piazza (AIAP, Italy) | Kumnam Baik (KECD, Korea) | Young Hye Lee (KECD, Korea)

2005-2007

Sara Little Turnbull (AIGA, United States) | Roy Clucas (think, South Africa) | Farshid Mesghali (IGDS, Iran)

2003-2005

Yurdaer Altintas (GMK, Turkey) | Jaroslav Sura (AUG, Czech Republic) | Morteza Momayez (IGDS, Iran)

2001-2003

Prof. Alfred Proksch (DA, Austria) | Peter Simlinger (DA, Austria) | Josef Flejsar (AUG, Czech Republic) | Dunan Junek (BBA-UVU, Czech Republic) |  Prof. Ziegler (Typo Design Club, Czech Republic) |  Rotislav Vanek (DCCR, Czech Republic) |  Jan Rajlich Sr. (DCCR, Czech Republic) | Ma Degang (SHGDA, China) | Yu Bingnan (CCII, China) | Qi Feng (NJGDA, China) | Donna Lung (CETRA, Chinese Taipei) | Yang Chuan-Sheng (GDA-Taiwan, Chinese Taipei) | Ben Wang (TGDA, Chinese Taipei) | Apex Pang-soong Lin (TPDA, Chinese Taipei) | Amand Domenech (ADG-FAD, Spain) awarded posthumously