Award ceremony of the honorary doctorate by the Royal Collage of Art, London, 1991, Giorgio Armani, Dr. Norman Foster, Ron Kitaj, David Lynch, Dieter Rams (from left to right)
Photo: Sidney Harris © Royal Collage of Art
Since 1954
iF Die gute Industrieform (1954-87), later renamed iF Industrieform Hannover (1988-96), from1997 iF Design Awards – in total Braun has won 365 awards, including many products by Dieter Rams
Awards ceremony at Hannover Fair, from 2012 MCBW Munich Creative Business Week / various names for iF Hannover: Deutsche Messe und Ausstellungs AG in coop. with German Design Council, Arbeitskreis industrielle Formgebung in BDI and Verein Industrieform Essen (1954-57); iF Die gute Industrieform e.V. (1960-89); Industrie Forum Design Hannover e.V. (1990-2001); iF International Forum Design GmbH (from 2002)
Hanover, from 2012 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
1957
Gran Premio for Braun’s entire product range
11th Triennale di Milano
Milan, Italy
1958
Etoile d’Or for the complete Braun range of products
World Expo Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
1960
Gran Premio for the complete Braun range of products
12th Triennale di Milano
Milan, Italy
1960
Scholarship from the Cultural Association of German Business in the BDI e.V. to Dieter Rams
Confederation of German Industry (BDI)
Federal Republic of Germany
1961
Supreme Award for outstanding use of plastic for Phono-Transistor TP 1
Interplas International Trade Fair
London, United Kingdom
1961
Compasso d’Oro for good design of industrial products of the company Braun
Prize awarded in the Italian Embassy in Bad Godesberg (1962) / Associazione per il Disegno Industriale (ADI)
Milan, Italy
Since 1962
Permanent show at the State Trade Office (LGA) Zentrum Form (1962-64), afterwards known by the name Permanent Exhibition of International Product Design (1967-68 to 1969-70), Annual Selection (1971-78), Design Selection (1979-92) – in all 286 awards for Braun products, including many products by Dieter Rams
Exhibition in the LGA-Zentrum Form (1962 to 1968-9), in the LGA Baden-Württemberg (1969-70 to 1992) / Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg (1962 to 1968-9), Design Center Stuttgart (1969-70 to 1992)
Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany
1963
Supreme Award for achievements in the use of plastics for F 21 flash unit
Interplas International Trade Fair
London, United Kingdom
1964
Gold medal for D 40 projector and mentions for T 520 transistor, sixtant shaver and F 25 flash unit
1st Biennale of Design Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia (former Yugoslavia)
1964
Gold medal for audio 1
13th Triennale di Milano
Milan, Italy
1965
“Prize of the Young Generation” to Dieter Rams, Reinhold Weiss, Richard Fischer, Robert Oberheim
Great Art Prize Berlin / Berlin Senate
Berlin (West), Federal Republic of Germany
1967
Award for parat BT
Council of Design Promotion
Japan
1968
Awarded ’Honorary Royal Designer for Industry’ for distinguished design in furniture and light engineering products to Dieter Rams
Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
London, United Kingdom
1974
Prizes for audio 400, regie 308, L 308
Hi-Fi Fair Vienna
Vienna, Austria
1978
SIAD Medal to Dieter Rams
Society of Industrial Artists and Designers (SIAD)
London, United Kingdom
Since 1978
Good Design Award G-Mark – in all 30 Awards to Braun, including many products by Dieter Rams
Design Selection Competition / Japanese Ministry of international Trade and Industry and Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Tokyo, Japan
1985
Prize to Braun AG and honorary award to Dieter Rams as Academico de Honor Extranjero
Academia Mexicana de Diseño
Mexico
1989
Design Team of the Year awarded to Braun design team
Haus Industrieform
Essen, Federal Republic of Germany
1990
Dieter Rams received an award for outstanding achievements
Industrie Forum Design
Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany
1991
Dieter Rams awarded honorary doctorate
Royal College of Arts London
London, United Kingdom
1992
Ikea Award to Dieter Rams
Ikea
Netherlands
1996
World Design Medal for Dieter Rams
World Design Conference / Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Orlando, United States of America
1997
Order of Merit of the State of Hessen to Dieter Rams
Minister President of the State of Hessen
Wiesbaden, Federal Republic of Germany
2002
Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to Dieter Rams
Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
2003
Design Award ONDI for special contribution to industrial design and culture to Dieter Rams
Oficina Nacional de Diseño Industrial
Havana, Cuba
2007
German Design Award Personality to Dieter Rams
Awards ceremony during the opening of Ambiente / Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and German Design Council
Frankfurt a.M., Federal Republic of Germany
2007
Lucky Strike Designer Award to Dieter Rams
Lucky Strike Designer Award 2007 / Raymond Loewy Foundation
Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
2010
Kölner Klopfer prize awarded to Dieter Rams
KISD / Design Prize of the students at Cologne International School of Design (KISD)
Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
2011
Hessian Cultural Award to Dieter Rams together with F. C. Gundlach and Gunter Rambow
Awards ceremony in Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt a.M. / Minister President of the State of Hessen
Frankfurt a.M., Federal Republic of Germany
2012
Moholy-Nagy-Award to Dieter Rams
Moholy-Nagy University for Art and Design (MOME)
Budapest, Hungary
2013
Lifetime Achievement Medal to Dieter Rams
London Design Festival
London, United Kingdom
2013
Dieter Rams awarded Honorary Doctorate of Arts
Art Center College of Design (ACCoD)
Pasadena, USA
2014
International Compasso d’Oro Award for Lifetime Achievement to Dieter Rams
ADI Milano
Milano, Italy
2018
PMA Collab Design Excellence Award to Dieter Rams
Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) / Collab
Philadelphia, United States of America
2020
Honorary Distinction of the German Sustainability Award Design for Dieter Rams
13th German Sustainability Day / German Sustainability Award Foundation
Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany
