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=== Royal Designers for Industry ===
In 1936, the RSA awarded the first distinctions of [[Royal Designers for Industry]] (RDI or HonRDI), reserved for "those very few who in the judgment of their peers have achieved 'sustained excellence in aesthetic and efficient design for industry{{' "}}.

In 1937, "The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry" was established as an association with the object of "furthering excellence in design and its application to industrial purposes": membership of the Faculty is automatic for (and exclusive to) all RDIs and HonRDIs. The Faculty currently has 120 Royal Designers (RDI) and 45 Honorary Royal Designers (non-British citizens who are awarded the accolade of HonRDI): the number of designers who may hold the distinction of RDI at any one time is strictly limited.

The Faculty consists of practitioners from fields as disparate as engineering, graphics, interaction, product, furniture, fashion, interiors, landscape, and urban design. Past and present members include [[Eric Gill]], [[Enid Marx]], Sir [[Frank Whittle]], Sir [[Jonathan Ive]], Dame [[Vivienne Westwood]], Sir [[James Dyson]], Sir [[Tim Berners-Lee]], [[Manolo Blahnik]], [[Naoto Fukasawa]], [[Rei Kawakubo]], [[Issey Miyake]], [[Dieter Rams]], [[Sergio Pininfarina]], [[Alvar Aalto]], [[Vico Magistretti]], [[Walter Gropius]], [[Charles Eames]], [[Richard Buckminster Fuller]], [[Saul Bass]], [[Raymond Loewy]], [[George Nelson (designer)|George Nelson]], [[Paul Rand]], [[Carlo Scarpa]], [[Vuokko Nurmesniemi]], [[Massimo Vignelli]], [[Yohji Yamamoto]], [[Peter Zumthor]], and more.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thersa.org/about/royal-designers-for-industry | title=Royal Designers for Industry }}</ref>