| Year |
Winner |
Citation |
| 1959 |
Charles Longman |
Prestcold Packaway refrigeration for Pressed Steel Company |
| 1960 |
Neal French and David White |
Apollo tableware for WT Copeland and Sons |
| 1961 |
Eric Marshall |
Rio transistor radio for Ultra Radio & Television |
| 1962 |
Nicholas Sekers |
Furnishing fabrics for West Cumberland Silk Mills (Sekers Fabrics) |
| 1963 |
Sir Kenneth Grange CBE |
Milward Courier cordless shaver for Henry Milward & Sons |
| 1964 |
David Queensbury |
Cut crystal glassware for Webb Corbett |
| 1965 |
Peter Dickinson |
Auditorium seating for Race Contracts |
| 1966 |
Andrew Grima |
Precious jewellery for HJ Co. |
| 1967 |
R. David Carter |
Wales Gas Board Gas-Flo system for Thomas Glover & Co. |
| 1968 |
David Powell |
Nova tableware for Ecko Plastics |
| 1969 |
Jack Howe |
MD2 cash dispenser for Chubb Ltd |
| 1970 |
Patrick Rylands |
Range of toys for Trendon Ltd. |
| 1971 |
Derek Power |
Atomic Physics teaching apparatus for Teltron Ltd (Teltron tube) |
| 1972 |
Frank Thrower |
Kitchen and table glassware for Dartington Glass Ltd. |
| Dr John McArthur |
Microscope for the Open University |
| 1973 |
George Robbins |
Picture framing systems for Design Animations Ltd. |
| 1974 |
Not awarded |
- |
| 1975 |
Peter Milne |
'Bullet' racing dinghy for Chippendale & Milne |
| Dr David Dyson |
MF400 Industrial Laser System for Ferranti Ltd |
| 1976 |
Brian Blatchford |
Modular Assembly Prosthesis for Chas. A Blatchford Ltd |
| 1977 |
George Carroll |
Mardrive linear transport |
| 1978 |
John Fisher |
Micro 2000 digital micrometer for PA Technology |
| 1979 |
Tim Fry and Anthony Smallhorn (Smallfry) |
Series 5 Sea Truck for Rotork Marine Ltd |
| 1980 |
Plessey Avionics & Communications |
Groundsat Radio Communications Facility |
| 1981 |
Raymond Bates, Mark Snowdon and David Bache |
Austin Metro for British Leyland |
| 1982 |
Rediffusion Simulation |
Advanced Technology Flight Simulator |
| 1983 |
Westland Helicopters |
30 series Helicopter |
| Peter Huxtable |
Dandy Clip for Wonderclip Ltd |
| 1984 |
Collier Campbell |
Six Views furnishing fabric for Fischbacher |
| 1985 |
Robin Herd |
March 84C racing car |
| 1986 |
Patricia Roberts |
85-86 Patchwork sampler collection |
| 1987 |
Tony Fuge |
IMS T414 Transputer for Inmos |
| 1988 |
John Fisher |
Keeler Pulsair Tonometer for PA Technology |
| 1989 |
Rex Wilson |
WTC Aircrafter Cutting Torch |
| 1990 |
Barrie Weaver |
Product Designer |
| 1991 |
John Cundy |
Engineering Designer |
| 1992 |
David Crisp |
Product Designer |
| 1993 |
Alan Fletcher |
Graphic Designer |
| 1994 |
Sir Michael Hopkins CBE |
Architect |
| 1995 |
Not awarded |
- |
| 1996 |
Not awarded |
- |
| 1997 |
Sir James Dyson |
Product Designer |
| 1998 |
Martin Lambie-Nairn |
Graphic Designer |
| 1999 |
Bill Hills MBE |
Engineering Designer |
| 2000 |
Don Cameron |
Engineering Designer |
| 2001 |
Sir Kenneth Grange CBE |
Product Designer |
| 2002 |
Geoff Kirk |
Engineering Designer |
| 2003 |
Sir Terence Conran |
Multidisciplinary Designer |
| 2004 |
Lord Foster |
Architect |
| 2005 |
Derek Birdsall |
Graphic Designer |
| 2006 |
Thomas Heatherwick |
Multidisciplinary Designer |
| 2007 |
David Gentleman RDI |
Graphic Designer |
| 2008 |
Max Fordham |
Engineer |
| 2009 |
Andrew Ritchie |
Engineering Designer |
| 2010 |
Bill Moggridge |
Interaction designer |
| 2011 |
Sir Quentin Blake CBE |
Illustrator |