Pablo Ferro, Carin Goldberg, Doyald Young Awarded AIGA Medals at Legends Gala

Even the most severe recession in recent history can’t keep great design down. “No matter how bleak the situation into which we have been thrown by the global economy—it does offer opportunities. Designers need only invent them,” said AIGA president Debbie Millman in a speech welcoming guests to the annual AIGA Design Legends Gala, held earlier this month at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. “By understanding our living and working context, we blow open avenues of opportunity and innovation not yet charted or explored.”