The Royal Society of Arts announced that Mark Major and Jonathan Speirs are two of twelve top designers to be made
Royal Designers for Industry ‘for their innovative use of light to create public space’. Mark Major collected his award at a special ceremony at
the Royal Society of Arts in London last night. Jonathan’s award, which was made posthumously following his death in June of this year, was collected by his wife Elizabeth Speirs on his behalf. Mark and Jonathan are the first architectural lighting practitioners to receive this honour, which is regarded as the highest honour a designer can achieve in the UK.
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Image / Chris Lopez. RDI's left to right: Brian Eno, Elizabeth Speirs, Mark Major, Charlie Paton, Bob Greenberg, Mark Fisher, Sarah Wigglesworth, Dan Pearson, Andrew Grant, Tom Roope and Peter Zumthor.