Károly Simon

industrial designer

Gyula, 18 December 1941 – Budapest, 5 March 2017

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–2017)

Since the nineteenth century, the rapidly developing industrial production and the demands of mass manufacture gave rise to the profession we now refer to as the designer.

Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

One of the four highest Hungarian state decorations is the Order of Merit of Hungary, whose grades are awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exemplary activity in culture, science, art, or their own professional field – to promote Hungary’’s interests and the advancement of universal human values.

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1997

governmental award