Design Achievement Award
College of Design
Established in 1988 to recognize outstanding mid-career creative and professional achievements of alumni in the fields of architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, and landscape architecture
Todd Piper-Hauswirth
BFA Graphic Design ’91
Minneapolis, Minn.
Todd Piper-Hauswirth is an associate partner and director of the Minneapolis office of VSA Partners, which counts 20 of Fortune’s “50 Most Admired Companies” as clients. He is involved in the creative direction and development of the firm’s growing portfolio focused on brand identity and packaging design. A diverse roster of clients includes Best Buy, Nike, Target, IBM, Cargill, GE, Converse, and Coca-Cola.
Prior to opening VSA Minneapolis, Piper-Hauswirth was a senior designer with Hard Werken Design in the Netherlands and spent 13 years as partner and creative director of the CSA Design Co., named “One of the Top Ten Most Influential Design Firms” by Graphis in 1995. While he was at CSA, the firm was also included in the Cooper-Hewitt 2nd National Design Triennial.
In 16 years, Piper-Hauswirth has earned more than 200 awards from such publications and exhibitions as Ad Week, AIGA, Communication Arts, Graphis, HOW, ID, Print, STA100, The One Show, Type Directors Club, Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, and the Library of Congress Permanent Collection.
Piper-Hauswirth and his wife, Cory Piper-Hauswirth (’93 journalism), have two daughters: Paige and Kit.
