other African-American product designers at the Designs for Life: Black Creativity 2007 exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) In 2006 he was awarded Focus on DESIGN's Lifetime Achievement Award. In September 2006, he was also awarded the Industrial Designers Society of America's Lifetime Distinguished Service Award. In the same year, his memoir, A Life's Design: The Life and Work of Industrial Designer Charles Harrison (), was published by Ibis Design. In 2000, Harrison's work was featured in an exhibit titled "The World of a Product Designer: Charles Harrison" at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center. UIC Osmosis Charles Harrison Scholarship- Bridging creative excellence identified in Osmosis minority youth programs with mentorship and financial support for college level design studies – The UIC School of Design and Project Osmosis. Death Harrison died at age 87 on November 29, 2018, the cause was a bacterial infection, said his son, Charles Harrison III. References External links Design Collection images from University of Illinois at Chicago digital collections - includes dozens of sketches created by Harrison. Further reading Autobiography by Charles Harrison News article on the occasion of Charles Harrison receiving the award for lifetime achievement from FocusOnDesign Review of book signing event at the University of Illinois (Chicago) Art & Architecture Building in 2006 Biographical article on the occasion of Charles Harrison receiving the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Lifetime Achievement Award 1931 births 2018 deaths Columbia College Chicago faculty City College of San Francisco alumni School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni Illinois Institute of Technology alumni American cartographers American business executives African-American business executives American industrial designers National Design Award winners African-American United States Army personnel 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people