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International:
Cooper Hewitt 2015 National Design Awards Gala
Photos by: Rose Billings/Blacktiemagazine.com
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Marisa Tomei, Actress and Presenter
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Cooper Hewitt Celebrates
2015 National Design Awards Gala
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Jack Lenor Larsen, Director's Award |
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Chairman of The Board and Presenter
Caroline Baumann, director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian
Design |
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Ang Lee, Director and Presenter |
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David J. Skorton, 13th Secretary of The
Smithsonian |
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Wadis AhluWalia, Designer and Actor |
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Rick Valicenti Judge |
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Alison Brendel, Marni Gerber, Jill
Spitnass, Angela Snow, and Kim Kenny |
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WHAT
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum celebrated
the 2015 National Design Awards with a ceremony and dinner
at Pier Sixty in New York. Launched at the White House in
2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium
Council, the annual National Design Awards celebrate design
in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in shaping
the world. First Lady Michelle Obama serves as the honorary
patron of the 2015 National Design Awards.
WHEN
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015
5:30 p.m. Media arrival
6:00 p.m. Cocktails
7:30 p.m. Dinner and Awards Ceremony
WHERE
Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers, 23rd Street
and West Side Highway, New York City
HONOREES/PRESENTERS
Lifetime Achievement: Michael Graves
Presenter: Meredith Vieira, journalist and television host
Director's Award: Jack Lenor Larsen
Presenter: Caroline Baumann, director, Cooper Hewitt,
Smithsonian Design Museum
Design Mind: Rosanne Haggerty
Presenter: Alexandra A. Herzan, president and treasurer,
Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.
Corporate and Institutional Achievement: Heath
Ceramics
Presenter: Special guest to be announced
Architecture Design: MOS Architects
Presenter: Yve-Alain Bois, professor of art history,
Institute for Advanced Study
Communication Design: Project Projects
Presenter: Ben Smith, editor-in-chief, BuzzFeed
Fashion Design: threeASFOUR
Presenter: Marisa Tomei, actress
Interaction Design: John Underkoffler
Presenter: Ang Lee
Interior Design: Commune
Presenter: Julianne Moore, actress
Landscape Architecture: Coen + Partners
Presenter: Monica Ponce de Leon, architect; design director,
MPdL Studio
Product Design: Stephen Burks
Presenter: Jeffrey Bernett, designer
Additional special guests in attendance will include Narciso
Rodriguez, Richard Marcus, and Kurt Andersen.
Co-chairs of the 2015 gala are Elizabeth and Lee
Ainslie, Scott and Erica Belsky, Beth Comstock, Vin and
Erica Di Bona, Aaron Dignan, Tony Fadell, Milton Glaser,
Alice Gottesman, Edward and Helen Hintz, Jon and Shigemi
Iwata, Madeleine Rudin Johnson, Jon Kamen, David and Cindy
Lubars, Barbara and Morton Mandel, Avi and Dorit Reichental,
David Rockwell, Michael Ventura, Todd Waterbury, Judy
Francis Zankel, and Norman S. Benzaquen.
Gala Décor by David Stark Design & Production.
SPONSORS
National Design Awards programming is made possible by major
support from Target. Additional funding is provided by
Design Within Reach, Facebook, and AMAZFIT.
National Design Award trophies are created by The Corning
Museum of Glass.
ndagallery. cooperhewitt.org is powered by Behance, part of
the Adobe Family.
Media sponsorship is provided by Smithsonian Media.
National Design Awards and National Design Week professional
supporters include AIGA, the professional association for
design, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter,
American Society of Interior Designers, American Society of
Landscape Architects, Council of Fashion Designers of
America, Decorative Furnishings Association, Industrial
Designers Society of America, Interaction Design
Association, and International Interior Design Association.
ABOUT THE TROPHY
Created by The Corning Museum of Glass in collaboration with
Cooper Hewitt, the trophy features a new take on the
original twisted asterisk form, designed in 2000 by William
Drenttel and Jessica Helfand.
ABOUT COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM
As the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively
to historic and contemporary design, Cooper Hewitt educates,
inspires and empowers people through design. The museum has
recently undergone a transformative renovation resulting in
an entirely new visitor experience and 60 percent more
exhibition space to showcase one of the most diverse and
comprehensive collections of design works in existence.
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