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Tenth National Design Awards Gala |
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David Stark created the spectacular décor which honored past and present winners.
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On
Thursday, October 22, 2009, The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum celebrated the tenth annual National Design Awards with
a ceremony and dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street 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 served as the honorary patron of the 2009 National Design
Awards.
Paula Zahn was the Gala emcee. Award presenters included
actress
Eva Mendes presenting the Fashion Design Award to Francisco
Costa for
Calvin Klein Collection; artist Chuck Close presented
the Corporate and Institutional Achievement Award to Walker Art
Center; actor John
Waters presented the Product Design Award to Boym
Partners; CNN’s John
King presented the Interaction Design Award to Perceptive
Pixel Inc;
Charlie Rose presented the Design Mind Award to Amory
B. Lovins; designer
Niels Diffrient presented the Lifetime Achievement Award
to Bill
Moggridge;
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller presented
the Communication Design Award to The New York Times Graphics
Department; Katherine Farley of TishmanSpeyer presented the Design Patron Award to Lincoln Center
President Reynold Levy; architects Machado/Silvetti presented the Interior
Design Award to TsAO & McKOWN Architects; chef Tyler
Florence presented
the People’s Design Award; Reed Kroloff presented the Architecture
Design Award to SHoP Architects; and Achva
Benzinberg Stein presented
the Landscape Design Award to Hood Design.
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For
the gala’s décor, David Stark Design & Production created
a custom graphic pattern using the names of all NDA winners from the
past decade. From suspended lampshades to table vases to a three-dimensional “10” that
greeted entering guests, the décor elements wittily honored past
and present winners, as well as the impressive history of the Awards
program.
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Cooper-Hewitt vice chairman Dinny Morse, Lester Morse and Cooper-Hewitt acting director Caroline Baumann.
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Chuck Close and Gala chair Richard Meier.
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Fashion Design Award winner Francisco Costa with Eva Mendes.
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Paula Zahn, Chuck Close.
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Elizabeth Cooke, honoree Reynold Levy, Charlie Rose, Amanda Burden.
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Jorge Silvetti, Interior Design Award winners Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown, Rodolfo Machado.
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Lifetime Achievement Award winner Bill Moggridge with Niels Diffrient.
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Charlie Rose with Design Mind Award winner Amory Lovins.
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Architecture Design Award winners, ShoP Architects: Christopher Sharples, Coren Sharples, William Sharples, Kimberly Holden, Gregg Pasquarelli.
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Gala vice chair Lauren Zalaznick and BZ Schwartz.
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Landscape Design Award winner Walter Hood.
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Product Design Award winners Constantine Boym and Laurene Boym and presenter John Waters.
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Olga Viso and Andrew Blauvelt representing Walker Art Center, Corporate and Institutional Achievement Award winner.
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Bill Keller, Matthew Ericson, Steve Duenes, Farhana Hossain, Haeyoun Park, and Archie Tse, representing The New York Times Graphics Department, Communication Design Award winner.
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Cooper-Hewitt chairman Paul Herzan.
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Michele Oka Doner.
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Agnes Gund, Darren Watkins, Jo Carole Lauder.
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Paula Zahn, Katherine Farley.
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Paula Zahn, Desiree Rogers.
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Andre Balazs, Calvin Tsao.
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Cooper-Hewitt trustee Esme Usdan, Caroline Baumann and Nancy Marks.
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Tyler Florence.
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Francisco Costa, Eva Mendes, Caroline Baumann, Tom Murry.
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| Photos:
David X Prutting/PatrickMcMullan.com |
