Cooper-Hewitt Announces Winners

Honoring work from across the design spectrum, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum has announced the winners of this year’s National Design Awards. First created in 2000, the awards were given this year to James Wines for lifetime achievement, critic Michael Sorkin for design mind, TED for corporate achievement, Studio Gang Architects for architecture, Paula Scher for communication design, Behnaz Sarafpour for fashion, Local Projects for interaction design, Aidlin Darling Design for interior design, Margie Ruddick for landscape architecture, and NewDealDesign for product design.