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National Design Awards Gala 2015

1,765 views · Published 16 October 2015 · 1:16:05 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: Cooper Hewitt · 2015 · Education

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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.

Read more about the National Design Awards: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/

Learn about the 2015 National Design Awards winners and see their award-winning designs: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/2015-national-design-awards-winners/


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00:00:18 Caroline Baumann, Opening Remarks

00:01:26 Communication Design - Recipient: Project Projects / Presenter: Ben Smith, editor-in-chief, BuzzFeed

00:04:49 Architecture Design - Recipient: MOS Architects / Presenter: Yve-Alain Bois, professor of art history, Institute for Advanced Study

00:08:17 Corporate and Institutional Achievement - Recipient: Heath Ceramics / Presenter: Tod Williams and Billie Tsien

00:12:05 Design Mind - Recipient: Rosanne Haggerty / Presenter: Alexandra A. Herzan, president and treasurer, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc. 

00:16:49 Fashion Design - Recipient: threeASFOUR / Presenter: Marisa Tomei

00:25:04 Director's Award - Recipient: Jack Lenor Larsen / Presenter: Caroline Baumann, director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

00:29:57 Design in the Classroom

00:32:45 Video Message from Ellen DeGeneres

00:44:32 Landscape Architecture - Recipient: Coen + Partners / Presenter: Monica Ponce de Leon, architect; design director, MPdL Studio

00:51:05 Interaction Design - Recipient: John Underkoffler / Presenter: Ang Lee

00:57:58 Product Design - Recipient: Stephen Burks / Presenter: Jeffrey Bernett

01:04:17 Interior Design - Recipient: Commune

01:08:34 Lifetime Achievement - Recipient: Michael Graves / Presenter: Meredith Vieira

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