“In an era of tumultuous change, design is asking deep questions about its purpose and contributions to a better society,” Cooper Hewitt Director Caroline Baumann said in a statement. “The achievements of this year’s class of National Design Award winners have informed that dialogue...” — Bustler
Hartmut Esslinger, Susan S. Szenasy, Craig L. Wilkins, MASS Design Group, and Deborah Berke Partners are among the notable winners of the 2017 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Awards. First launched in 2000 as a project of The White House Millennium Council, the National Design Award recipients across 11 disciplines are recognized for design excellence, innovation, and public impact.
Here's a glimpse of this year's winners:
Lifetime Achievement: Hartmut Esslinger
Photo: Courtesy of Hartmut Esslinger.
Director’s Award: Susan S. Szenasy
Photo: Laurel Golio.
Related: Susan S. Szenasy on the Importance of Design in the Everyday
Design Mind: Craig L. Wilkins
Craig L. Wilkins (author), Ruffneck Constructivists (2014). Published by Dancing Foxes Press/ Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania.
Corporate & Institutional Achievement: Design Trust for Public Space
Photo: Iwan Baan.
Architecture Design: MASS Design Group
Photo © Iwan Baan.
Related: How To Get A Job At: MASS Design Group
Interior Design: Deborah Berke Partners
Photo: Chris Cooper.
Product Design: Joe Doucet
Photo: Kendall Mills.
Landscape Architecture: Surfacedesign
Photo: Blake Marvin Photography.
See the rest of the winners on Bustler.
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