Honoring the role of design in daily life
The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design has announced the winners of the seventh annual National Design Awards. The finalists and winners will be honored at an event on October 18, 2006.
"Cooper-Hewitt is delighted to once again recognize, through the National Design Awards, some of the greatest contributions to the world of design made in recent years." Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick Thompson said. "Each year, the Awards grow in scope, and this October we are introducing National Design Week, a new education initiative created to promote better understanding of the role that design plays in all aspects of our lives. During National Design Week, Cooper-Hewitt will host programs and panel discussions on design, and on our website, we will launch design education content for teachers nationwide."Awards are given in eleven categories:
- Lifetime
Paolo Soleri (previously - L+L) - Design Mind
Paola Antonelli - Design Patron
Craig Robins (previously - L+L) - Corporate
Nike - Special Jury
Syd Mead - Architecture
Thom Mayne (1, 2, 3 - L+L) - Communications
2x4 (Michael Rock, Susan Sellers, and Georgianna Stout) - Fashion
Maria Cornejo - Interior
Michael Gabellini - Landscape
Martha Schwartz (1, 2 - L+L) - Product
Bill Stumpf
Paolo Soleri - Lifetime Achievement Award
Reference: Arcosanti (L+L)
Ground Villages, Mesa City Project. ca. 1961. Rendering: Paolo Soleri
Sky Suite, Arcosanti. 1978. Photo: Iolanda Lima
(Top image - East Crescent, Arcosanti. 1978. Photo: Iolanda Lima.)
Thom Mayne (Morphosis) - Architecture Design Award winner
Reference: CA Boom - Day 1, A Building as a Beacon for a City's Plans, In the Mayne-stream (L+L)
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Center. Klagenfurt, Austria. 2002. Photo: Kim Zwarts
Crawford Residence. Montecito, CA. 1990. Photo: Kim Zwarts
(Top image, 4th down - Caltrans District 7 Headquarters. Los Angeles, CA. 2004. Photo: Roland Halbe)
Stanley Saitowitz (Natoma Architects) - Architecture Design finalist
Oxbow Art School. Napa, CA. 2001. Photo: Richard Barnes.
Bernard Tschumi - Architecture Design finalist
Vacheron Constantin watch factory and headquarters. Geneva, Switzerland. 2004. Photo: Peter Mauss/Esto.
Martha Schwartz - Landscape Design Award winner
Reference: Grand Canal Square, More Groundswell (L+L)
Miami International Airport Sound Attenuation Wall. Miami, FL. 1996. Photo: Alan Ward.
Jacob Javits Plaza. New York, NY. 1996. Photo: Alan Ward.
(Top image, 2nd down - HUD Plaza. Washington, DC. 1998. Photo: Alan Ward.)
Andrea Cochran - Landscape Design Finalist
Reference: Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture (L+L)
Children’s garden. San Francisco, CA. 2002. Photo: Ken Gutmaker.
Ken Smith - Landscape Design Finalist
Reference: 55 Water Street Plaza, Ken Smith in the O.C. (L+L)
Glowing Topiary Garden. New York, NY. 1997.
2x4 - Communication Design Award
Vitra Collage. New York, NY. 2001.
(Top image, 5th down - Dodger Stages, interior wayfinding and wallpaper. New York, NY. 2004. Photo: Floto + Warner.)
Maria Cornejo - Fashion Design Award
Navy wool cape over layered knit and wool dress. Autumn/Winter 2006.
Michael Gabellini - Interior Design Award
Top of the Rock, 67th Floor Viewing Space, Rockefeller Center. New York, NY. 2005. Photo: Paul Warchol.
Bill Stumpf - Product Design Award
Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick. Aeron chair, Herman Miller. 1994. Photo: Nick Merrick.
(Top image, 3rd down - Bill Stumpf and Jeff Weber. Caper chair. Herman Miller. 1999. Photo: Nick Merrick.)
Craig Robins - Design Patron Award
Reference: Aqua, Florida (L+L)
Aqua Allison Island. Miami, FL. 2005. Photo: Steven Brooke.
