2016 National Design Awards Winners

John Hill

5. 五月 2016

Image: Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2016 National Design Awards, including a lifetime achievement award to Moshe Safdie and the Architecture Design award to Marlon Blackwell Architects.

The 17th annual awards are given in eleven categories: Lifetime Achievement, Director's Award, Design Mind, Corporate & Institutional Achievement, Architecture Design, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interaction Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Product Design.

Caroline Baumann, Cooper Hewitt director, said in the announcement: "This year's class of winners reflect design's remarkable empathy for contemporary social concerns: from promoting workplace productivity to preserving vernacular traditions to encouraging civic engagement. These designers and design firms cross disciplinary boundaries, explore innovative materials and develop new models of problem-solving in pursuit of these goals."

Winners will receive their awards at a gala in Washington, DC, in October.

Moshe Safdie: Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum (Photo: Timothy Hursley)

Lifetime Achievement: Moshe Safdie
Director’s Award: Make It Right
Design Mind: Bruce Mau
Corporate & Institutional Achievement: Center for Urban Pedagogy

Make It Right

Architecture Design: Marlon Blackwell Architects
Communication Design: Geoff McFetridge
Fashion Design: Opening Ceremony
Interaction Design: Tellart

Marlon Blackwell Architects: Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L Anderson Design Center (Photo: Timothy Hursley)

Interior Design: Studio O+A
Landscape Architecture: Hargreaves Associates
Product Design: Ammunition

Hargreaves Associates: Ribbon Park on the Haihe River

The 2016 National Design Awards Jury:

Mariana Amatullo, cofounder and vice president, Designmatters, Art Center College of Design
Matthew Carter, principal, Carter & Cone Type
John Christakos, cofounder, Blu Dot
Julia Czerniak, associate dean and professor, Syracuse Architecture
Marisa Gardini, managing partner, BCL-ED Newco LLC
Jeff Han, interaction designer
Uri Minkoff, CEO and cofounder, Rebecca Minkoff
Chad Oppenheim, principal, Oppenheim Architecture
Dan Pitera, executive director, Detroit Collaborative Design Center