2015 National Design Awards Winners
John Hill
6. May 2015
Photo: Cooper-Hewitt
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2015 National Design Awards, including a posthumous lifetime achievement award to Michael Graves.
The 2015 awards, which "celebrate design as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world," are given in eleven categories: Lifetime Achievement, Director's Award, Design Mind, Corporate & Institutional Achievement, Architecture Design, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interaction Design, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design, and Product Design. The list of all winners is below, and winners in the architecture and related categories are highlighted through images and links to their galleries on the Cooper-Hewitt website. The awards will be given out at a gala in October.
Michael Graves: Denver Central Library, Colorado, USA
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Michael Graves
DIRECTOR'S AWARD: Jack Lenor Larsen
DESIGN MIND: Rosanne Haggerty
CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT: Heath Ceramics
MOS Architects: Element House, New Mexico, USA
ARCHITECTURE DESIGN: MOS Architects
COMMUNICATION DESIGN: Project Projects
FASHION DESIGN: threeASFOUR
INTERACTION DESIGN: John Underkoffler
Coen + Partners: Warroad U.S. Land Port of Entry, Minnesota, USA
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE: Coen + Partners
INTERIOR DESIGN: Commune
PRODUCT DESIGN: Stephen Burks
Commune Design: Farmshop Marin, California, USA
The jury for the 2015 National Design Awards consisted of:
Waris Ahluwalia, Designer and Actor, House of Waris
Amale Andraos, Dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University
Maurice Cox, jury chair, Associate Dean for Community Engagement, Tulane University School of Architecture
Doreen Lorenzo, Advisor
Todd Oldham, Designer, Todd Oldham Studio
Casey Reas, Professor, UCLA Design Media Arts
Margie Ruddick, Principal, Margie Ruddick Landscape Planning Design
Rick Valicenti, Founder/Design Director, Thirst/3st