Winners of 2017 Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards Announced

Images courtesy Cooper Hewitt

Architecture Design: MASS Design Group
Photo © Iwan Baan

Mubuga Primary School, Rwanda by MASS Design Group
Photo © Iwan Baan

Interior Design: Deborah Berke Partners
Photo © Winne Au

21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, KY by Deborah Berke Partners
Photo © Annie Schlechter

Lifetime Achievement: Hartmut Esslinger
Photo courtesy Hartmut Esslinger

Apple Baby Mac designed by Hartmut Esslinger
Photo courtesy Hartmut Esslinger

Director’s Award: Susan S. Szenasy
Photo © Laurel Golio

Szenasy, Design Advocate: Writings and Talks by Susan S. Szenasy (2004). Published by Metropolis Books.
Photo © Nicholas Calcott

Design Mind: Craig L. Wilkins
Photo courtesy John Enot

Diversity among Architects: From Margin to Center by Craig L. Wilkins (2016).
Photo © Routledge Press

Corporate & Institutional Achievement: Design Trust for Public Space
Courtesy Design Trust for Public Space

For the Times Square Streetscape Improvement study, Design Trust for Public Space partnered with the Times Square Alliance.
Photo © NYC Department of Transportation

Communication Design: Jennifer Morla
Photo © Jock McDonald

Herman Miller Collection Book designed by Morla Design
Photo © Morla Design

Fashion Design: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Photo © Joyce Ravid

Living Archive, installation at MoMA PS1 by Slow and Steady Wins the Race (New York, New York, 2015).
Photo © Pablo Enriquez, Flash Art Magazine

Interaction Design: Stamen Design
Photo © Stacy Cornett Photography

NASDAQ, a visualization of a single day of trading on NASDAQ by Stamen Design
Image courtesy Stamen Design

Landscape Architecture: Surfacedesign
Photo © Leon Hordijk

Auckland International Airport landscape by Surfacedesign
Photo © Blake Marvin Photography

Product Design: Joe Doucet
Photo © Brian Cason

“MY” Flexible Work System for Skandiform by Joe Doucet
Photo © Skandiform























Today, Cooper Hewitt announced the recipients of its annual National Design Awards. This year’s honorees, chosen across 11 categories, include MASS Design Group for Architecture Design and Deborah Berke Partners for Interior Design.
The winners will be honored at a ceremony at the Cooper Hewitt’s Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden on October 19.