Congrats to the 2018 National Design Award Winners

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum recognizes excellence, innovation and achievement in American design by honoring designers in ten jury-selected categories. The National Design Awards were launched at the White House in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council. This annual Awards program celebrates design as a vital tool that is shaping the world, and hopes to increase national awareness of the impact design has in our society.

The National Design Awards program celebrates design as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and seeks to increase national awareness of design by educating the public and promoting excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement.

Meet the 2018 National Design Award Winners!

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Gail Anderson
 

DESIGN MIND

Anne Whiston Spirn
 

CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT 

Design for America
 

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN

WEISS/MANFREDI
 

COMMUNICATION DESIGN

Civilization
 

FASHION DESIGN

Christina Kim
 

INTERACTION DESIGN

Neri Oxman
 

INTERIOR DESIGN

Oppenheim Architecture + Design
 

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Mikyoung Kim Design
 

PRODUCT DESIGN

Blu Dot

More information on the National Design Awards, including the winners' bios and portfolios, can be found here.