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From: To: Subject: Fwd: NDA 2012ISmithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 13:13:15 40000 Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Saul Wurman <MI M> Date: May 3, 2012 8:08:45 AM EDT To: Jeffrey Epstein < Subject: NDA 2012 I Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt. National Design Museum in New York height-- i" Sea, Visit What's On Education Collections Join i Support Design Blog The Shop National Design Awards 2012 • I Gala I Desgn in DC I Press The National Design Awards program celebrates design in various &swims as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and seeks to inc.-ease national awareness of design by educating the public and pesnang excellence. innovation. and lasting achievement. Meet the 2012 Winners Lifetime Achievement I Design snit I Corporate & Institutional Achievement I Architecture Design I Communication Design I Fashion Desgn I Interaction Design I Intenor Design I Landscape Architecture I Product Design Lifetime Achievement: Richard Saul Wurman Spurred by the dance between his curiosity and ignorance. Richard Saul Mormon. FAIA. seeks ways to make the complex clear. Described by Fortuna magazine as an inteiectual hedonist' with a 'hummingbird mind: he has twitten. desired. and published eighty-three books and courting on topics ranging kw besmears to atlases and the Olympics. Wurman received his degrees in architecture from the Unwersty of Pennsylvania aid is the creator of the teem 'information architecture.* Wurman created and chaired the TED. TEEMED. and eg conferences n1984-2002. 1995-2010. and 2006. respectively. He is currently developing the WANY conferences celebrating improvised conversations. or 'intellectual jazz. and continues to work on his global cartograptIc initiative. 19.20.21. III Design Mind: Janine Benyus Janine Benyus is a biologist. Innovation consultant, ale author of six books. Includrig Edornimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In 1998. Benyus cofounded Blomimicry Guild. the world's first bio-inspired censultancy. bringing nature's sustainable designs to ova 250 clients. including Boeing. Nike. General Electric. Herman Miller. HOK. 1DEO. Interface. and Procter and Gamble. In 2006. Benyus cofounded Blorrimicry Institute, herne of AskNature. an online Wary of life's best ideas. In 2011. she launched Elicomimicry 3.8 to certify and nurture the growing network of bionenloy professionals. Benyus has received numerous awards. including the 2011 Heinz Award. and was TIMES internat.:nal 2007 Hero of the Environment. Corporate & Institutional Achievement: Design that Matters Conceived by graduate students et the MIT Media Lab in 2001. Design that Matters is a nonprofit design company that partners with social entrepreneurs to design products that address basic needs in developing countries. Led by cofounder Timothy Prestero. over 850 academic and professional collaborators nave worked together to create dozens of product concepts. includng a pr elector for nighttime adult Mersey education in Africa. a low-cost neonatal incubator using spare car parts. and. most recently. a pholotherapy device for treating newborn jaundice in Vietnam. DtMs award-winning creations have captured the publics attentcn hough its innovative. human-centered approach to product design. EFTA00414130 www.designthatmatters.org Architecture Design: Mack Scogin Men-ill Elam Architects Mack Scogin and Mena Elam have worked together in architecture for over forty years. Founded in 1984. their Atlanta-based frm. Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects. has wan international acclaim for wok that ranges from a sleek factory for Herman Miller to the Lulu Chow Wang Campos Center for Wellesley College end commercial office space for Tishman Speyer Properties. The hem's diverse body of work Is uniquely characterized by profound rigor tempered by childlike innocence. It has been recognized with numerous awards and publications and has been shown at museums such as The Museum of Modem M and The Walker An Center. Communication Design: Rebeca Mendez In a career spanning almost thirty years as a designer. creative director. artist. and educator. Rebeca Mendez has focused on critical reflection of visual communication practices around issues of organization. culture. and identity. Mendez is a professor n the Design Media Ms department at UCLA. Since 1996. she has run a multidisciplinary studio based In Los Angeles. Retece Mendez Design, focused on design for art and archrteaure clients Including Frank Getty. Thom Mayne. and EA Viola. Her work has been cothibted in venues such as the Centre Pompidou. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Cooper-Hewitt. The recipient of numerous awards. Mendez lectures widely around the world. including a TEDx Talk Irk 2011. Fashion Design: Thom Browne Than Brown's meticulous aesthete Is rooted in an American sensibly evocative of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Browne opened his acts in the fall of 2001. offenng bespoke tailored clothing; he introduced ready-to-wear menswear in 2004 and womenswear in 2010. He designs the Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers collection for men and women as well as a line of men's jewelry for Harry lfifinston. In 2009. Browne Introduced the Matter Gamma Bleu colecton. He was named Menswear Designer of the Year in 2006 by the CFDA. Designer of the Year in 2008 by GO magazine, and Most Influential Designer by WGSN. Ili Interaction Design: Evan Roth Even Roth is an interaction designer who visualizes. records. and subverts transient. often unseen moments in public spaces. in popular culture. and on the Internet. His approach takes inspiration from the free software movement and hacker ethos. leading to such notable pieces as Laser Tag. White Glove Tracking. Eyew,iter. and a colabcraton weft Jay-Z on the first open-source rap video. Roth is cofounder of the Graffiti Research Lab and the Web-based. open-source Free M 8 Technology Lab. His work Is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modem Art and has received numerous awards. 'lauding the Design Museum LC410011'8 Design of the Year. Interior Design: Clive Wilkinson Architects Cave Wilkinson Ardttects is a distinguished architecture and design practice based in Los Angeles. Much collaborates with clients to design and tuld creative communities. The practice has completed creative praects across the globe for clients such as Googie. Nokia. Twentieth Century Fox. and Disney. winning over seventy-five awards in the process. In its work. the firm strives to coved people. shape relationships. and empower organizations to produce invigorating lams of community. Clive Wilkinson has been inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame: and been named a Master of Design by Fast Company magazine and a Pioneer of Design by the IIDA. Landscape Architecture: Stoss Landscape Urbanism Sloss Landscape Urbanism Is a Boston-based colabcrative design and planning studio that operates at the juncture of landscape architecture. urban design. and planning. The Wm was established in 2000 by Founding Principal Chris Reed: Scott Behop pried as Associate Prricipal m 2005. Stoss has distinguished itself for a hybridized approach rooted In infrastruaure. functionality. and ecology. The firm's projects Include The CityDeck In Green Bay. WI: Erie Street Plaza in Milwaukee. %M. The Plaza at Harvard University In Cambridge. MA: and Bass River Park on Cape Cod. In 2010. Stoss became the first North American firm to win the Topos Landscape Award. veiew MOSS net 2 EFTA00414131 Product Design: Scott Wilson Scott Wilson is the Founder and Pmcipal Designer of the Chicago-based studio MINIMAL. A former design leader at Nike. Thomson Consumer Electronics. IDEO. Fortune Brands. and Motorola. he has created some of the world's most recognized consumer design icons, including the Kinect for Xbox 360 and lIkTok and LunaTet watches for the Pod Nano. Equal parts visionary and entrepreneur. Scott Wilson delivers disruptive yet thoughtfil solutions to markets across a range of industries. His work has been recognaed with over fifty international design awards and has been exhtded at Cooper-Hewitt. The Museum of Modern Ni, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Jury National Design Awards ens are chosen for the, prominence and expertise in the design world and their ability to serve n a knowledgeable and statesmanlike manner. The 2012 National Design Awards Jury includes: • John C. Ja?!.lury Chair, Global Esc:alive Creative Director and Partner, W:idei Kennedy • NIkhellt Bern man. Principal and CEO . I • Jeanne Gang. l'nneipal and Founder. Si ;,. • Lee F. MindeL FAIA, Founding Partner. -,1,:lton, Minder & Amociates • Melody Roberts, Senior Director. Concept & Design, SleDonald's I7orpocation • Eric Rodenbeck, Founder. CEO and Creative Director, Stamen Design • Belmar. Sarafpour. President and Designer. Velma, Saralpour • Alice Twenties!. Chair. NI t.", karin Cnitc clip, School of VisualArts • narks Waldheim. Joan E. Irving Professor and Chair, I>epanmerd of Iambi:ape Architecture. I larvard University Graduate School or Design About the Awards The National Design Awards were conceived by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to honor lasting achievement Irk American design. The Awards are bestowed in recognition of excellence. innovation. and enhancement of the quay of life. First launched at the White House Irk 2000 as an official protect of the White House Mdennium Council. the annual Awards program celebrates design in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world. and seas to increase national awareness of the impact of design through education initiatives. The National Design Awards Is one of the few programs of its kind structured to continue to beneM the nation long after the Awards ceremony and gala. A sude of educational programs is offered ri conjunction with the Awards during National Design Week. an initiative launched in 2006 that alms to draw national attention to the ways in which design enriches everyday life. The Museum offers free admission. hosts a series of pubic programs based on the vision and work of the honorees. and helps promote design events held across the country. Award Categories Reflecting the ever-growing scope of design. the National Design Awards now include ten award categories: Lifetime Achievement Given In recognition of a distinguished indMdual who has made a profound and longterm contribution to the contemporary practice of design. Design Mind: Given in recognition of a visionary such as an educated', author. critic. curator, or desgner. who has had a profound impact on design theory, practice, or public awareness. Corporate & Institutional Achievement Given in recognition of a corporation or nstaution that uses design as a strategic tool as part of Its mission. and has consistently exhtded ingenuity and insight n the relationship between design and quality of life. Architecture Design: Given to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplaryWO& in putiro. commercial. or residential architectural design. Communication Design: Given to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in graphic or multimedia design. Fashion Design: Gwen to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in clothing. accessory. or footwear design. Interaction Design: Given to an individual or firm for the design of interactive digital products. environments, systems. and services. Interior Design. Given to an Individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in domestic. corporate. or cultural interior design. Landscape Architecture: Given to an individual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in urban planning or park and garden design. Product Design. Given to an ndividual or firm for exceptional and exemplary work in the design of consumer goods. technology. or home and office furnisIvngs. Selection Process Nominations & Submissions EFTA00414132 Each fat the process begins with al open call for non nations. which we solicited from leading designers. educators. pumalets. cultural figures. corporate leaders, and design enthusiasts from every state ri the nation. All nonnees are invited to submit materials for the Jury's review according to specifications provided by the National Design Awards office. Submissions generally consist of resumes, design statements. portfolios of work and professional-quality visual samples. Eligibility Eligibility is restricted to citizens or long-term residents of the United States. Firms, corporations. or Institutions must have their corporate headquarters in the United Stales. IntevIdual nominees must have been practicing professionally for a minimum of seven years: Lifetime Achievement nominees must have been practicing professionally Oct a minimum of twenty yeas. Firms. corporations. or institutions must have been established for a rnnlinum of seven years. Cooper-Hewitt employees and trustees and their famees and household members are not eligible. Awards are given for a body of reahzed work, not fix any specific project. ,hay Process The Jury meets over a two-day period to thoroughly review every submission. considering each nominee with the challenging task of detemunng which designers and firms work best embody the Awards' mesa.). They assess portfolios in terms of the works' relationship to and impact on contemporary daily We. Exuaordnary *venality in identdyng. shaping. and solving problems is highly valued. and nominees whose work significantly broadens the conventions of their discipline. introduces formal rinovation. and exhibits consistentty high levels of imagenabon and insight are given special consideration. Finally. in keeping with Cooper-Hewitts definite.) of design as a force of change. the extent to which the general public has benefited from the explorations and achievements of the nominee is weighed. The Jury is briefed by the Museum staff co the mace and review criteria for the Awards. but staff does not enter into the selection process. Jurors are asked to base their decisions primarily on the core criteria: excellence. liviovabon. and enhancement of the quality of We. They are also asked to consider the broad spectrum of the design commumy-geographically. culturally. and artistically. Al Jury deliberations are kept confidential. National Design Week: October 13-21, 2012 Mark your calendars for Cooper-Hewitt's largest education initiative. Nateael Design Week aims to draw national attention to the ways in which design enriches everyday life. Launched in 2006. National Design Week is held each year In conjunction with the National Design Awards program. In addition to offering free admissen la all Museum visitors. Cooper-Herwitrs award-winning Education Department hosts a series of free public programs based on the vision and work of the National Design Awards honorees. National Design Week culminates with the National Design Awards gala ceremony. Check back soon for details. National Design Awards Gala Save the Date: Wednesday, October 17.2012 Location. Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers I 23rd Street and the West Side Highway I New York City Details to Mow. Design in DC The National Design Awards were first launched at the White House in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council. First Lady Malay Rodham Clinton served as the Honorary Patron n the inaugural year. and First Lady Laura Bush and First Lady Michele Obama have cont.-wed the tradition. In past years. the National Design Awards honorees have been celebrated with a luncheon ceremony at the White House. graWously hosted by the Fret Lady. 'As the great American designer Milton Glaser has said. Good design is good citizenship: And today we will celebrate both. designers who have reached the tops of their fields not just by chasing glory for themselves, but instead by making life glorious for the rest of us: said First Lady Michelle Obama to the National Design Awards honorees at the 2011 White House ceremony. The National Design Awards are also celebrated through educatmal programming in Washington. M. Past programs have included lectures. workshop.. and most recently a Teen Design Fair. allowing local teens to engage with the National Design Awards honorees. 2 Atoat the Murata Cocuaci Lis Prat Careen Copyrirthi Privacy EFTA00414133 Richard Saul Wurman 401.848.2299 401.848.2599 fax EFTA00414134