2015 National Design Awards Winners

John Hill
6. May 2015
Photo: Cooper-Hewitt

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:
 

Lindsey Adelman, Founder and Creative Director, Lindsey Adelman Studio
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

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