Hasta La Ideas

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pToday the Cooper-Hewitt announced the finalists of their A HREF=”http://cooperhewitt.org/NDA/” 11th annual National Design Awards/A, which covers design in all of the following fields: Product, interaction, communication, interior, landscape, fashion, and architecture. /p

pThe nice thing about these particular awards is that they’re not granted for just knocking one or two projects out of the park; they’re extremely comprehensive, require at least seven years in the biz from the nominees and look at the nominees’ entire body of work. /p

pFor instance A HREF=”http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2010/honoree/Smart-Design” Smart Design/A, the winners in the Product Design category, was lauded for everything from their A HREF=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/oxo_gives_universal_design_a_shot_in_the_arm_13772.asp” Cimzia syringe/A of last year all the way back to their OXO peeler from the ’80s; Interaction Design winner A HREF=”http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2010/honoree/Lisa-Strausfeld” Lisa Strausfeld/A drew praise for projects as diverse as her One Laptop Per Child “Sugar” interface, her media installations at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and even a series of data visualizations done this year for corporate giant GE./p

pOutside of the design categories, IID Magazine/I alumni A HREF=”http://www.cooperhewitt.org/PRESS/imagegallery/NDA/2010/lifetime.asp” Jane Thompson/A and A HREF=”http://www.cooperhewitt.org/PRESS/imagegallery/NDA/2010/mind.asp” Ralph Caplan/A won the Lifetime Achievement and Design Mind awards, respectively, while the A HREF=”http://www.cooperhewitt.org/PRESS/imagegallery/NDA/2010/corporate.asp” U.S. Green Building Council/A won the Corporate and Institutional Achievement award./p

pThe other great thing about the NDAs is that they don’t only list the winners–comprehensive entries are written up on the Finalists as well, with images and explanations of projects. If you’d like to bone up, you’ve got at least several hours’ worth of educational reading. Start A HREF=”http://www.cooperhewitt.org/PRESS/imagegallery/NDA/2010/” here/A!br /
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