As a member of the 2015 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award jury, Rick Valicenti will be attending the Awards Gala on October 15 in New York to celebrate this year's winners.
The Awards were conceived in 1997 by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum to honor achievement in American design, and Rick Valicenti was the 2011 recipient of the Communication Design Award.
2015 Jurors
Lindsey Adelman
Waris Ahluwalia
Amale Andraos
Maurice D. Cox
Doreen Lorenzo
Todd Oldham
Casey Reas
Margie Ruddick
Rick Valicenti
2015 Honorees
Lifetime Achievement: Michael Graves
Director’s Award: Jack Lenor Larsen
Design Mind: Rosanne Haggerty
Corporate & Institutional Achievement: Heath Ceramics
Architecture: MOS Architects
Communication: Project Projects
Fashion: threeASFOUR
Interaction: John Underkoffler
Interior: Commune
Landscape: Coen + Partners
Product: Stephen Burks