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There is still time to register for these upcoming National Design Week events and enjoy FREE ADMISSION to Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum October 18—24!


The Business of Design
OCTOBER 20, 2009, 8:30 – 10:00am
FREE EVENT

Business leaders discuss how design impacts their overall strategy and affects their bottom line. Moderated by Daniel H. Pink, the panelists will discuss the role of design thinking in the workplace as it relates to consumer goods as well as overall company vision. Please join us at The Times Center (242 W 41st Street, NY, NY) Continental breakfast buffet from 8:00 – 8:30am. REGISTER ONLINE Moderator: Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Panelists include: Bill Moggridge, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, co-founder of IDEO Sam Lucente, Vice President of Design, Hewlett-Packard Company Jeanne Liedtka, Professor, University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business This program will be webcast live on our website. Please visit our website, www.cooperhewitt.org, before the program begins at 8:30am to access this webcast.

National Design Awards Winners' Panel
OCTOBER 20, 2009, 6:30 – 8:30pm
FREE EVENT

2009 National Design Award winners participate in a panel discussion about their inspiration and drive as designers and the state of contemporary design in America. Please join us at The Times Center (242 W 41st Street, NY, NY) REGISTER ONLINE Moderator: Walter Hood, HOOD Design, Landscape Design Winner Panelists include: Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Design Mind Winner Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Arts Center, Corporate and Institutional Winner Christopher Sharples, SHoP Architects, Architecture Winner Laurene Boym, Boym Partners, Product Design Winner Calvin Tsao, Interior Design Winner Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel, Interaction Design Winner Steve Duenes, New York Times Graphics Department, Communications Design Winner This program will be webcast live on our website. Please visit our website, www.cooperhewitt.org, before the program begins at 6:30pm to access this webcast.


Objectified: Film Screenings
OCTOBER 21, 2009 1:30 AND 3:30pm
FREE EVENT

On Wednesday, October 21 join us for free film screenings of Gary Hustwit’s design documentary, Objectified. The film, featuring many of the designers in Design USA: Contemporary Innovation, is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. Screenings at 1:30pm and 3:30pm will be free of charge. REGISTER ONLINE


Nominate and vote for the 2009 People’s Design Award! http://peoplesdesignaward.cooperhewitt.org/2009/ Make your design voice heard. Vote for the 2009 People's Design Award. Vote for your favorite design or nominate a design before 6:00 p.m. EST on October 20, 2009, and check back on this site on October 22 at 10:00 p.m. EST to see the winner announced live at the National Design Awards gala in New York City.

For more on the National Design Awards and other events during National Design Week, please visit www.nationaldesignawards.org The National Design Awards and National Design Week are made possible by the generous sponsorship of