Design Diversity: Cooper Hewitt 2020 Awards – Part 1
The 21st annual National Design Awards from the Cooper Hewitt Museum were announced recently with a virtual gala that celebrated “the power of design to change the world.” This year’s honors differ from last year’s not only in their necessarily online announcement, but in some revision of its categories. The 2020 honors are going to nine individuals or teams, vs. twelve last year. Missing this time are the awards for Lifetime Achievement, Corporate & Institutional Achievement, Interaction Design (which may not be widely understood), and Interior Design (which we hope will return next year). These awards continue to demonstrate the diversity of what constitutes “design,” as well as the increasing diversity among those who do it. The work of some winners may not be products at all, but rather processes such as the funding of design efforts or the mitigation of pollution. And, as always, some of these awards go …
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