America's First Lady Michelle Obama - pictured with the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's Wayne Clough and Caroline Baumann - welcomed winners of the US National Design Awards 2012 to the White House. 'All of them have done something really good for our country and our world,' she enthused. Photography: Richard Patterson

一个产品设计师，一个时装设计师和一个建筑师走进白宫。这不是一个坏笑话的开场白，而是上周在华盛顿特区的一个下午，当时第一夫人米歇尔·奥巴马(Michelle Obama)邀请2012年美国国家设计奖(National Design Prize)的获奖者共进午餐。

现在，在他们的第十三年，荣誉是由库珀-休伊特国家设计博物馆组织的。这家总部位于纽约的机构是8月史密森学会(Smithsonian)的一部分，但在比尔·莫格里奇(BillMoggridge)的领导下，这家机构的功能更像其冷静、聪明的表亲-莫格里奇本人也是一名设计师，后来

今年在11个创意类别中的获奖者包括汤姆·布郎（时装设计）、麦克-斯科金-梅里尔-伊拉姆建筑师（建筑设计）、Evan Roth（交互设计）、斯科特威尔森（产品设计）和重要的设计（公司和机构成就）。

来自"总统本身"的弦乐四重奏
海洋乐队欢迎得奖者和客人来到国家楼层入口大厅，在那里西米·诺克斯2011年的《比尔·克林顿总统画》证明了这张受欢迎的照片。
在大厅的几步之遥，鸡尾酒被消耗得更多，而不是在别致的朱红色地毯上（熟悉那些有目的地条纹的总统的照片），直到它是午餐的时候。

在白宫最大的东边房间里，气氛是既豪华又盛夏的气氛。首席花卉设计师劳拉·道林在每个圆桌上都召唤出花园般的花束。她控制的向日葵和黄色玫瑰的阵阵点缀着深紫色的花朵，与摆在每个座位上的活动节目中的李子纸板相配(Chiavari椅子用紫色的莫尔丝簇拥而成)。

第一夫人说：“每一天，这些有远见的设计师都在突破界限，在我们最意想不到的地方创造或展示美丽，帮助我们过上更健康、更可持续的生活。”第一夫人是该奖项的荣誉赞助人。她偏离了自己的剧本，将终身成就奖得主理查德·索尔·沃曼描述为“相当潇洒和时髦的人，我必须说”，她在人群中得到了很大的笑声。

第一夫人引用了“设计”的例子，“设计”的新生儿孵化器是由汽车零部件制成的，以及生物模仿专家珍妮·贝尼尤斯(Janine Benyus)(“设计思维”奖的得主)提出的自然启发的进步，第一夫人还直接向出席的高中生们发表了讲话，这是当天上午举行的青少年设计博览会的最新成果。她说，你们要明白的是，这些荣誉并不是天生的优秀设计师。“他们今天来到这里，是因为他们有了一个梦想，他们投入了漫长、艰苦、令人疲惫的工作，为了实现梦想，他们付出了一切。”

后来，客人们吃了一顿香茴香、苹果和阿鲁古拉的午餐，接着是雷吉亚诺结了皮的切萨皮克石鱼，“梦”似乎是最有效的字眼。毕竟，人们并不是每天都能从杜鲁门政府那里在中国享受巴罗罗意大利饭。圣弗朗西斯科的创始人兼创意总监埃里克·罗登贝克(EricRodenbeck)是总部位于旧金山的斯塔门公司的创始人和创意总监，也是今年颁奖典礼的一名陪审员，他在品尝最后一点柠檬果酱时，对现场进行了调查。他在谈到评判过程时说，最终，这些决定是困难的，但我们试图确定国家的价值。“国家设计奖-这可不是件小事。”

A string quartet from 'The President's Own' U.S. Marine Band welcomed winners and guests to the state floor entrance hall, where Simmie Knox's 2011 painting of President Bill Clinton proved a popular photo op

A few steps away in the cross hall, cocktails were consumed rather giddily on the distinctive scarlet carpet (familiar from aerial shots of purposefully striding presidents)

The vibe in the East Room, the largest in the White House, was simultaneously regal and summery. Chief floral designer Laura Dowling conjured garden-style bouquets at each of the round tables...

... with purple blooms that matched the plum cardstock of the event programs placed at each seat. Guests were treated to carpaccio of fennel with apples and arugula, followed by Reggiano-crusted Chesapeake rockfish

Architecture design award winner: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future Generation Technologies, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009. Photography: Timothy Hursley, Nic Lehoux, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

Architecture design award winner: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center and Davis Garage, Wellesley College, MA, 2004-5. Photography: Timothy Hursley

Architecture design award winner: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Museum of the Second World War International Competition, Gdansk, Poland, 2011. Photography: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects

Architecture design award winner: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Yale University Health Services Building, New Haven, CT, 2010. Photography: Timothy Hursley

Landscape architecture award winner: Stoss Landscape Urbanism The CityDeck, Green Bay, WI, United States, 2009-13. Project partners: Vetter Denk Architects, GRAEF, AECOM, WF Baird & Associates, Clark Dietz, Light THIS!, Pine Swallow. Photography: Mike Roemer

Landscape architecture award winner: Stoss Landscape Urbanism Erie Street Plaza, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 2010. Project partners: Light THIS!, Vetter Denk Architects, GRAEF. Photography: John December/ Stoss Landscape Urbanism

Landscape architecture award winner: Stoss Landscape Urbanism Erie Street Plaza, Milwaukee, WI, United States, 2010. Project partners: Light THIS!, Vetter Denk Architects, GRAEF. Photography: John December/ Stoss Landscape Urbanism

Product design award winner: Scott Wilson Nike Presto watch, 2003-4 Photography: Mark Hooper

Product design award winner: Scott Wilson SW_1 Collection for Coalesse, 2008-10. Designed by Scott Wilson Photography: Jeremy Frechette, courtesy of Coalesse

Product design award winner: Scott Wilson Microsoft XBOX 360 Kinect Sensor, 2008-10. Designed by Scott Wilson in collaboration with Microsoft. Photo: Minimal

Fashion design award winner: Thom Browne S/S 2011 menswear fashion show rehearsal, Paris, France. Photography: Dan and Corina Lecca

Fashion design award winner: Thom Browne S/S 2012 womenswear fashion show, New York Photography: Dan and Corina Lecca

Fashion design award winner: Thom Browne S/S 2012 menswear fashion show, Paris Photography: Dan and Corina Lecca

Fashion design award winner: Thom Browne F/W 2012 womenswear fashion show, New York Photography: Dan and Corina Lecca

Product design award winner: Scott Wilson Swingline staplers, 1997.

Product design award winner: Scott Wilson TikTok LunaTik watch kits, 2010-11. Founded and designed by Scott Wilson. Photography: Minimal

Product design award winner: Scott Wilson Microsoft Courier, 2008-10. Designed by Scott Wilson MNML in collaboration with Microsoft. Photo: MINIMAL

Communication design award winner: Rebeca Méndez Publication materials, UCLA Architecture, Los Angeles, CA, 1997-2002. Project partner: UCLA. Photography: Rebeca Méndez Studio

Communication design award winner: Rebeca Méndez Suprasensorial exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2011. Project partner: MOCA. Photography: Rebeca Méndez Studio

Corporate & Institutional achievement award winner: Design that Matters Project Firefly phototherapy, Philippines, 2012. Designed with East Meets West Foundation. Photography: Design that Matters

Corporate & Institutional achievement award winner: Design that Matters NeoNurture car-parts infant incubator, 2009. Designed with the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology.

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