Digital Cooper-Hewitt Announces 2012 National Design Award Winners By Stephanie Murg|May 3, 2012Share By Stephanie Murg|May 3, 2012Share The jury has spoken, and the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has just announced the winners of the 2012 National Design Awards. We’ll take a closer look at the honorees over the next few days, but in the meantime, here is the full list of winners who will be celebrated on October 17 at a gala dinner at Pier Sixty in New York. Lifetime Achievement: Richard Saul Wurman Design Mind: Janine Benyus Corporate and Institutional Achievement: Design that Matters Architecture Design: Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects Communication Design: Rebeca Méndez Fashion Design: Thom Browne Interaction Design: Evan Roth Interior Design: Clive Wilkinson Architects Landscape Design: Stoss Landscape Urbanism Product Design: Scott Wilson Adweek Adweek