White House and Cooper-Hewitt Kick Off Mini-Arts Week, Ending with Annual National Design Awards Luncheon with Michelle Obama

It’s that time of year again, for the annual National Design Awards luncheon at the White House, now with an all new First Lady at the helm. Following a couple of years of issues some designers had with the Bush presidency, we’re expecting none of the same troublesome excitement this year, now with Michelle Obama running this Friday’s luncheon (if the Cooper-Hewitt‘s PR people are kind enough to do so again this year, we’ll likely have photos of the even for you next Monday).