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Design for the Other 90% Wins

Webby Awards

For the second year in a row Cooper-Hewitt wins a Webby, the “oscars” of the internet! Congratulations to our very talented web creator, William Berry, for his amazing work.

This Web site, Design for the Other 90%, is the official Webby Award Winner for Cultural Institutions. Hailed as the “the Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites. This years Webby Awards received a record 9,500 entries from over 60 countries worldwide.

Webby Award: Vote for Cooper-Hewitt

Vote for Cooper-Hewitt

The exhibition Web site Design for the Other 90% has been nominated for a 2008 Webby Award in the cultural institution category.

We need your help! People's Voice voting starts today. Log in and vote for Cooper-Hewitt here.

In addition, Cooper-Hewitt's Educator Resource Center and Piranesi as Designer Web sites both received honorable mentions in the Education and Art categories.

Last year Cooper-Hewitt's People's Design Award Web site won a Webby Award in the Art category.

Congratulations to everyone involved in these projects.

Nominate Online


Each year Cooper-Hewitt honors the best and brightest designers at the National Design Awards Gala. The awards are given out in a number of categories including fashion design, architecture design, and product design.

This year we invite you to nominate who should be honored at the 2008 National Design Awards. Participate online at http://nominate.cooperhewitt.org.

Also, be sure to check out past winners and finalists by visiting the National Design Awards website or watch this year’s winners discuss their work at the National Design Awards Winners Panel.

The deadline is December 14 so we look forward to hearing from you soon!

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