FEATURE/Chrysler Honors 'Design Champions' At 10th Annual Chrysler Design Awards in New York City
--WHAT:
Commemorating a decade of Chrysler Design Awards, the Chrysler
brand is celebrating the achievements of six "Design
Champions," individuals who have consistently championed
seminal works of architecture and design, and significantly
influenced the culture of design in America.
Chrysler will honor these Design Champions at a gala event on
Tuesday, November 12, at the Four Seasons Restaurant in the
Seagram Building, New York City. Award-winning author and NBC
correspondent, John Hockenberry, will serve as the master of
ceremonies.
WHO:
This year's honorees are as follows:
| -- | Daniel Patrick Moynihan, former New York Senator who pushed the boundaries of policy by advocating for design excellence in the public realm. |
| -- | Phyllis Lambert, founding director and chair of the board of trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture and curator of the "Mies in America" exhibition that traveled to New York City, Chicago and Montreal (1998-2001). |
| -- | Mildred (Mickey) Friedman, design curator and past curator of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn., for over 20 years. |
| -- | Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, which he co-founded in 1976, and of Pixar, the Academy Award-winning animation studio he co-founded in 1986. |
| -- | Murray Moss, an arbiter of innovative, cutting-edge product design with his New York City store, Moss, which he opened in SoHo in 1994. |
| -- | Red Burns, chair of the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University and Tokyo Broadcasting System Professor of Communications at New York University. |
WHY:
The Chrysler Design Awards were created in 1993 to honor the
vitality of design professions in America. For additional
information about the Chrysler Design Awards, please visit
www.chryslerdesignawards.org.
WHEN:
Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 pm
WHERE:
Four Seasons Restaurant
Seagram Building
99 East 52nd Street
New York City
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:
One-on-one interviews with Design Champions and key Chrysler
Group executives on Tuesday, November 12.
HOW:
Please contact Annemarie Armentano at 212/601-8234, James
Kenyon at 248/512-2936 or Vikki Hardy-Brown at 212/459-6361
for more information or to schedule an interview.