The National Design Awards are bestowed at a gala benefit dinner and awards ceremony in New York City each fall. This year's festivities will be held at the spectacular Pier Sixty on the Hudson River on the evening of Wednesday, October 17. This year's vice-chairs are Susan Avarde, Beth Comstock, Aaron Dignan, Phil Duncan, Alice Gottesman, Jon Kamen, Debbie Millman, David Rockwell, Lela Rose, Lisa Strausfeld, Michael Ventura, Madeline Weinrib, Richard Saul Wurman and Judy Francis Zankel.