Meet the Designers | Design Career Fair 2023

Learn about the many shapes design careers can take from National Design Award winners, visiting colleges, and guest designers at the Design Career Fair. Get to know peers and hear stories about designers’ paths to success in small breakout groups.
Participating colleges include Bronx Community College, Cooper Union, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York School of Interior Design, Parsons School of Design, School of Visual Arts, and Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York.
Participating Designers
Gail Anderson
Shruthi Andru

Sarah Baker

Adina Bauman

Seymour Chwast

Elaine Cook

Li Iordanov Dan

Anita Dolce Vita

Arem Duplessis

Jessica Edmiston

Charlie Flexon

Morgan Frederick

Kamille Glenn

John Jones

Jessica Kende

Jason Kim

Cameron King

Tyler Lafreniere

John Locke

Danai Metoyer

Florian Mewes

Paul Mok

Cassandra Morrissey

Victor Newman

Omar Nobil

Catherine Park

Zachary Pearson

Marry Pivazian

Dorelle Rabinowitz

Ana Rice

Patrick Roberts

Moein Shashaei

Mackenzie Schmaltz

Shikha Sharma

Katie Shia

Nikhil Singh

Jasmine Stein

Antoinne Thomas

Mike Tully

Kai Valencia

Ellen Van Dusen

Ray Wang

Mia Wright-Ross

Laura Yeh

Kongjian Yu

2023 Special Thanks
National Design Awards Partner
National Design Awards Sponsors
Alexandra and Paul Herzan
Lisa Roberts and David Seltzer
Crystal and Chris Sacca
National Design Awards Patrons
Jon C. Iwata
Kimberly Schuessler
Agnes Gund
Design learning at Cooper Hewitt is made possible by Adobe, eBay Inc., The Hirsch Family Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Pinkerton Foundation, PwC Charitable Foundation, The Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation, with internal Smithsonian Institution funds from the Youth Access Grants for Youth Innovation in Rural America, and public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
National Design Awards trophies are created by The Corning Museum of Glass.