10/15/12 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Is Hosting a Teen Design Fair: Register by 10/12/12

Monday, October 15, 2012 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm

The Altman Building
135 West 18th Street btwn 6th and 7th Avenue
New York, NY
Cost: Free, but online registration is required. See website for instructions and you'll need to get a parent/legal guardian consent form that needs to be submitted by 10/12/12.
For all NYC high school students

An annual event held in New York City and Washington, D.C., the Teen Design Fair is a special opportunity for teens who want to learn about design careers from National Design Award winners and others working at the top fields in fashion, interaction, communications, architecture, and more. See website to check out a video from last year's event.

Open to all NYC high school students. Registration is required, however, and space is limited. Please ensure that all fields are completed in order to process your registration request. Incomplete registration forms will result in delay and/or rejection. If you have any questions please contact the Education Department at cheducation@si.edu

Designer guests from previous years have included: Tim Gunn, Chief Creative Officer for Liz Claiborne and host of Project Runway; Cynthia Rowley, acclaimed American fashion designer; Dennis Hwang, chief Google webmaster and logo designer; Maira Kalman, illustrator for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and National Design Award finalist for communication; Stephen Doyle, winner of communication National Design Award whose clients include Wired magazine; Jeff Hahn, creator of the interactive graphics wall for CNN and founder of Perceptive Pixel; Phil Jimenez, comic book illustrator for Marvel Comics, and many, many more!

http://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/teen-design-fair