The honorees have been set for the sixth annual Stars of Design Awards event, which be held at New York's Decoration and Design Building (DDB) on Wednesday, October 10. The black-tie dinner will cap off the first day of the DDB's Fall Market. Charles S. Cohen, owner of Cohen Brothers Realty whose portfolio includes the DDB, will host one hundred of the design industry’s elite to celebrate the 2012 honorees. The winners are:
Lifetime Achievement: Richard Meier
Industrial Design: Dror Benshetrit
Graphic Design: Stefan Sagmeister(Portrait by John Madere)
Landscape Architecture: Laura Starr, Stephen Whitehouse, Jeffrey Poor
Architectural Photography: Durston Saylor
Architecture: Allan Greenberg
Interior Design: Juan Montoya
Art: Peter Halley (Portrait by Ann Craven)
Stars on the Rise in interior design:
Jayne Michaels and Joan Michaels of 2Michaels
Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller of Carrier and Company
Past recipients include: David Easton, Peter Marino, Lee Mindel, Massimo & Lella Vignelli, Michele Oka Doner, Mica Ertegun, Robert Lee Morris, James de Givenchy and Karim Rashid.