Article: Design gets its due at Cooper-Hewitt gala.(Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum)

Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg

Individualistic design, from how a person dresses to Space Age-type buildings and artists' takes on textiles, was celebrated at Thursday's National Design Awards at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in Manhattan.

Party planner David Stark proved he was of the same ilk by transforming 6,000 pounds of the museum's recycled paper into fireproofed topiaries for the Target Corp.-sponsored event. Even singer Paul Simon, who presented the Communications Design award to his friend Chip Kidd, played to the design-minded crowd. Dressed in a light-colored business suit, Simon said, "I would like to apologize first of all for my ...

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