Tonight, October 16th, this year’s National Design Award Winners, including book jacket transcendentalist, Chip Kidd, will participate in a panel discussion on the state of design in America at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

You can watch the forum on a live webcast at 6:30pm.

Thursday, October 18th, is the NDA Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony followed by a party at the Target National Design Education Center with DJ Chip Kidd.

Tickets to the dinner and after-party are $100 for members; $125 for non-members.

If you love design and prefer the inexpensive side of things, visit the Cooper-Hewitt this week to catch the current exhibitions (Piranesi as designer, IDEO selects, the lighting of Ingo Maurer) and permanent collection for $0. Admission is free in honor of National Design Week.