The design museum celebrated 10 years of its annual National Design Awards last week, but this year's gala buzzed with new life thanks to dozens of young, freshly-minted superstars named across design disciplines, including a new Interaction Design category.
The National Design Awards, adminstered by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, are the most prestigious in the U.S. The 2009 winners were just announced. Some of them you may have heard of, others you probably haven't unless you're a designer:
