<img width="640" height="360" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11-700x394.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="image of two people on a stage; on the left is Amy Smith, she has light hair and wears glasses, and a red blouse. on the left is Carolyn Royston, who has short dark hair and glasses, and wears dark clothing. Amy holds a microphone and is gesturing to the audience." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11-700x394.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11-300x169.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11-170x96.jpg 170w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="36870" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/12/06/2019-nda-winners-salons-amy-smith/101619-salon-thumbs-11/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11.jpg" data-orig-size="1778,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1571347339","copyright":"\u00a9 Copyright 2019 Dana J. Quigley Photography | www.danajquigleyphoto.com","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="101619-Salon-thumbs-11" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11-300x169.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/101619-Salon-thumbs-11-700x394.jpg" />  Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the National Design Awards at Cooper Hewitt! In this 20 minute talk, Amy Smith, founder, MIT D-Lab | Corporate & Institutional Achievement Award Winner talks with Cooper Hewitt Director of Digital and Emerging Media Carolyn Royston on the topic Empowerment through Participatory Design. ABOUT NATIONAL DESIGN WEEK Launched in...