Red Burns is being honored as Design Patron for the National Design Awards, sponsored by the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The event was celebrated with a luncheon at the White House hosted by Michelle Obama.

http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/at-the-white-house

The Gala is on October 17, 2012 in NYC.

http://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/national-design-awards-gala