So a snitch—a different one!—forwards to us this invite (below the fold). You pay the Cooper-Hewitt god only knows what kind of the filthiest imaginable scratch to attend the, um, the "National Design Awards," and then, because you can't stop the magic, you roll into the hot, hott, hottt afterparty and—what's this? You want me to pay another $150? To rock out with Michael Bierut, Tracey Hummer, and one measly fifth of the fab five? Then you'll rake the proceeds into another six-figure, Pentagonal reception desk? It's just not right.

· National Design Awards: BFD [The Gutter]
· Cooper-Hewitt: Still More Pathetic [The Gutter]
· Cooper-Hewitt: Still More Pathetically Delayed [The Gutter]
· Cooper-Hewitt: Still More Pathetically Pathetic [The Gutter]

6th Annual National Design Awards After-Party Thursday, October 20, 2005  9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Cocktails and a Live Viewing of the Awards Ceremony in the new National Design Education Center WITH DJ CASSIDY    Celebrate and honor excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement in American design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's most anticipated annual event. This year's National Design Awards will be presented to Eva Zeisel for Lifetime Achievement, Patagonia for Corporate Achievement, Richard Daley for Design Patron, Katherine and Michael McCoy for Design Mind, and Sergio Palleroni for Jury's Special Commendation.  Winners will also be announced in each of the following categories: Architecture, Communications Design, Fashion Design, Interior Design, Landscape Design, and Product Design. ADVANCE TICKETS Members $100; Non-members $125 AT THE DOOR $150 For more information or tickets, please call 212.849.8304.  AFTER-PARTY COMMITTEE Morris Adjimi, June Beckstead, Scott Belsky, Michael Bierut, Claire Campbell, Damon Crain, Thom Filicia, Tamson Hamrock, Tracey Hummer, Jeannie Joshi, Susan Madden, Abbott Miller, Linda Pellegrini, Whitney Potter, Lela Rose, David Shearer, Amanda Sykes, Sasha Tulchin, James Zemaitis AFTER-PARTY DESIGN Bradley Stephens Interiors

Call the number, kids, and tell them we want a real design museum in New York City.

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