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Introduced at the White House in 2000, the annual National Design Awards celebrate design in various disciplines. Jury members then review hundreds of submissions to chose winners in 10 categories: Lifetime Achievement, Design Mind, Corporate and Institutional Achievement, Architecture Design, Communication Design, Fashion Design, Interaction Design, Interior Design, Landscape Design and Product Design. The fair introduces high school students to careers in design. The students will meet with leading designers in the fields of fashion, industrial design, architecture, multimedia and graphic design. The 2010 jury was composed of a diverse group of designers and educators from around the nation, including Ayse Birsel, co-founder and creative director, Birsel + Seck; Mark Breitenberg, provost, California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland and president, International Council of Societies of Industrial Design; Peter Hudson, vice president of footwear design, Nike Inc.;