Computer Designers Share DMI's 2008 Muriel Cooper Award

Ben Fry and Casey Reas share the Muriel Cooper Award, the highest international design award given by the Design Management Institute.

Ben Fry and Casey Reas initiated Processing in 2001. Processing is an open source programming language and computer environment for creating images, animation, and interactions. In 2007, they published Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, a 736-page comprehensive introduction to programming within the context of visual media (MIT Press).

Fry and Reas represent the award recipients who challenge our current understanding and experience of interactive digital communication. The award honors professionals who are in mid-career, adding momentum to their emerging talent and unconventional thinking. The award is named for the late Muriel Cooper, one of the most influential modern designers of the 20th century and an early DMI Board member and director of MIT Media Lab. DMI provides incentive for recipients to take their work to the next level through a financial award, a featured article in the Design Management Review, and the opportunity to deliver a lecture at a future DMI conference.

Ben Fry was present to receive the Award and discuss the work at DMI's 33rd Conference in October, aptly named REMIX.

Past award recipients include: Masamichi Udagawa of Antenna Design, John Maeda of RISD, Dan Boyarksi of Carnegie Mellon's School of Design, and Lauralee Alben of Alben Design.

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