Michelle Obama On Design

MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you, everyone. (Applause.) Good afternoon and welcome to the White House! (Laughter.) Tonight's house is a little warm in here. (Laughter.) But it is a pleasure to be here with you today to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the National Design Awards and to honor some of the country's most compelling innovators. And I got to meet them all. They are terrific, and we are just thrilled to have you with us today. Congratulations to all of you -- our honorees and those of you just working hard getting the job done.

How are you, sir? It's good to see you. (Laughter.) You are scientists and artists. Your work is both practical and poetic, educational and inspirational. You represent diverse fields of disciplines but you share the common thread of superior design. What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful: a laptop, a bridge, an outfit -- (laughter) -- a garden, all drawn from a thousand wells of inspiration and yet grounded in the basic principles of math or science. Great designers also pursue a mission. Great designers design with mankind in mind. Building on the innovations of the past, you help to shape a better future. Like your lifetime achievement honoree Bill Moggridge, what would we do without our laptops! (Laughter.) My kids would die. (Laughter.) They'd be -- they wouldn't make it through the summer. I don't know whether to thank you, Bill, for that. (Laughter.) But that future and our ability to solve the great challenges of our time will depend on how we educate and engage the current generation. That's why the President has made such a strong commitment to ensuring access to high-quality education for all children, particularly in math and science. And today the President and Secretary Duncan are announcing the "Race to the Top," which is a competitive grant to spur education reform across the country and encourage educators and leaders to embrace ...

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[planetdarwin]

Which designer decided to put a yellow curtain behind someone wearing a yellow blouse?

[Vamply]

The fact that you can't even spell the "beautiful black woman LENA HORNE" further explains your stupidity. Thanks for that! Being a black woman myself, it fills me with such joy that individuals such as yourself continue to slide into the lesser of us while black people continue to rise toward the true meaning of excellence and leadership. Please keep it up! The more people such as yourself continue to become more degenerate in both thought and population size then WE can continue to shine!

[DaHipHopNerd]

let em know sista!

[jaynels]

cast not away god's creatures. respect em, cherish em and love em. Michelle is woman of her own integrity, no matter how hard she has to try , she can't never be Lina Horn nor posses any of there features. May God bless the world

[BskrillaZZ]

The world knows that what we need is more designers

[peopleseven7s]

what u mean a black women her age....white women is the one that dont age well....

[keepingthefaith707]

Here's your laugh for the day good people...Michelle O made a statement to day re the Olympics..."Even though this has been a big sacrifice for me and Oprah and Barck for these few days...its important so we did it". hahahahahahahahhahaha! OH MY freakin head is gonna burst...SACRIFICE? Shelly and fat ass took an entire seperate plane for themselves...gourmet chef, finest resturants, luncheon with the queen...and then Barry had the BIG plane revved up for his littl trip over...same deal. OMG!

[ElegantPaws01]

Some of the comments made me burst out laughing. So sad, so flawed, so shallow. What you may find attractive is not what I might find attractive and you might have missed the key points. Intelligence, elegance, style and grace. Then again, those who made those most childish, crass statements would not be familiar with those concepts. You undoubtedly live your lives in that dark little place you will always frequent. Powerless, indifferent to your own existence and hollow.Michelle has class.

[lilstudioable]

mmmm sexy