National Design Week starts on Monday, and while a lot of the major events are in New York, designers and design-lovers can get their fill of events right here in D.C.—online, at our area museums, and at a week of social events organized to bring together designers of all disciplines. Events Design Week DC and the D.C. chapter of the AIGA are hosting an event each night of the week, beginning with Monday night’s…

If you weren’t able to convince your boss to let you leave the office this morning to catch one of the five National Design Award lectures from 10 to 11 a.m. this morning at various museums, tune in to the webcast for a live broadcast of each lecture. The lectures focus on various aspects of design, including Materials and their Effects, The Future of Interaction Design, Interpreting the Present and the Past, The Future of…

DCist’s guide to lectures and discussions in the D.C. area Monday: >> The 14th Street Busboys hosts an author event tonight at 6:30 p.m. with Andrea Batista Schlesinger, who will discuss and sign, The Death of “Why?”: The Decline of Questioning and the Future of Democracy. >> Or, at 7 p.m., join author Daniel Meyerson at the Corcoran for a public event about his book, In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and…